The Queen, after quitting Buckingham Palace for good, has said that she wishes to spend more time in Scotland.
Craigowan Lodge on Balmoral Estate is understood to be introducing a number of new security measures that will stop vehicles and intruders from coming close to the Aberdeenshire property.
Security cameras, a new security gate and a technologically advanced intercom system are to be installed under the new plans, the Sun reports.
The Queen will no longer be required to tackle the steps within the home as a £20,000 ‘wheelchair friendly’ lift.
It is understood that the 95-year-old monarch struggles to get around like she used to.
A Balmoral insider told the newspaper: “For many years we thought it would be the perfect place for the Queen to spend more time when she’s older. It’s one of her favourite places in the country.
“With a proper lift and now this new security, it can be effectively sealed off so she can spend more time there quietly in her late nineties.”
Earlier this week, a Buckingham Palace source claimed that the Queen has become so frail that she has been unable to walk her previous corgis for the past six months, the Daily Record reports.
Her pooches, two corgis and a dorgi (which is crossed a dachshund) are now taken for their daily exercise by the Queen’s aides.
That has reportedly been the case ever since the Royal was admitted to hospital in October 2021.
Concerns grew for the Queen’s health last month after she tested positive for Covid.
The monarch was said to have been suffering with ‘light symptoms’ of the virus while she continued to carry out ‘light duties’.
Following her recovery, a royal commentator suggested that the Queen’s programme of engagements will never return to the pre-pandemic days due to her age and frailty.
Joe Little, of Majesty magazine, said the Monarch’s diary is likely to remain pretty sparse, with the nation’s longest-reigning sovereign less visible in her role.
The Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations will kick off in June to mark the Royal’s 70 years of service in the UK.
As part of this, Scots will be treated to a four-day bank holiday weekend in a bid to ‘bring communities together’ to celebrate the occasion.
