From left: Prince George, Kate Middleton, Prince Louis, Prince William and Princess Charlotte.Photo: PA
Shorts are always in style forPrince George.
New imageswere released Wednesday of the 9-year-old royal walking intoLambrook Schoolin Berkshire for an orientation day with his family before the term officially begins. The start of the new school year is especially exciting for Prince George,Princess Charlotte, 7, andPrince Louis, 4, as they enroll as new pupils at the prestigious prep school.
Walking hand-in-hand with momKate Middleton, the two young princes wore Lambrook’s summer uniform. Prince George and Prince Louis looked ready for the classroom in short-sleeve white button-down shirts with a blue and green check print, navy Bermuda shorts, navy socks and black dress shoes. George’s shoes were laced, while Louis slipped into loafers.
According to Lambrook’s dress code, boys in grades Nursery through Year 8 are required to wear the summer uniform (which the princes were pictured wearing on Wednesday) from the first day of school until the first Exeat of the fall term. Six Exeat dates are set for Lambrook this year, where boarding students must leave the campus as it briefly closes. Then they’ll switch to a winter uniform.
Prince George, Kate Middleton, Prince Louis, Prince William and Princess Charlotte.PA
It was a style surprise to seePrince Georgein shorts instead of pants, as the third in line to the throne has worn longer bottoms in recent years. George mostlystuck to shortspaired with knee socks in public for the first years of his life, following a longtime British tradition among the royals.
Prince George in 2016.Pool/Sam Hussein/WireImage
Though Seward noted that upper-class British boys usually wear shorts until they’re age 8 (yes, even in the winter!), a special exception was made for Prince George to wear pants at age 4 for the 2018 wedding ofPrince HarryandMeghan Markle. There, the future king was outfitted in aminiature version of the frockcoat Blues and Royals uniformfor his duties as a page boy.
In recent years,Prince Georgelooked all grown up in a suit and tie for royal outings, includingQueen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June.
Prince William, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.Samir Hussein/WireImage
Also following school rules,Princess Charlottestepped out for orientation day in her Lambrook uniform. Holding her fatherPrince William’s hand, Charlotte strolled on school grounds in the requisite summer outfit for girls Years 3 to 8: a buttoned, belted navy gingham dress with navy blue ankle socks. On her feet, the little princess wore buckled Mary Janes, and her hair was back in two braids tying into a low ponytail.
A new adventure begins for the Cambridge kids when Lambrook starts classes on Thursday, where they’ll join about 560 pupils at the co-ed institute just outside of Windsor.
Princess Charlotte, Kate Middleton, Prince George and Prince William.Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty
Prince Williamand Kate’s children enroll at the new school following the family’s move fromLondon to Windsorat the end of the summer. The relocation is said to not only preparePrince Georgefor the next stage of his education but also provide the entire family with the countryside lifestyle that they love so much.
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“They are such an outdoorsy family, London just wasn’t working for them anymore,” a source who knows the family told PEOPLE. “The countryside is definitely their happy place.”
Prince GeorgeandPrincess Charlottepreviously studied at Thomas' School in Battersea, located four miles from their London home in Kensington Palace. Meanwhile,Prince Louiswent to Willcocks Nursery School, where he had been enrolled since April 2021.
source: people.com
