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Photos Of Royals On Vacation: A Look Back At The Cutest Shots From Over The Years

Royals — their vacations are nothing like ours.

by Kate Auletta
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Every year, the royal family takes a summer vacation to Balmoral, the queen’s Scottish holiday home. As they once again jet off this year, here’s a quick look at previous vacations of the royal family over the years.

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Dressed for the cold during a skiing holiday in Klosters, Switzerland, on Feb. 17, 1987, are Prince Charles, Prince of Wales; Diana, Princess of Wales; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and Sarah, Duchess of York.

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Prince William and Prince Harry play on the bank of the River Dee near Balmoral Estate, Scotland, on Apr. 10, 1987, in Ballater, Scotland.

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Diana, Princess of Wales, walks the beach with Prince William and Prince Harry on Necker Island in the Caribbean on Apr. 11, 1990.

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The Princess of Wales holidays at the Marivent Palace in Majorca with her son, Prince Harry, in August 1987.

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Spanish Royal Juan Carlos I, British Royal Charles (Prince of Wales), British Royal Diana (Princess of Wales), British Royal Prince William, British Royal Prince Harry, Spanish Royal Infanta Dona Elena of Spain, and Queen Sofia of Spain sit on the steps of the Palace of Marivent in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on Aug. 10, 1987.

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Diana, Princess of Wales, plays in the sand with her sons Prince William and Prince Harry, her sister Sarah McCorquodale, and her sister's children, Emily McCorquodale and George McCorquodale, on Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands on April 11, 1990.

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Princess Diana, along with her young sons Prince William and Prince Harry, ride the ski lift in Lech, Austria, in April 1991.

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Fearless even from a young age, Prince Harry gets some air on that same Austrian ski trip with his royal mom and brother.

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Diana, Princess of Wales, and her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, all wearing blue waterproof ponchos, enjoy a private ride aboard the “Maid of the Mist” sightseeing boat tour of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on Oct. 26, 1991.

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Prince William takes a ski lift during a skiing holiday with his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, who at the time was undergoing her break up from Prince Charles, on Mar. 27, 1992, in Klosters, Switzerland.

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Prince William, Prince Harry, Princess Eugenie, and Princess Beatrice take a break from their snow-slope activities to sit for a photocall on vacation at Klosters in January 1995.

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Prince Harry smiles for a photo during his family’s vacation at Klosters, Switzerland, in January 1995.

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Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince William, and Prince Harry laugh on a log flume ride while visiting Thorpe Park amusement park in April 1993.

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Charles, Prince of Wales, and son Prince Harry enjoy a toboggan ride on the slope behind their hotel in the Swiss ski resort of Klosters in January 1995.

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Prince Charles and his sons appear at a photocall on Mar. 29, 2002, in the village of Klosters at the start of his annual skiing holiday in the Swiss Alps.

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Prince William and girlfriend Kate Middleton use a T-bar drag lift whilst on a skiing holiday on Mar. 19, 2008, in Klosters, Switzerland.

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, with their children, Princess Charlotte and Prince George, enjoy a short private skiing break on Mar. 3, 2016, in the French Alps.

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