Stunning castle King and Queen could visit this summer that cost 'less than £100'
ok.co.ukThe Royal Family has an impressive portfolio of homes around the country, including Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Sandringham House and Balmoral Castle - which they are expected to return to any day now.
As well as the vast 50,000 acre estate in the rolling hills of Aberdeenshire, there is another stunning Scottish home that was bought for a shockingly low price.The castle has never been lived in full-time and has frequently been used as a summer home for the King and Queen when they were still styled as the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.
The circumstances around its purchase featured in series one Netflix’s The Crown and is the family's northernmost home. Princess Margaret called it ‘Mummy’s drafty castle’, and for good reason.The Castle of Mey is situated in Caithness on the northern coast of Scotland and is a four-and-a-half-hour journey from Balmoral Castle.The Castle of Mey was built between 1566 and 1572 on the lands of Mey which belonged to the Bishops of Caithness.
The property was almost derelict when it was purchased by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother in 1952, following the death of her husband King George VI on February 6 of the same year.
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