Prince George will attend Eton College from the autumn following in the footsteps of his father the Prince of Wales, Kensington Palace has said.
George, 12, who made an appearance with his family at the Trooping the Colour ceremony at the weekend, will be a pupil at the school which educated William and his brother the Duke of Sussex.
A Kensington Palace spokesperson said: “Kensington Palace can confirm that Prince George will attend Eton College from this September.”
It is not known if George will board at Eton, but the college is only a few miles from the Waleses’ Forest Lodge home at Windsor.
William and wife Kate were reportedly spotted touring Eton with their eldest son in 2023, fuelling speculation the school was high on their list of places to send George.
In recent days, there had been reports a decision on which institution would be entrusted with educating George would be announced by the prince and princess this month.
George’s father Prince William enrolled in the school in 1995 before being joined by Prince Harry a few years later in 1998. They both boarded at Manor House.
William’s attendance at Eton was a significant break in royal tradition at the time as it was expected that he would to to Gordonstoun in Scotland, which his father Charles and grandfather Philip both attended.
The press were allowed to record William’s first day at Eton with his parents Charles and Diana, the then Prince and Princess of Wales, and brother Harry, with the family pictured as the new pupil signed in on September 6, 1995.
Five years later when aged 18, William was interviewed about his time at the school and reportedly said: “I’ve really enjoyed being able to go about Eton as just another student.”
The young prince is currently studying at Lambrook School, the private prep school in Berkshire, where he boards and it is also attended by his siblings Princess Charlotte, 11, and eight-year-old Prince Louis.
George was most recently seen at the annual Trooping the Colour ceremony to celebrate his grandfather’s birthday.
From a first-floor window of the Duke of Wellington’s former office, the eight-year-old prince was observed ducking down to peer through a half-open pane, alongside his siblings Prince George, 12, and Princess Charlotte, 11, and other royals including the Duchess of Edinburgh and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.
