British royal family
The summer residence of Queen Elizabeth is Balmoral Castle in Scotland, usually between August and September the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh spend their holidays there.
The castle was built in 1390 around 1800 became property of King George VI in 1848 later it became a royal residence when Queen Victoria and Prince Consort Albert, decided to spend there their summer. The couple decided to expand the building, the foundation stone was laid by Queen Victoria of enlargement in 1853, today the stone is still low on the wall of the west, adjacent to the entrance door. The foundation stone was dug inside enough that it was possible put a bottle containing a document signed by the Queen and some coins.
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| Queen Victoria with the Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra |
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Danish Royal Family
Actually the Danish Royal family owns and uses more summer residences:
- Marselisborg Palace, the summer residence of The Queen and Prince Consort.
-Grasten Castle
Queen Ingrid spent her holidays there with her husband, King Frederik IX and her daughters, Princess Margrethe (later Queen Margrethe II) Princess Benedikte and Anne -Marie (later Queen of Greece). In 1954 even the Dutch Royal Family spent the holidays in Grasten. Princess Margarethe and Princess Beatrix were both heirs to the throne of their respective countries
The residence offers a lot of entertainment including swimming pool, horses and you can enjoy long bike rides taking advantage of the large park available.
Usually Grasten is also used for the annual summer photoshoot, this year will be held on July 25, during their summer holiday, the full Royal family gathers in the large garden where will be taken beautiful family photos. I can't wait to see pictures this year!
Here a video from summer Photoshoot last year:
-In the end the Château de Cayx in Cahors, Southern France.
Château de Cayx is used as a second summer residence of the Royal Family. This is my favorite! Maybe because it reminds me of my childhood's summer holidays in the country house of my grandparents, i still spend most of my summer holidays there. Of course i don't have available a castle but many huge green spaces to run and have fun!
Château de Cayx, belonged to ancestors of Prince Henrik, the castle had already large wine cellars for wine production, in 1974 the royal couple bought the estate and restored it, still maintaining the production of wine of which Prince Henrik has great estimator.
Even Château de Cayx has been used to make some great family photos.
Norwegian Royal Family
If it's easy to find photos of some royal families on holiday, for others it's really hard! This is the case of the Norwegian royal family. The summer residence of the King and Queen of Norway is Bygdø Royal Farm.
After the death of King Olav, for years Bygdø it was no longer used, but since 2007 the King Harald and Queen Sonja have resumed the tradition of using Bygdø Royal Farm as a summer residence.
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| King Haakon of Norway with Queen Maud and Crown Prince Olav skiing at Bygdø Royal Farm, 1907 |
Bygdø Royal Farm was used by the Royal Norwegian almost continuously from 1305. In 1905, when King Haakon VII and Queen Maud began using the farm as their permanent summer residence. They enjoyed the rural setting, and the Queen was able to pursue her interest in gardening. Rehabilitation of he main house with its interiors and the park was begun in 2003 and finished in summer 2007, and King Harald and Queen Sonja will begin now using it as their summer residence
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| Marius Borg Hoiby, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Prince Sverre Magnus and Crown Princess Mette-Marit with their dog Milly Kakao in the park on Bygdøy Royal Farm |
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Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg
The Grand Ducal family own a holiday villa in Cabasson on the Côte d’Azur. It was purchased by the Grand Duchess Charlotte in 1949.
Unfortunately this is the only picture I could find :( Soon the second part of the Royal summer residences!
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