![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/inside-royals-first-balmoral-holiday-without-late-queen/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_BRITAIN-ROYALS-TROOPING.jpg&description=This summer marks the Royal Family's first annual summer getaway to Balmoral since the sad death of the Queen last September - and while some of the break will remain the same, other aspects of it will be very different The time has come around once again for the Royal Family to put duties and engagements aside and indulge in some rest and relaxation. King Charles and Queen Camilla have already headed to Scotland ahead of spending much of August and September on the Balmoral estate - and it is expected that during this time, they will be visited by other members of the Firm. But, of course, the trip will be a bittersweet one as it is the first summer since the late Queen peacefully died at the royal residence last September. Balmoral was said to be the place where she was happiest and her summer holidays there were something she relished. So with a new monarch in charge, it is inevitable that some things during the annual Balmoral trip will change, while some will remain the same. Here we take a look at what is in store for their annual vacation... One very different aspect of the Balmoral getaway this year will be where the monarch, now King Charles, stays. His mother, the late Queen, always based herself within Balmoral Castle with family members coming and going. However, Charles and Camilla have reportedly chosen Birkhall as their main base until autumn instead, leaving Balmoral Castle without a monarch physically in residence for the first time since the 19th century. Birkhall, the smaller private residence on the 50,000-acre Balmoral estate, is where the couple spent most of the Covid-19 lockdown and the King has called it "such a special place". He inherited it upon the death of the Queen Mother in 2002 and has diligently turned it into somewhere he and his wife Camilla can happily call home. However, sources told the Daily Mail the King and Queen will 'decamp' to the main castle for official visits, like that of the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Scottish Fi){kind=link}
This summer marks the Royal Family’s first annual summer getaway to Balmoral since the sad death of the Queen last September – and while some of the break will remain the same, other aspects of it will be very different
The time has come around once again for the Royal Family to put duties and engagements aside and indulge in some rest and relaxation.
King Charles and Queen Camilla have already headed to Scotland ahead of spending much of August and September on the Balmoral estate – and it is expected that during this time, they will be visited by other members of the Firm.
But, of course, the trip will be a bittersweet one as it is the first summer since the late Queen peacefully died at the royal residence last September. Balmoral was said to be the place where she was happiest and her summer holidays there were something she relished.
So with a new monarch in charge, it is inevitable that some things during the annual Balmoral trip will change, while some will remain the same. Here we take a look at what is in store for their annual vacation…