Model students: royals at school

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Model students: royals at school

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Posted: 11 September 2023 | Last updated: 7 February 2024

<p>A child's first day at school and their subsequent education number among the most important periods of any youngster's life. And it's the same whether you're a prince or a princess! Except, of course, the whole world is watching those first tentative steps into the classroom, and most days thereafter.</p><p>Click through and educate yourself with this gallery of British and European <a href="https://www.starsinsider.com/celebrity/342654/royals-who-shockingly-died-before-their-time" rel="noopener">royals</a> during their school years.</p>

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Model students: royals at school

A child's first day at school and their subsequent education number among the most important periods of any youngster's life. And it's the same whether you're a prince or a princess! Except, of course, the whole world is watching those first tentative steps into the classroom, and most days thereafter.

Click through and educate yourself with this gallery of British and European royals during their school years.

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Prince Charles

In uniform with a raincoat over his arm, a young Prince Charles arrives at Cheam Preparatory School in Berkshire, England, on July 27, 1958.

<p>Prince William and Prince Harry at their first day at Wetherby School in London, England, on September 12, 1989.</p>

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Princes William and Harry

Prince William and Prince Harry at their first day at Wetherby School in London, England, on September 12, 1989.

Princess Charlotte and Prince George

Princess Charlotte arrives for her first day at Thomas's Battersea Prep School in London, England, with her brother Prince George and parents Kate and William on September 5, 2019.

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Princess Elizabeth

Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth II, concentrates on her studies at Buckingham Palace in England on June 22, 1940. Elizabeth and her sister Margaret were the last members of the royal family to be educated at home by tutors in the traditional manner.

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Princess Margaret

Pictured on June 22, 1940 is Princess Margaret, younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, in the schoolroom at Buckingham Palace.

<p>Queen Elizabeth II pictured with her sons Prince Andrew (behind) and Prince Edward as Prince Edward starts his first day at Heatherdown Preparatory School near Ascot, England, on September 16, 1972.</p>

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Princes Edward and Andrew

Queen Elizabeth II pictured with her sons Prince Andrew (behind) and Prince Edward as Prince Edward starts his first day at Heatherdown Preparatory School near Ascot, England, on September 16, 1972.

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Diana Spencer

Lady Diana Spencer pictured as a schoolgirl at Cadogan Place Gardens, London, in the summer of 1968.

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Prince Philip

Prince Philip, later the Duke of Edinburgh, in costume for his role as Donalbane in a production of 'Macbeth' at Gordonstoun School in Scotland. Philip attended Gordonstoun from 1934 to 1939.

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Kate Middleton

The future Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton (front row, left) is pictured at St Andrew's School in Pangbourne, Berkshire, England c. 1991 in a sports team photograph.

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Princess Beatrice

Princess Beatrice, who is Prince Andrew's oldest daughter, attends her first day at Upton House School in Windsor in September 1991 accompanied by her mother, the Duchess of York.

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Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie

Prince Andrew's younger daughter Princess Eugenie at her first day at Upton House School with her sister Princess Beatrice and their mother, the Duchess of York.

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Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later Queen Elizabeth, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, pictured as a schoolgirl at age 14 in 1914.

Princes Edward and Albert

Prince Albert, the future King George VI, and Prince Edward, who as King Edward VIII would abdicate the British throne in 1936, are seen pictured with their tutor at Balmoral, Scotland, in 1911.

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Princess Anne

Queen Elizabeth's daughter Princess Anne (pictured center)—later Anne, Princess Royal—with fellow pupils during her first term at Benenden School, an independent boarding school for girls in Kent, England, on September 23, 1963.

<p>Zara Phillips, the daughter of Anne, Princess Royal, leaves her nursery school in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, on her fourth birthday in 1985.</p>

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Zara Philips

Zara Phillips, the daughter of Anne, Princess Royal, leaves her nursery school in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, on her fourth birthday in 1985.

<p>Zara and Peter Phillips, the children of Anne, Princess Royal and Captain Mark Philips, at Port Regis School on the Dorset-Wiltshire border in southern England, in 1991.</p>

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Zara and Peter Philips

Zara and Peter Phillips, the children of Anne, Princess Royal and Captain Mark Philips, at Port Regis School on the Dorset-Wiltshire border in southern England, in 1991.

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<p>Prince William signs in on his first day at Eton College watched by his parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and brother, Prince Harry, on September 6, 1995, in Windsor, England.</p>

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Princes William and Harry

Prince William signs in on his first day at Eton College watched by his parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and brother, Prince Harry, on September 6, 1995, in Windsor, England.

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Prince Charles

Prince Charles with classmates at Cheam Preparatory School in Berkshire, England, on July 27, 1958.

<p>Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth working on paintings in the school room of Buckingham Palace during the summer of 1940.</p>

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Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret

Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth working on paintings in the school room of Buckingham Palace during the summer of 1940.

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Prince William

A rather pensive-looking Prince William, wearing a striped jumper and red shorts, arrives for his first day at Mrs Mynor's Nursery School in Chepstow Villas, Notting Hill, London, on September 24, 1985.

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Prince Harry

A waving prince Harry greets photographers as he arrives for his first day at Mrs Mynor's Nursery School in Chepstow Villas, Notting Hill, London, on September 16, 1987.

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Princess Charlotte

Princess Charlotte waves as she arrives for her first day of school at Thomas's Battersea Prep School in London on September 5, 2019.

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Prince Andrew

Queen Elizabeth II accompanies her son, Prince Andrew, to Heatherdown Preparatory School at Ascot, England. It's 1968 and the prince is just eight years old.

<p>In this February 7, 1932 photograph, Princess Elizabeth (right) watches Princess Margaret receive a presentation doll on behalf of elementary school girls during a ceremony in Windsor Great Park.</p>

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Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret

In this February 7, 1932 photograph, Princess Elizabeth (right) watches Princess Margaret receive a presentation doll on behalf of elementary school during a ceremony in Windsor Great Park.

<p>The Prince of Wales, later George V, with his son, Prince Edward, at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, Isle of Wight in 1908.</p>

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Prince of Wales and Prince Edward

The Prince of Wales, later George V, with his son, Prince Edward, at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, Isle of Wight in 1908.

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Prince Harald

Eight-year-old Prince Harald of Norway, only son of Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha, follows his fathers "sporting footsteps" at school in Oslo in 1946.

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Princesses Birgitta, Margaretha, and Desiree

The Swedish princesses Birgitta, Margaretha, and Desiree on their way from school in Stockholm on May 24, 1946.

<p>Crown Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands (left) and her sister Princess Irene eating their lunch at De Werkplaats primary school in Bilthoven in 1946.</p>

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Princesses Beatrix and Irene

Crown Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands (left) and her sister Princess Irene eating their lunch at De Werkplaats primary school in Bilthoven in 1946.

<p>Like any other mom, Princess Grace of Monaco accompanies her daughter Caroline to school in the mid-1960s. </p>

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Princess Caroline

Like any other mom, Princess Grace of Monaco accompanies her daughter Caroline to school in the mid-1960s.

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Prince Felipe

Spain's Prince Felipe enjoying outdoor gym class at the National Sailing School at Palma de Mallorca in 1979.

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