Prince George’s First Day of School and 8 Other Royal Institutions Inline

  • Hill House School
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    Hill House School

    A preparatory day school that was founded in Knightsbridge in 1951. This was Prince Charles’s first school, which he began on November 7, 1956.

  • Cheam School
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    Cheam School

    Charles’s father, the Duke of Edinburgh, attended this school in the ’30s. Prince Charles’s first day here was September 23, 1957.

  • Heatherdown Prep
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    Heatherdown Prep

    Charles’s brother Andrew, Duke of York, began his enrollment at Heatherdown in Ascot when he was 8 years old and stayed until he was 13.

  • Gordonstoun
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    Gordonstoun

    The Gordonstoun School was attended by Charles, Andrew, and Edward’s father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and each of the three princes followed in his footsteps. Philip was, in fact, one of the first students at the school when it opened in 1934.

  • Gibbs School
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    Gibbs School

    The youngest son of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Edward, Earl of Wessex, began his education at this pre-preparatory school in Kensington.