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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