Balmoral Castle

The monarch will carry out the key duty at her private Scottish retreat, rather than at Buckingham Palace, for the first time in her reign.

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British leadership contest winner Liz Truss is expected to arrive at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at 12:10 p.m. local time (1110 GMT) on Tuesday, where she ...

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Liz Truss will not meet the monarch for a relaxed summer break, as her predecessors have done. Instead, the new Conservative leader will fly to ...

"The Duke of Edinburgh is outside, tongs in hand, smoke rising from a row of sizzling grouse. Liz Truss will not meet the monarch for a relaxed summer break, as her predecessors have done. "I heard it on the six o'clock news." And that's particularly important right now. Clement Attlee's meeting with King George VI in 1945 was rather more brief due to the shyness of both men. Grouse shooting, deer stalking and salmon fishing are also on offer. But all so that the Queen can keep working, at a pace that is sustainable for her, and today that will mean that once again she can carry out one of her most important constitutional roles. The "kissing of hands", as it is described in the court circular will happen, even though nowadays it's a handshake. The sense of continuity that the Queen is so renowned for will again be on display, even if the ceremony is happening in what is, in essence, her holiday home. But while the setting is more rural, more remote and the journey certainly longer, the formal ceremony at the centre of it all will remain the same, as the monarch says goodbye to her 14th prime minister and welcomes her 15th. The climax of a prime ministerial holiday is the "Bothy Barbeque", previously presided over by the Duke of Edinburgh and held in a stone hut originally built for shepherds. This is referred to as the "kissing of hands", and in recent times involves only a bow or curtsy and a handshake.

It is a question that the Queen has never had to consider before: in which room in Balmoral Castle will her prime minister figuratively kiss her hand?

David Cameron said yesterday that “the kissing hands thing [is] Informed sources suggest that the Queen’s Buckingham Palace declined to give details of the ceremony, which is described in the Court Circular as “kissing hands” but will not involve such physical contact.

The formalities come amid significant movement within Ms Truss's top team, with Home Secretary Priti Patel and Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries both ...

Meanwhile, moments after Liz Truss shook hands with the monarch, her Twitter profile also changed to say: “Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Ms Truss accepted Her Majesty’s offer and kissed hands upon her appointment as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.” Leader of the Conservative Party. The first was Winston Churchill in 1952. Liz Truss has left Balmoral after becoming the first Prime Minister of the Queen’s reign to be appointed by the monarch at her private Scottish home of Balmoral. iz Truss has formally become Prime Minister after an audience with the Queen at Balmoral Castle.

The Queen is set to appoint Liz Truss as the UK's new prime minister at the Scottish residence on Tuesday.

Should the castle follow tradition, people will next be able to visit Balmoral next April. On the banks of the River Dee, the vast grounds are situated within the [Cairngorms](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/cairngorms) National Park, about midway between the villages of Braemar and Ballater. Visitors can admire the grounds and gardens, as well as the exhibitions, gift shops and coffee shop during the opening hours of 10am to 5pm. During the summer, prime ministers have been invited to stay with the Queen at Balmoral. This year, the royals’ Scottish holiday home opened its doors from Friday April 1 to Tuesday August 2. Here is everything you need to know about Balmoral ahead of it hosting the historic duty. [Boris Johnson](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/boris-johnson) by the 96-year-old monarch, who has faced ongoing mobility difficulties and missed various key events this year. It is believed this decision was taken to provide certainty to the new prime minister’s diary, preventing any last-minute rearrangements. It became Victoria's sanctuary during the years after her husband’s death. [Land Rover](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/land-rover) tour of the estate, as well as the Balmoral audio tour which guides you through much of the site. [The Queen](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/the-queen) will remain in Scotland to appoint the [new PM](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/politics) for the first time in her reign, having previously conducted the duties at Buckingham Palace. The notable attendees will be faced with a 1,000-mile round trip to Balmoral Castle, after the [Conservative Party’s](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/conservative-party) decision was announced yesterday.

HISTORY was made on Tuesday as Liz Truss was appointed Prime Minister at Balmoral Castle - a first for the Queen. Her Majesty's private residence is where ...

[The Queen ](/latest/queen)and various members of the [Royal Family ](/latest/royal-family)travel to [Balmoral Castle](/latest/balmoral) each summer – usually staying from August into September – to enjoy life away from the public eye. She once described it as her “paradise in the Highlands”. [Prince Andrew](/latest/prince-andrew) described a day in the life of a royal at Balmoral, located in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire. [Princess Eugenie](/latest/princess-eugenie), the Queen’s granddaughter, recounted the halcyon days spent as a family at the palace, before [Prince Philip](/latest/prince-philip) passed away in April 2021. Express.co.uk takes a look. Her Majesty's private residence is where she has shared many happy memories with the Royal Family, but what have they said about it?

T. his year, the Queen will remain in Scotland at Balmoral to appoint new Prime Minister Liz Truss for the first time in her reign. The 96-year-old monarch ...

There is also an excellent tearoom and shop. [Scotland](/topic/scotland), little of the estate is open to the public, apart from the ballroom, which has been converted into a constant exhibition displaying pictures of the other rooms in the castle. Is it open to the public and can you visit? Where is Balmoral, is it open to the public, and can you visit? But where is Balmoral and can the [the Queen will remain in Scotland at Balmoral to appoint new Prime Minister Liz Truss](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/liz-truss-queen-balmoral-buckingham-palace-scottish-b1023183.html) for the first time in her reign.

The Queen is said to never be happier than when she is staying on her beloved Balmoral estate. Balmoral Castle – her private Scottish home in Aberdeenshire ...

“In 1998 – I had been extremely disconcerted to discover that everything of mine had been unpacked,” she wrote. “Walks, picnics, dogs – a lot of dogs, there’s always dogs – and people coming in and out all the time,” she said. Cherie Blair revealed in her autobiography that her son Leo was conceived at Balmoral when she left her contraception at home out of embarrassment during her annual weekend stay there with husband and then PM Tony Blair.