Inside the Royal Family's Favorite Vacation Destinations

For their entire lives, the queen and her husband have holidayed, not in some far-flung exotic locale, but in Scotland. Every year without fail, they choose to spend August through mid-October in Balmoral Castle — the property that Prince Albert bought for Queen Victoria in 1852 — with regular visits from their children and grandchildren. They enjoy walking and riding through the 50,000 acres of wild Scottish highlands, and the grounds are dotted with simple outhouses where they set up picnics. It has always been Prince Philip's job to barbecue game from the estate.