Prince William and King Charles III greet mourners waiting in hours-long line to see Queen Elizabeth Princess Kate shines as she greets funeral guests at Buckingham Palace Prince William, Harry lead cousins in vigil for Queen Elizabeth amid wives’ tensionsīiden one of few allowed to arrive by helicopter to Queen Elizabeth’s funeral Prominently because it’s where she spent a “less-than-romantic honeymoon” with Prince Charles in 1981, according to Sally Bedell Smith’s biography “ Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch.” Princess Diana was especially down on Balmoral for several reasons. Tim Graham Photo Library via GetĪlthough Balmoral is a favorite to frolic for the queen, not all royals - nor British prime ministers - felt the same magic during their trips. AGF/Universal Images Group via G Prince Charles and Diana reportedly had a less-than-fantastic honeymoon at Balmoral. It’s a lovely base for granny and grandpa, for us to come and see them up there where you just have room to breathe and run.” A royal pain While the queen enjoyed Balmoral, not all guests have felt the same. “Walks, picnics, dogs - a lot of dogs, there’s always dogs - and people coming in and out all the time. I think she really, really loves the Highlands,” Eugenie said in June, going on to describe what the day-to-day life was like in the queen’s paradise.
Balmoral Castle was where the queen was said to have been at her happiest. Her Majesty was also said to ponder “important events in the sitting room clutter of paper piles, books, china ornaments and family photographs, in front of a thistle-tiled fireplace hosting an incongruous electric heater.”īut it is the outdoorsy nature of Balmoral which put the late queen at her best, Elizabeth’s granddaughter, Princess Eugenie said in an ITV interview, according to Women and Home. Meanwhile, the estate is described as “homely rather than grand” and the monarch was known to have a cushion embroidered with “It’s good to be Queen,” according to the Guardian.
The queen and her royal relatives even acted “as normal people - to a point” while at Balmoral, former royal librarian Jane Roberts told the Telegraph in 2011. Inside Adelaide Cottage, where Prince William, Kate and kids will call home
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