United Kingdom, June 1 -- King Charles has explained why Queen Elizabeth chose to spend her "final days" at Balmoral.

The 77-year-old monarch has opened up about the royal family's Scottish residence in the foreword to a new guidebook devoted to the "sacred" estate revealing he's loved the place since he was a child and his late mother "particularly treasured" the time she spent there prior to her death at the Aberdeenshire property in September 2022 at the age of 96.

In the foreword, Charles wrote: "Balmoral has been the cherished Scottish home of my family since the estate was purchased by Prince Albert, my great-great-great-grandfather, in 1852.

"With its buildings of startling individuality, which never fail to fascinate, and its p...