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Tony Jones, PA Court Correspondent & Lucy Farrell

A brief history of Balmoral Castle - the Queen's Scottish home and summer retreat

The Queen's Scottish retreat of Balmoral has been chosen as the venue where she will bid Boris Johnson goodbye and welcome the Prime Minister's successor.

Scotland has been a place of sanctuary for the royal family since Queen Victoria's day where they relax and enjoy country pursuits.

For the Queen, the estate is associated with happy family holidays and she traditionally spends around eight to ten weeks, during August, September and early October, at her home in Aberdeenshire.

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