’Every room surprises you’ Sun’s royal snapper tours Balmoral as it opens to public for first time

Formore than 40 years I have been taking photographs of the Royal Family at their favourite holiday home in the Scottish Highlands, covering the ups and downs of their lives. It was here I first spotted Prince Charles with Lady Diana Spencer and broke the story of their love affair. Then Balmoral was the place where the Queen comforted her son Charles and her grandsons in the dark days after Princess Diana’s death in Paris in 1997. But incredibly, in all that time I had never been inside Balmoral — until now. Since the Queen’s death in 2022, King Charles has been determined to make the castle the latest royal residence to open to the public. On April 2, nearly 3,500 “golden tickets” went on sale at £100 each. Continue reading... The Sun delivers breaking news, latest gossip and incredible exclusives around the world with hubs in London, New York, Scotland and Ireland. Cover