Queen Elizabeth's Place of Death: The History of Balmoral and Connection to Princess Diana
etonline.comQueen Elizabeth's place of death has a storied history. The monarch died on Thursdayat Balmoral Castle, the British royal family's estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
She was 96.The holiday home has been in the royal family since it was purchased for Queen Victoria by Prince Albert in 1852.
Four years later, the small castle was replaced by the one that stands today. Currently, the 50,000-acre estate features 150 buildings in total.According to , the Scottish estate is the place where Queen Elizabeth got engaged to her husband, the late Prince Philip, in 1946.From the time she took the throne in 1952, Balmoral was largely thought to be the queen's favorite residence.
It's there that she spent her summer holidays, oftentimes with her family.«I think Granny is the most happy there. I think she really, really loves the Highlands,» Princess Eugenie, the late monarch's granddaughter, said in , a 2016 documentary, per . «Walks, picnics, dogs-- a lot of dogs, there’s always dogs — and people coming in and out all the time.
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