Most Royal Honeymoons Aren't as Fancy as You May Think (but Some Are!)

It's said that the young queen didn't want to neglect her duties, and so Victoria and Albert went on honeymoon for just three days. The couple spent it at Windsor Castle, which was close enough to London that Victoria could still have meetings with her ministers.

For a time it was tradition for a newly-married royal couple to honeymoon in an English country home – somewhere that belonged to close friends of the royal family. In the case of George and Elizabeth they spent some time at Polesden Lacey in Surrey, where they played golf and tennis, and took long walks.

The newlyweds stayed first at the home of Philip's uncle Lord Mountbatten – along with the bride's favorite Corgi, Susan. They stayed in an 18th century lodge in the grounds and went deer stalking, before moving on to the Scottish Highlands where they stayed in Birkhall, a smaller home in the grounds of Balmoral Castle.

Of course not all members of the royal family have gone for a low-key option when it came to their honeymoon! The notoriously glamorous Princess Margaret headed for the island of Mustique in the Caribbean.

Princess Anne also opted for the Caribbean. She and her new husband embarked on a lengthy cruise before ending their dream trip with a visit to the Galapagos Islands.

Although they broke with royal tradition somewhat by honeymooning outside of Britain, Charles and Diana's trip wasn't some idyllic stay in a far-flung tropical locale – but it was long.

After they followed in the footsteps of Charles's parents by staying a couple of days at Broadlands, they took a short cruise around the Mediterranean and Aegean on the queen's ship Britannia, ending in the Scottish Highlands with the rest of the royal family. They stayed there for two months, but Diana felt isolated and out of sync with the others, explaining in her autobiography that Charles took them on long walks where he would read to her and she would do tapestry.

The couple needed to postpone their honeymoon for three months because of sporting commitments, and then they went on a simple trip to the Columbia Beach resort in Cyprus
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