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The Monarchy Lives On
... happily ever after?
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| quote: | Charles and Camilla to honeymoon in Scottish royal retreat
Thu Feb 10, 1:23 PM ET
LONDON (AFP) - Princes Charles and his bride-to-be Camilla Parker Bowles are to honeymoon at a historic lodge in the grounds of the royal family's Balmoral estate in central Scotland, officials said.
Birkhall, which is owned by Charles, is a grand, white-washed building, which while officially a hunting lodge is in fact closer in scale to most people's idea of a rambling country mansion.
The Jacobean house was built in 1715, and was bought by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert for one of their sons in 1849, who disliked it and stayed there only once.
It is traditionally given to the heir to the British throne on their marriage. Queen Elizabeth was given it by her father, King George VI, and spent part of her own honeymoon there.
The house also has fond memories for Charles, who has called it "a unique haven of cosiness and character" and sheltered there during the turmoil of his separation from Princess Diana.
Charles has in recent years spent some time there with Parker Bowles, who reportedly ordered a series of careful removations to Birkhall several years ago so the couple, who are to wed on April 8, could use it as a quiet bolt-hole.
According to royal officials, parts of the house remain much as they were in Queen Victorias day.
"The old bathrooms, for instance, have deep bathtubs with chrome taps and a trio of original washbasins situated in a line against the wall and marked in Gothic script, 'teeth', 'hands' and 'face'," a royal spokesman was quoted as saying in 2002. |
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