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 subsequently
changed hands in 1662 and 1798. in c.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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