Sir Keir Starmer is at Balmoral this weekend, enjoying his first official stay at the royal residence as prime minister.
King Charles III is hosting Sir Keir and his wife Lady Victoria Starmer, in line with a long-held tradition that UK prime ministers visit the monarch at the Scottish castle for a few days towards the end of summer.
Fellow Labour prime minister Harold Wilson, Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher and Sir Keir’s predecessor Rishi Sunak all did the same during their premierships.
Balmoral, which has been the Royal Family’s Scottish holiday home since the 19th Century, is known to many as the place where the late Queen Elizabeth II died.
Source: BBC
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