{"id":1996237,"date":"2025-09-04T06:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T06:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1996237"},"modified":"2025-09-04T06:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T06:33:10","slug":"what-is-the-balmoral-test-the-royal-tradition-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/what-is-the-balmoral-test-the-royal-tradition-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Balmoral Test? The royal tradition, explained."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-content-0\" data-v-17c328d7=\"\">\n<p><em>If you want to support independent women&#8217;s media, <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"underline underline-offset-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mamamia.com.au\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>become a Mamamia subscriber<\/em><\/a><em>. Get an all-access pass to everything we make, including exclusive podcasts, articles, videos and our exercise app, MOVE.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A new It Girl royal is coming. Her name is Harriet Sperling, and she just got engaged to <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"underline underline-offset-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mamamia.com.au\/princess-anne-hardest-working-royal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Princess Anne&#8217;s son<\/a>, Peter Phillips. <\/p>\n<p>And you best believe Harriet is getting the full royal welcome!<\/p>\n<p>Now that the news is out about <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"underline underline-offset-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mamamia.com.au\/annie-knight-engagement\/\" target=\"_blank\">her engagement<\/a>, the NHS nurse has scored an invite to the super-exclusive summer holiday at the royals&#8217; estate in Scotland, where the whole family heads every year to relax and hang out together.<\/p>\n<p>Think of it like <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"underline underline-offset-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mamamia.com.au\/hunter-valley-with-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\">your family&#8217;s annual trip<\/a> to a seaside caravan park\u2026 only it&#8217;s nothing like that at all. Because a very unique &#8220;test&#8221; is waiting.<\/p>\n<p>You see, it&#8217;s at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that the storied &#8216;Balmoral Test&#8217; is waiting for would-be royals, potential princesses and those keen to charm their way into the royal inner circle. <\/p>\n<p><em>Listen to Mamamia Out Loud&#8217;s hosts discuss the &#8216;Princess Test&#8217;. Post continues after podcast.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/mamamia-out-loud\/is-trump-dying\/embed?style=Cover\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"The Princess Test &amp; Trump's Bruised Hand\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Balmoral Test is an unofficial initiation that guests of the British Royal Family \u2014 especially new romantic partners \u2014 are said to undergo at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a formal examination (well, technically) but rather a weekend-long assessment of one&#8217;s ability to navigate royal life and etiquette\u2026 which is, umm super normal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>window.setTimeout(function(){var e,t,n,o;n=window,e=document,o=\"script\",n.fbq||(t=n.fbq=function(){t.callMethod?t.callMethod.apply(t,arguments):t.queue.push(arguments)},n._fbq||(n._fbq=t),(t.push=t).loaded=!0,t.version=\"2.0\",t.queue=[],(n=e.createElement(o)).async=!0,n.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js\",(o=e.getElementsByTagName(o)[0]).parentNode.insertBefore(n,o)),fbq(\"init\",\"810745638982745\"),fbq(\"track\",\"PageView\")},200)<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.mamamia.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to support independent women&#8217;s media, become a Mamamia subscriber. Get an all-access pass to everything we make, including exclusive podcasts, articles, videos and our exercise app, MOVE. A new It Girl royal is coming. Her name is Harriet Sperling, and she just got engaged to Princess Anne&#8217;s son, Peter Phillips. 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