The Australian Women's Weekly

Royal insider

As we go to press the Cambridge family is spending holiday time with the Queen in Balmoral. Kate, Charlotte and Louis actually flew to Scotland on a scheduled flight in economy class, causing delight among their surprised fellow passengers.

The Scottish royal estate has always been a precious place for the Queen, where she can feel free from the rigours of public office and prying long lenses. It was in the stunning Balmoral countryside that she and Prince Philip spent happy months together, hosting family barbecues, fishing and rambling, while the Queen could ride her horses in peace. But it feels to me

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