BALMORAL - ROYAL DEE SIDE

This castellated mansion of Balmoral is set in the
beautiful wooded countryside around the river Dee. Queen Victoria and
Prince Albert paid their first visit to Balmoral around 1845 and promptly
fell in love with the beauty of the surroundings. Prince Albert paid
£31,500 for the 24,000 acre estate and with the assistance of an Aberdeen
architect, William Smith, created a picturesque neo-Gothic mansion in
white granite. It is now the Royal Family's favourite Scottish
retreat.
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