Before her death, at the end of every summer, Queen Elizabeth made her annual pilgrimage north to Scotland for a multiple week-long holiday at Balmoral Castle. It is also where she passed away on ...

The monarch, 96, was spotted leaving her royal residence of Windsor Castle on Thursday to travel to her Balmoral estate in Scotland, where she traditionally retreats in the late summer months.

Set amid the majestic Cairngorm mountains, Balmoral Castle has been the royal family's home in Scotland for nearly 170 years and since 1937, the summer sanctuary for Queen Elizabeth. Janine ...

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