At first glance it could be any group of well-to-do friends enjoying a jolly dinner on holiday Leave a comment
At first glance it could be any group of well-to-do friends enjoying a jolly dinner on holiday.A long, solid, varnished pine table, plain glasses, plastic pepper and salt pots, with plenty of candles to add atmosphere.
If the coffee flasks are anything to go by, proceedings are coming to an end in the wood-walled cabin. The host in a blue sweatshirt cradles two bottles of whisky, offering a wee dram to others round the table.
These never-before-seen pictures show the late Queen and at their most informal during a visit to Balmoral.
They have an added poignancy at the moment as King Charles and Queen Camilla head to Scotland next week for their summer break.It will be the first time in living memory that the Queen is absent from the gathering on Royal Deeside.
Few royal estates were as precious to Queen Elizabeth as Balmoral.
At first glance it could be any group of well-to-do friends enjoying a jolly dinner on holiday.A long, solid, varnished pine table, plain glasses, plastic pepper and salt pots, with plenty of candles to add atmosphere. These never-before-seen pictures show the late Queen and Prince Philip at their most informal during a visit to Balmoral
If the coffee flasks are anything to go by, proceedings are coming to an end in the wood-walled cabin. The host in a blue sweatshirt (pictured here is Prince Philip) cradles two bottles of whisky, offering a wee dram to others round the table
Whether she was riding her beloved fell ponies through the pine-scented Aberdeenshire highlands with a Tupperware container of sandwiches or https://dogcaretip101.blogspot.com/ mushroom-foraging and enjoying picnics, Her late Majesty’s annual sojourn offered a rare opportunity to shut off almost completely from the outside world.
Life there was as simple as it came for the monarch.Friends fondly remember Prince Philip — dubbed ‘master of the grill’ by his family — using the barbecue, and the Queen in charge of the salads, decanting the dressing into glass jars for practicality and donning a pair of rubber gloves to do the washing up.
Often it was just family eating in the log cabin at Glen Beg, which is decorated with inexpensive prints of local flora and fauna on the walls.
