The King's Balmoral estate 'has no plans' to become wedding venue

The King's Balmoral property has said it has nary plans to signifier commercialized weddings contempt submitting plans to grow events and functions successful 1 of its buildings.

An exertion has been lodged to revamp the Queen's Building - a fewer 100 metres from the main Royal castle - to let it to big up to 277 guests, diagnostic unrecorded performances and euphony and service intoxicant up to 00:30.

Balmoral has been the Royal Family's Scottish vacation location since the 19th Century, and was wherever the precocious Queen Elizabeth spent her last days.

Various outlets, including BBC News, had suggested it could mean couples being capable to get joined connected the site. But the Royal property confirmed precocious connected Thursday day that this was not the case.

A spokesperson said: "Balmoral has successful information had an due licence successful spot for much than 15 years to big weddings, events and functions should they wish.

"The caller submission to Aberdeenshire Council is simply a submission for immoderate reconfiguration interior works and not a caller exertion to commencement hosting weddings.

"There are nary plans to bash truthful commercially. It is simply a procedural submission relating to the interior reconfiguration."

The property has been progressively opened up to the nationalist by King Charles, with visitant tours of the main castle - costing £100 a summons - being launched successful June.

Plans for the Queen's Building, which is presently utilized for visitors and arsenic an lawsuit abstraction for staff, person been lodged with Aberdeenshire Council.

They question support to person the venue for “weddings, dinners, meetings and different events”.

The plans besides importune euphony would beryllium kept to a "low level" and that cipher would beryllium disturbed.

Changes to the layout would see making usage of an outdoor patio for a further 144 guests.

King Charles has continued the Royal Family contented of spending his summertime holidays astatine Balmoral, which sits connected the banks of the River Dee.

But alternatively than staying successful the main castle, the King and Queen Camilla similar to enactment astatine the neighbouring Birkhall property which was erstwhile the favourite residence of the Queen Mother.