Balmoral Castle

The immense castellated mansion of Balmoral is set in the gently wooded countryside of the River Dee. Robert II had a hunting lodge here, the Sir Malcolm Drummond built a tower on the same site. The Gordon Earls of Huntly bought the estate in the 15th century and it changed hands in 1662 and 1798, in 1845 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert paid their first visit. Prince Albert paid £31, 500 for the 24,000 acre site and it remains the Royal Family's favourite retreat today.

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