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14 unusual facts about Balmoral Castle


Alatskivi Castle

It was rebuilt in the late 19th century by Arved von Nolcken, modeled on the royal residence of Balmoral in Scotland.

Balmoral Castle

The mountain was the setting for a children's story, The Old Man of Lochnagar, told originally by Prince Charles to his younger brothers, Andrew and Edward, and published in 1980 with royalties accruing to The Prince's Trust.

Over the years, numerous painters were employed at Balmoral, including Edwin and Charles Landseer, Carl Haag, William Wyld, William Henry Fisk, and many others.

Balmoral Hall School

The new school was christened Balmoral Hall School, after Balmoral Castle in Scotland and classes began in September 1950 under the direction of Miss Gwedolyn Murrell-Wright.

Balmoral, New Brunswick

When a later contingent of settlers from Scotland arrived, they gave the community its present name after Balmoral Castle.

Bentley State Limousine

The Queen also uses it to travel to church when at Balmoral and Sandringham House.

Crown in Saskatoon

Some named for royal family titles including Duchess Street, Duke Street, Empress Avenue and Street, King Crescent and Street, Prince of Wales Avenue, Princess Street and Queen Street, while others named for royal houses include Hanover Avenue and York Avenue, and some named for royal castles include Balmoral Street, Osborne Street and Windsor Street.

John Drane

He has been a personal guest of HM Queen Elizabeth II at her Scottish home, Balmoral Castle, while also being regarded as an important theological resource person for the emerging church in the UK (he is deputy chair of the board of mission shaped ministry, which is part of the Fresh Expressions initiative of the Church of England).

Judoon

In the novella Revenge of the Judoon, where they seized Balmoral Castle in 1902 after being conned into a fraudulent mission, they made a deal with the Doctor that meant Earth was off-limits to them, something confirmed as canonical with the TV series by the BBC Monster Files feature.

Oliver Everett

This office, in the Royal Collection Department of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, is responsible for the care and maintenance of the royal collection of books and manuscripts owned by the Sovereign in an official capacity — as distinct from those owned privately and displayed at Sandringham House and Balmoral Castle and elsewhere.

Oxford shoe

Oxfords first appeared in Scotland and Ireland, where they are occasionally called Balmorals after the Queen's castle in Scotland, Balmoral.

Royal Hotel, Norwich

An application was sent to Queen Victoria at Balmoral for Her Gracious Majesty's permission, which was duly granted.

The Return of John MacNab

They target an estate owned by a Moroccan, another rented by a Dutch corporation, and the third, Balmoral, traditional home of the British royals in Scotland.

Timothy Laurence

Commander Laurence and Anne were married on 12 December 1992, in a Church of Scotland ceremony at Crathie Parish Church, Ballater, near Balmoral, the Church of Scotland permitting the remarriage of divorced people.


Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness

On returning to the UK he was given various postings in England and Scotland before in 1955 being appointed factor (land agent and manager) of Her Majesty The Queen's private Estate at Balmoral, Aberdeenshire where he lived until his death.

Royal Standard of Scotland

The Royal Standard of Scotland is used officially at the Scottish royal residences of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, and Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, when The Queen is not in residence.

Thomas Rawlinson

Queen Victoria first visited the Braemar Society's highland gathering at Invercauld in 1844, later buying nearby Balmoral Castle and becoming the society's patron as the Royal family continued to popularise the wearing of the kilt.

Wigan rail crash

In Victorian times annual holidays to Scotland were popular amongst the affluent; inspired by Queen Victoria's visits to Balmoral.