Overview

• Balmoral Castle closed on August 4 after the Met Office issued amber and yellow warnings forecasting gusts of 50–70 mph and up to 80–90 mph in exposed areas
• Estate officials urged the public to avoid travel to Aberdeenshire and announced full refunds for tickets scheduled for today’s tours
• The castle’s seasonal visitor program, which began April 1, is set to resume later this week and run through its planned August 10 closing
• Storm Floris marks the sixth named storm of the 2024–25 UK season to trigger precautionary shutdowns across northern Scotland
• King Charles has spent the past week at other Highland residences—most notably the Castle of Mey—as Balmoral remains inaccessible