Details of Prince William and Kate's little-known Scottish home on Queen's estate
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have the luxury of not just one home, but three.
Their main residence is Apartment 1A within Kensington Palace, in London. and when in Norfolk the Cambridges live at Anmer Hall, where they spent the majority of the UK's coronavirus pandemic lockdowns.
Then there is their little-known Scottish residence that sits on the Queen's Balmoral Estate, where Her Majesty spends her summers.
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Balmoral Castle in the wintertime, the private residence of Queen Elizabeth in Scotland. Twitter/The Royal Family
As this is the first summer the Queen will spend at Balmoral without Prince Philip and restrictions are lifting in the UK, it is expected the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will join Her Majesty for at least part of the summer, making use of this residence.
Prince William inherited the cottage, called Tam-Na-Ghar, from his great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
The home is shrouded in secrecy, with no photos of its exterior or interior widely available.
Balmoral Castle is located in the Scottish Highlands and is where Queen Elizabeth takes her holidays every summer. Twitter/The Royal Family
The cottage is located on the grounds of Balmoral, in Aberdeenshire, in the Scottish Highlands.
The 50,000-acre estate includes Balmoral Castle, which has been the monarch's private home since 1852, when Prince Albert purchased the estate for his wife, Queen Victoria, who'd fallen in love with the countryside.
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The estate features more than 150 buildings including Birkhall, the private residence belonging to Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall as well as Tam-Na-Ghar, where Prince William and Kate stay when at Balmoral during the summer months.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with the Queen and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Balmoral in 2015 with Prince George and Princess Charlotte. The Royal Family
They frequently visit the Queen during her three-month stay at Balmoral, and in 2019 spent a week at the cottage with their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis after catching a budget flight to Aberdeenshire. They are sure to join her this year now she is without Prince Philip and restrictions are lifting in the UK.
Tam-Na-Ghar was reportedly used as a romantic getaway by Prince William when he began dating Kate Middleton in 2001.
It is among a number of smaller cottages on the Balmoral Estate, the additions made by Queen Victoria.
The Garden Cottage on the grounds of the Balmoral Estate, the Queen's private residence in the Scottish Highlands. Getty
They include Garden Cottage for her children, Baile-na-Coille for her servant, and Karim Cottage for her Indian secretary.
The Garden Cottage was often used by Queen Victoria for taking her breakfast and writing diaries.
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Described by Princess Eugenie as 'the most beautiful place in the world', Balmoral has long been the summer destination of choice for the Windsors.
Queen Victoria made major changes to Balmoral Castle including the addition of cottages throughout the estate. AAP
The estate is free from the stresses of public life and is one of the few spots on earth where the royal family can truly relax.
When the royal family is not in residence at Balmoral a number of the cottages are available to rent, including Colt Cottages, Connachat Cottage, Karim Cottage and Rhebreck Lodge.
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