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    Regal Retreats

    Jul 06, 2022 5 minutes
    FEATURE KATHERINE SORRELL

    Generations of royals have enjoyed rural life and pursuits through the ages, and today’s Royal Family is no different. Her Majesty The Queen, whose passions include riding and walking, has said she is happiest in the acres surrounding Balmoral Castle where, as she put it in a BBC documentary in 1992: “One could go for miles and not see anybody. It has endless possibilities and we love picnics and open air.” Away from the public gaze, The Queen, her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren regularly gather to relax, enjoy family fun and everything that spending time in the great outdoors has to offer.

    Balmoral

    Balmoral Castle has been adored by successive generations of royalty since Prince Albert bought it in 1852 for Queen Victoria, who described it as “My dear paradise in the Highlands”. It is believed

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