LifestyleGraziaThis Royal Residence Has Barely Changed Its Decor in Nearly 200 Years, and Queen Elizabeth Called It a Paradise
Balmoral Castle in Scotland has kept almost the same tartan decor since Queen Victoria and Prince Albert moved in during the 1850s.
You probably think of royal residences as places that get constant makeovers – new monarchs, new tastes, new everything. And in many cases, you would be right. But there is one estate in the Scottish Highlands where the interior decor has barely changed in close to two centuries. The same plaid patterns that greeted Queen...
Balmoral estate in the Scottish Highlands has kept its Victorian-era tartan interiors largely unchanged for nearly two centuries.
The red and grey Balmoral tartan carpets still in use were designed by Prince Albert himself in 1853, a year after he bought the estate.
Queen Elizabeth reportedly called the estate a paradise, and successive royals have chosen to preserve rather than redecorate its distinctive Highland character.
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