Royal family: Expert says ‘public do not owe the royals’

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The Monarch and Prince Philip’s youngest child likes to call bacon sandwiches “Balmoral Butties”, according to Scottish paper The Sunday Post. The name could be a reference to the Royal Family’s holiday home, Balmoral Castle, which is located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Normally Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh spend the summer holidays travelling to Balmoral Castle.

Scotland is reportedly one of the Queen’s favourite places to visit.

The Queen and Prince Philip spent part of their honeymoon at Birkhall hunting lodge on the estate in 1947.

Speaking to ITV’s Our Queen At Ninety, Princess Eugenie said: “It’s the most beautiful place on earth.

“I think Granny is the most happy there, I think she really, really loves the Highlands … walks, picnics, dogs, a lot of dogs, there’s always dogs, and people coming in and out all the time.

“Family-wise we’re all there, so it’s lovely for Granny and Grandpa to be – for us to come and see them up there where you just have room to breathe and run.”

Last week, the Duke of Edinburgh was admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital in London as a “precautionary measure”.

Prince Edward spoke to Sky News on Tuesday about his father’s condition.

He said: “As far as I’m aware, well I did speak to him the other day, so he’s a lot better thank you very much indeed, and he’s looking forward to getting out, which is the most positive thing.

“So we keep our fingers crossed.”

The Earl of Wessex, who is a key member of the Firm, renounced his military training in order to pursue a career in the arts.

According to a royal expert, this was perceived by many as a “disappointment” in his father’s eyes.

However, language expert and author Judi James told Express.co.uk that it was “deeply ironic that Edward should be the one taking over the legacy of his father’s cherished Duke of Edinburgh scheme.”

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She said: “Of all his four children, Edward was always the one assumed to be Philip’s greatest disappointment: the one who fled the Marines training for a career in the theatre, apparently making his father apoplectic with rage, and the one who brought further criticism for trying to compromise his family’s privacy via his TV shows.”

According to Ms James, it was not without a transformation that Edward became “a safe pair of hands” among senior royals.

Ms James added: “But following a few twists of royal fate it is now Edward emerging as the safe pair of hands in terms of the royal legacy, with his happy, long-term marriage to his very popular wife Sophie and his low-key, more accessible demeanour that might be all the more successful in modern life than the more old-school, military approach of his siblings and his father.”

The Earl now runs the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme (DofE) – a youth project founded by Prince Philip in 1956.

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