LONDON (AP) — Kensington Palace confirmed Tuesday that Britain’s Prince George will be heading to Eton College when the new school year begins this fall, walking the same path as his father, Prince William, before him.
For months, royal watchers had been buzzing with guesses about where the second in line to the throne would pursue his secondary education. Many had expected he might choose Marlborough College, the school where his mother, Princess Catherine, received her education.
The palace made it official with a straightforward statement: “Kensington Palace can confirm that Prince George will attend Eton College from this September.”
Eton is a boarding school with deep roots in British history, having been established in 1440 by King Henry VI. The school takes pride in its tradition of shaping the country’s future leaders, counting former Prime Ministers Robert Walpole, David Cameron, and Boris Johnson among its notable alumni. Beyond his father, Prince George’s uncle Prince Harry and his great-uncle, Earl Charles Spencer, are also Eton graduates. Students at the school continue to wear a distinctive traditional uniform consisting of tailcoats, stiff white collars, and pinstriped trousers.
Currently, the 12-year-old prince is enrolled at Lambrook, a private preparatory school located in Berkshire. His younger siblings — Princess Charlotte, age 11, and Prince Louis, age 8 — also attend Lambrook, which sits close to the family’s home in Windsor, to the west of London.
