The King’s interior design tastes will be on display when visitors are given an extensive tour of Balmoral for the first time in its history. Charles has thrown open the doors of his Scottish retreat to the public, allowing them a glimpse of royal family life in the Highlands. From Monday visitors can take a guided tour of a number of rooms in the Aberdeenshire castle, where successive monarchs since Queen Victoria have been able to relax and recharge amongst local Scots who have treated them as their own.
James Hamilton Goddard, visitor enterprise manager for the Balmoral Estate, has been working with his team to open up the royal residence’s entrance hall, red corridor, main and family dining rooms, page’s lobby, library and drawing room to the public. (Image: PA) He said: “It’s a magnificent place, I think the King wants people to see (it). We were asked, my department, to put this together and we put this together.
“The public who managed to get a ticket will come away (having seen) the royal family’s holiday home – that’s exactly what it is, it feels very homely.” Charles is the latest in a long line of the kings and queens who have added their own stamp to Balmoral since Victoria and Prince Albert fell in love with area and had the castle built in the 1850s. R EAD MORE: 'Key player’ hotel near Royals' Balmoral Castle for sale Items owned by Princess Diana and other royals fetches £4 million at auction Fire crews remain on scene after overnight bla.