Balmoral Castle

Balmoral Castle is a castle in Scotland on the upper valley of the Dee River, at the foot of Braemar, 52½ miles from Aberdeen, and 9 miles from Ballater. It is a vacation residence of the British royal family.

It was the Highland residence of Queen Victoria, on a site which took the fancy of both the Queen and the Prince Consort on their first visit to the Highlands.