The Royal Family’s time at the Balmoral Estate will undoubtedly be filled with physical pursuits such as long country walks, deer stalking and horse riding, with quieter moments punctuated by picnics, barbeques and fly-fishing in the River Dee.
Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond spoke to OK! about how the royals typically spend their time together in the Highlands. "The will enjoy the usual Scotland activities with lots of fresh air, riding, walking, picnicking, fishing and plenty of family games….especially when their young cousins, like the Tindall's, arrive." Jennie added: "It will probably be a bit more relaxed under King Charles, although obviously there will be a lot of sadness and nostalgia because of the anniversary of the late Queen’s death." While Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis and their many young cousins will be relishing the freedom on the 50,000 acre estate they hopefully won’t be dicing with danger like their daredevil father did as a boy!
Speaking in the 2016 ITV documentary ‘Our Queen At Ninety’, William reminisced about a hairy incident involving his cousins. "Peter and I were chasing Zara around who was on a go-cart, and we managed to herd Zara into a lamppost and the lamppost came down and nearly squashed her. "I remember my grandmother being the first person to come running across the lawn in her kilt.
She came charging over and gave us the most almighty telling off.That stuck in my mind from that moment on." Another holiday moment that Jennie imagines could be on the cards is an old prank that Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh taught his grandchildren which would drive the late Queen mad.The expert jokes: "They will probably be shooting mustard onto the ceiling of the lodge!.
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