Abergeldie Castle (6)
In 1848, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's Consort, purchased the lease of the Abergeldie Estate for 40 years, as it was relatively close to the new royal residence of Balmoral.  Birkhall, with an estate of 6,500 acres, was bought outright from the Gordons by Prince Albert at about the same time (though there has long been a rumour that the Laird lost Birkhall in a card game).  

After his marriage in 1863, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), whose family nickname was 'Bertie', stayed every year at Abergeldie, indulging his twin passions of shooting by day and playing cards by night!  It was presumably during these periods of royal occupation that the extra wings were added. 

<i>(Photo courtesy of canmore.org.uk )</i>
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