Summer break just isn’t complete without a trip to grandma’s house!
Prince WilliamandKate Middletonare visitingQueen Elizabethat her summer retreat atBalmoral Castle in Scotland, and were photographed on their way to a church service at Crathie Kirk on Sunday.
Also spotted in attendance werePrincess Anne, her husband Sir Timothy Laurence and her daughter-in-law Autumn Phillips, as well asPrince CharlesandPrince Edward, plus the latter’s wife Sophie Wessex and their 14-year-old daughterLady Louise Windsor.
While William and Kate’s three children —Prince Louis, 4 months,Princess Charlotte, 3, andPrince George, 5 — were not pictured along the ride, a royal correspondent for U.K. outletThe Sunreports that they are currently at Balmoral for the weekend with the Queen. Multiple outlets report that George attended his first grouse shoot this past Friday.
The children are accompanying their parents on the annual trip to Balmoral that usually takes place in early September, but that’s when George and Charlotte are expected to return to school this year.
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AlthoughPrince HarryandMeghan Markledid not make an appearance (and have been spending a few weeks out of the spotlight), Harrytook Meghan to the Scottish estatelast year before they announced their engagement.
Meghan and Harry also reportedly spent some time with Charles andCamilla, Duchess of Cornwallat the Castle of Mey, the remote home that once belonged to Charles’ late grandmother, the Queen Mother.
The couple have not been photographed for a return visit at the Queen’s picturesque highland retreat sincethey wed in May.
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Many members of the royal family have visited the 92-year-old monarch at her summer home, where her husbandPrince Philipis said to have been spending his downtime fishing, among other things.
Harry’s cousinZara Tindallattended church with their grandparents last week with her husband Mike Tindall (afterreturning to competitive horseback ridingjust two months after giving birth!), whilePrincess Beatriceaccompaniedthe Queen to servicesshortly after celebratingher 30th birthdayearlier this month.
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The newlyweds will return to the spotlight later this week, when theyattend a London performance of the hit musicalHamiltonon Wednesday. The event will raise funds for one of Harry’s longtime charities,Sentebale, which he set up alongside friend Prince Seeiso of Lesotho.
source: people.com
