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History[edit]

I think this article needs a bt more detail and specificity to it. In the RF, it was commonly given upon marriage to the new couple: George V granted it to the Duke AND DUCHESS OF York (Elizabeth was NOT Queen Mother until 1952--technically the article is inaccurate as written). In 1947, upon marriage, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh (now Elizabeth II) were given it by King George VI. Upon his death I think it reverted to the then Queen Mother. Then after her death it was transferred from her to the Duke of Rothesay. However it is part of the Balmoral Estate, and is part of the reigning monarch's personal property, to do with as they please. 74.69.127.200 (talk) 13:10, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to expand and correct the article where you think it needed it. As long as the info you add includes reliable references there is unlikely to be any problems with it.RafikiSykes (talk) 14:47, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mesurements[edit]

On write at article as: "is a 53,000 acre (210 km²) estate on Royal Deeside. But 210 Km2" it's totally wrong. Hectare is, about Wikipedia en "An acre is about 0.4047 hectare and one hectare contains about 2.47 acres." So I hope that someone can correct that article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.157.188.150 (talk) 09:13, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

1 km² is approximately 247.1 acres, and 1 acre is approximately 0.004047 km². So as far as I can see, the conversion you quote here and which remains in the article is approximately correct. Beorhtwulf (talk) 13:07, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Pronunciation[edit]

The first line of the article says "BerkHA" in brackets. I assume this is an ad hoc respelling that would correspond to IPA /bɜːrk'hɑː/, Wikipedia respelling "burk-HAH". Many TV journalists reporting on current events, including at the BBC who have their own pronunciation unit to advise broadcasters on these things, are instead pronouncing it as its spelling would normally suggest: IPA /bɜːrk'hɔːl/, respelling "burk-HAWL". Does anyone have reliable information on which it is? Is it in the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary or similar? If so we can put the IPA (and the respelling, if we must) in the article. Beorhtwulf (talk) 13:00, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Birkhall is part of the Balmoral estate[edit]

I’m confused. If the Birkhall estate is 53,000 acres how can it be part of the Balmoral estate which is only 50,000 acres (see Wikipedia article about Balmoral estate)? 108.213.123.108 (talk) 00:34, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]