Village stones throw from Balmoral where Margot Robbie | UK News

Hollywood A-lister Margot Robbie has reportedly snapped up a quaint cottage in a quiet nook of Scotland – with a very royal neighbour. The Wolf of Wall Street star is alleged to have purchased the home by the scenic River Dee, a stone’s throw away from the King’s non-public property in Balmoral to get pleasure from some much-needed “thinking time”.

Nestling close to Braemar village in Aberdeenshire, a spot well-known for its biting temperatures and lofty altitude within the British Isles, this idyllic location has attracted a host of celebrities, all drawn by the attract of the opulent Fife Arms lodge, pristinely managed by Swiss artwork power-couple Iwan and Manuela Wirth.

The picturesque hamlet has develop into fairly the movie star magnet; with pop sensation Rita Ora, the esteemed Dame Judi Dench, screen favorite James Nesbitt, and Texas band chief Sharleen Spiteri all gracing the locale lately, alongside Robbie and Royal Family members.

At 34, the Barbie star has Scottish heritage by her father Doug Robbie – a celebrated sugar baron originating from Scotland, now established in Queensland. Despite these ties, sightings of Robbie in Braemar have been scant since early final 12 months, main some residents to say they’re involved the village has “changed for the worse”.

Speaking to the Scottish Sun, one native mentioned: “The demographic has changed completely and it no longer feels like a village for us. I know Barbie is moving into the cottage down the road, which is exciting, but I’m not sure how good it will be for the village. I heard she’d bought it for ‘thinking time’.”

Braemar Village Hall’s chairman, John Macpherson, has acknowledged the combined blessings introduced by The Fife Arms. He mentioned : “The Fife Arms is good from a tourism point of view, and it has brought in a high-spending clientele, but Wirth’s company has bought up properties for its staff and locals have been priced out the market.”

Ms Robbie recounted a comical expertise she had during a prior go to to Braemar. She mentioned: “I was in a pub in the middle of nowhere in Scotland and I listened for about 30 minutes to a group of guys on a bachelor party discussing the Barbie movie not knowing that I was sitting two or three feet away from them.

“It was simply really fascinating. There had been people on the desk who refused to see the Barbie film. One man was like, ‘Dude, it’s a cultural second, do not you wish to be a half of tradition?’ And the opposite man was like, ‘I’ll by no means see it,’ and by the top he did wish to see it. It was a entire factor.

“I wasn’t going to go up to them but then I did. At the last minute as I was walking out I went to their table and I went ‘Thank you for seeing the Barbie movie’. It was very funny, they lost it. It took a full minute for them to realise and I was practically out the door and they went ‘Ohhhh’.”