Kate Middleton and Prince William first took Princess Charlotte to school. PHOTO, VIDEO
'05.09.2019'
Source: Facts
On September 5, the school year began at Thomas's Battersea's prestigious London school. For the first time, Princess Charlotte, the daughter of Prince William and Kate Middleton, joined the students of this institution.
“For the first time in first grade” (which is actually called preparatory) four-year-old Charlotte was brought by both her parents, they write Facts. In September 2017, when the first brother of Charlotte, Prince George, first went to school, only the father accompanied the newly-made schoolchild. Kate, to her deep disappointment, was unable to keep company with her son and husband. Then she was waiting for the birth of Prince Louis and suffered from severe toxicosis.
“She would have given everything to be there,” a source in the palace said. Now the Duchess of Cambridge was able to fully feel like the mother of a "first grader."
The “experienced” schoolboy, six-year-old George, also came with his sister. He is ready to help her get comfortable in the new environment and show what's what. Charlotte, who attended kindergarten, has long been eager for a "school for large." She and George are very close, and the girl enthusiastically anticipated that now they would study together. William told reporters that his daughter was joyfully excited today.
Before starting classes at the entrance to the school, the family kindly posed for the press. The children were in school uniform. Parents carried backpacks in their hands. Kate, according to the Daily Mail, chose a charming red-blue-white floral dress by Michael Kors worth 264 dollars and dark blue shoes. In the same dress in May 2018, Katherine attended a rehearsal of the wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. She also did a new styling and seemed to lighten her hair.
Charlotte was in a good mood and willingly posed in front of the cameras. Once she playfully hid from the photographers behind her mother, which made Kate laugh. Charlotte also confidently shook the hand of the teacher who met her (by the way, the blue polka-dot dress of the teacher and the head teacher of elementary grades, Helen Haslem from LK Bennett, costs more than Kate's outfit - 307 dollars). George also behaved much bolder this time. On his own first day at school, he was noticeably shy, nervous, and looked a little bewildered.
The first day at school will not be too difficult. Typically, students get to know each other and with teachers. They are shown classes, desks and lockers, the location of the bathrooms.
Studying at Thomas' school costs almost 19 thousand pounds a year (approximately $ 23 thousand). Moreover, parents will pay a little less for Charlotte, since a two percent discount is due for the education of the second child in this school.
Homework for elementary school students is optional. There is an 24 club at the school, including a discussion club (children from five years old can participate in it), fencing, golf, philosophy, pottery, Italian language lessons. The compulsory education program for boys and girls includes ballet. In addition, classes are held under live music: a pianist plays.
In the list of students, Charlotte is listed under the name Cambridge. The official title "Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte" will not be used, as well as the "ancestral" royal name of Mountbatten-Windsor. According to tradition, princes and princesses, entering educational institutions, take their names on the basis of their father's title. Charlotte's older brother also studies under the name George Cambridge. And his father and uncle William and Harry were once known as William and Harry Wales, being the sons of Charles, Prince of Wales.
