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Balmoral Castle, where Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday, is a property of the British royal family, where the monarch liked to spend the summer months with her loved ones, in the nature of northern Scotland, away from the public eye, reports AFP, broadcasts BTA.

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Queen Elizabeth II's last photo was taken at this residence on Tuesday when she received Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister.

In the photo, we see 96-year-old Elizabeth II smiling, frail, leaning on a cane in a turquoise living room in front of a marble fireplace.

This is a rare look at the interior of the castle.

On the other hand, many photos of the royal family were taken in the gardens of Balmoral Castle.

A 1960 shot from there shows the Queen kneeling in the park with her husband Prince Philip and their son Prince Charles, with the palace in the background.

Another photo captured the Duke of Edinburgh roasting meat.

We see the Queen riding around the estate, or out for a nature walk with her dogs, or driving her Land Rover.

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When at Balmoral, the royals "behave like normal people," former family photographer Lord Lishfield said in 1972, as quoted by Town and Country magazine.

"They always have lunch outdoors and they go for a walk every day."

Balmoral was one of Queen Elizabeth II's favorite residences.

The property has been in the possession of the Royal Family since Prince Albert bought it for Queen Victoria in 1852. Construction of the castle was completed in 1856.


"Although it looks largely as it did during Queen Victoria's reign, generations of owners have followed Prince Albert's example and are making improvements to the property," reads the castle's official website.

In 1981, Prince Charles and Princess Diana ended their honeymoon at Balmoral and posed for the media by the river.

Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and their two sons were at Balmoral when, in late August 1997, the beloved "people's princess" died in a car crash in Paris, pursued by paparazzi.


While tearful subjects left millions of flowers at the gates of Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace, Elizabeth and Charles, along with the little princes, stayed at Balmoral for several days, keeping silence.

Then the queen was accused of lacking compassion - one of the most difficult moments of her reign.

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There are also anecdotes about Balmoral.

The royal family subjects newcomers there to terrible "tests".

The Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom visit the castle for weekends.

Margaret Thatcher arrived without proper shoes and had to borrow them to accompany the Queen on nature walks.

According to the Queen's biographer Ben Pimlott, she saw visits to Balmoral as a kind of "purgatory".

Former prime minister Tony Blair said weekends at Balmoral were a mixture of "intriguing, surreal and downright scary".

In his autobiography, he recounts how members of the royal family clear the table after one of Prince Philip's barbecues, who died in April 2021. "The Queen asks if we're done eating, then collects the plates and goes to the sink."

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Until now he lived at his villa Birkhall in the grounds of Balmoral.

But that too could change.

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