Frigid temperatures in the UK apparently haven’t deterred Prince William and Kate Middleton from taking their usual New Year’s holiday at Balmoral in Scotland. The Sun reports that the couple arrived at Birkhall, Prince Charles’s home on the royal estate, on New Year’s Day.
Prince Charles is also apparently enjoying the freezing temperatures at Birkhall as well, though Camilla has stayed back in England to be with her daughter Laura, who gave birth to twin boys Gus and Louis on December 30.
William and Kate were spotted at Heathrow last year on their return from their Scottish holiday. An unnamed source tells The Sun, “They loved the peace and quiet there last year and decided there was nowhere they’d rather be together. Any days they spend with each other are incredibly precious because of William’s busy career schedule, so they want to make sure that when he has time off, it is quality time.”
The couple surely has some sentimental ties to Scotland as well — they first met and began dating while studying at the University of St Andrews.
Mail columnist Katie Nicholl writes this weekend that Prince William and Kate Middleton recently dashed away on another mini-break holiday, this time to the south of France.
Just in time for the bank holiday weekend in Britain, Prince William and Kate Middleton returned from their reported jaunt to the Caribbean island of Mustique late last week.
Daily Express columnist Vanessa Feltz writes this week that when royal girlfriends like Kate Middleton stay at royal residences, they have to seek separate sleeping quarters from those occupied by their princes.