Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of Balmoral Castle on visit to Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, aged 96, died peacefully at Balmoral Castle, during the afternoon on September 8th, 2022. The Prince of Wales, and second in line to the throne, the Duke of Cambridge, rushed to the Queen’s Scottish Highlands home. Her other children, the Princess Royal, the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex, were also present, joined by the Duchess of Cornwall, and the Countess of Wessex. The Duke of Sussex also travelled to Scotland. The Queen is now expected to lie in state in a few days’ time, with her funeral held in Westminster Abbey in central London, England in around 10 days.
King Robert II of Scotland, 1316 to 1390, had a hunting lodge in the area. A house at Balmoral was built by Sir William Drummond in 1390. The castle has been the Scottish home of the Royal Family since it was purchased for Queen Victoria by Prince Albert in 1852, having been first leased in 1848. In 1887, Balmoral Castle was the birthplace of Victoria Eugenie, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She was born to Princess Beatrice, the fifth daughter of Victoria and Albert. Victoria Eugenie would become the queen of Spain. In September 1896, Victoria welcomed Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and Empress Alexandra to Balmoral. Four years later Victoria made her last visit to the estate, three months before her death on 22 January 1901.
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May her soul rest in peace.
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