Editing Balmoral Castle (section)

==Ownership==
Balmoral is private property and, unlike the monarch's [[official residence]]s, is not the property of [[the Crown]]. It was originally purchased privately by Prince Albert, for Queen Victoria, meaning that no revenues from the estate go to Parliament or the public purse, as would otherwise be the case for property owned outright by the monarch by the [[Civil List Act 1760]].<ref name="Wightman" /> Along with [[Sandringham House]] in Norfolk, ownership of Balmoral was inherited by [[Edward VIII]] on his accession in 1936. When he [[Edward VIII abdication crisis|abdicated]] later the same year, however, he retained ownership of them. A financial settlement was devised, under which Balmoral and Sandringham were purchased by Edward's brother and successor to the Crown, [[George VI]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalResidences/SandringhamHouse/History.aspx |title=Sandringham House: History |work=The official website of The British Monarchy |publisher=The Royal Household |access-date=12 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416104935/http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalResidences/SandringhamHouse/History.aspx |archive-date=16 April 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Elizabeth II]] inherited the Balmoral estate from her father, and then after her death, ownership passed to her eldest son King [[Charles III]], but the estate is managed by trustees under Deeds of Nomination and Appointment.<ref name=Wightman>{{cite book| last=Wightman| first=Andy| title=The Poor Had No Lawyers: Who Owns Scotland (And How They Got It)| year=2011| publisher=Birlinn| location=Edinburgh| pages=113–114| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TNwkAQAAMAAJ&q=balmoral| isbn=978-1841589077| url-access=subscription}}</ref>