Painting and playing music were favourite pastimes. The children performed theatre plays and were instructed in foreign languages, history, geography or even in housekeeping and agriculture. A second castle was bought in 1848 in the Scottish Highlands, in Balmoral. Here the family spent the autumn. Dressed in a tartan, Albert was able to indulge in long hunting expeditions. Life in the country was made easier by telegraphic connections and railways. Bitte klicken Sie auf die Bilder, um ein größeres Format zu erhalten