Britain’s Prince George, the 12-year-old grandson of King Charles, will attend the prestigious Eton College from September, Kensington Palace said on Tuesday.
George’s father, the heir to the throne Prince William, and his uncle Prince Harry also both attended Eton, which is close to Windsor Castle in southeast England.
“Kensington Palace can confirm that Prince George will attend Eton College from this September,” William’s office said in a statement.
The all boys school fees are about £63,000 a year.
Currently George, the second in line to the throne, attends the private Lambrook School with his sister, Charlotte, and brother, Louis, near Windsor, where the family has a home.
William was the first royal to attend Eton, as Charles went to Gordonstoun, the same private school on the north coast of Scotland his own father, Prince Philip, attended, but found life there hard.
William has said he enjoyed his time at the school and recently revealed he would often pop over to Windsor Castle at weekends to have tea with his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth.
Eton, founded in 1440, has long been the alma mater for many of the country’s elite, and has educated 20 British prime ministers, including Boris Johnson and David Cameron, as well as actors Hugh Laurie, Damian Lewis and Tom Hiddleston.
It retains many traditions, with pupils wearing tailcoats, waistcoats and gowns, and referring to teachers as “beaks.”
