They is likely to be set for a lifetime of public engagements (or perhaps a future as King) however even members of the Royal Family must take GCSE and A-level examinations.
Sarah, the Duchess of York, had her personal O-level outcomes unearthed at this time, when a slip detailing the end result of the exams she took in June 1976 was present in a dusty submitting cupboard.
It seems to have been by accident left behind at Hurst Lodge School in Ascot, the place the Duchess was a weekly boarder within the early Seventies – and it reveals she solely handed two topics: spoken English, with an A, and artwork, with a C.
But solely passing two topics has carried out little hurt to Prince Andrew’s ex-wife, who has topped the bestseller lists along with her kids’s books and romantic novels.
Fergie won’t have been an educational marvel in her youth, however how did different members of the Firm carry out in their very own faculty examinations?
Sarah, the Duchess of York, had her O-Level outcomes unearthed at this time, when a slip detailing the end result of the exams she took in June 1976 was present in a dusty submitting cupboard
Sarah Ferguson (proper) with classmates at Hurst Lodge School in Ascot. Left to proper: Debbie, Davida Hadden, Sharon O’Toole
King Charles
Charles adopted his father to Gordonstoun in Moray, Scotland, an expertise he has since described as a ‘jail sentence’, dubbing the impartial faculty ‘Colditz in kilts’.
The £15,300 per time period boarding faculty was based in 1934 by Kurt Hahn, a German Jew who had escaped Hitler – and the late Duke of Edinburgh was considered one of its first pupils.
It is predicated in a seventeenth century constructing surrounded by prefabs which had as soon as been RAF barracks. Charles arrived at Gordonstoun as a 13-year-old in 1962.
It was clear from the beginning he wasn’t a fan of the college, writing in a letter residence: ‘I hardly get any sleep within the House as a result of I snore and I get hit on the pinnacle on a regular basis. It’s absolute hell.’
Another letter despatched two years’ in stated: ‘The folks in my dormitory are foul. They throw slippers all night time lengthy or hit me with pillows… Last night time was hell, literal hell.
‘I want I may come residence.’
Charles left Gordonstoun with 5 O-levels and two A-levels: a B in historical past and a C in French.
He went on to Cambridge, graduating with a 2:2 in historical past. It is claimed Charles’s bodyguard, who attended all his lectures, gained a 2:1.
Charles adopted his father to Gordonstoun in Moray, Scotland, an expertise he has since described as a ‘jail sentence’, dubbing the impartial faculty ‘Colditz in kilts’
Queen Camilla
Camilla enrolled on the Queen’s Gate School in south Kensington on the age of 10, an establishment which, on the time, reportedly aimed to ‘present wives for the Foreign Office and many of the the Aristocracy’.
In 1957, college students have been taught life abilities comparable to cookery, flower arranging and write cheques.
Camilla finally achieved one O-level earlier than leaving Queen’s Gate School at 16, although it is not know what topic this was in.
She did not go on to take A-levels, and as an alternative attended the Mon Fertile Finishing School in Tolochenaz, Switzerland, and the Institut Britannique in Paris.
In the latter, Camilla spent six months learning French and French literature.
She went on to have a collection of jobs as a secretary and receptionist in her youth.
Queen Camilla visits the Ditchling Museum in Ditchling, East Sussex, in 1956
Princess Diana
Diana – who as soon as described herself as ‘thick as a plank’ – did not get any O-levels.
She was initially educated at preparatory faculty Riddlesworth Hall in Diss, Norfolk, earlier than enrolling as a boarder at West Heath, close to Sevenoaks, Kent, in 1974.
Although she did not acquire any {qualifications}, it’s stated she confirmed a selected expertise for music as an achieved pianist whereas at West Heath, in addition to dancing and home science.
She additionally gained the faculty’s award for the lady giving most assist to the college and her friends.
Diana left West Heath in 1977, and attended the Institut Alpin Videmanette ending faculty in Switzerland, which she left after the Easter time period of 1978.
Diana (above in 1971) – who as soon as described herself as ‘thick as a plank’ – did not get any O-levels
Prince Andrew
Like his brother and father, Prince Andrew attended Gordonstoun in Scotland.
Despite being identified at Gordonstoun because the ‘Sniggerer’ due to his penchant for ‘off-colour jokes’, Andrew gained six O-levels and three A-levels in English, historical past and politics.
He was very briefly an change pupil at Lakefield College School in Ontario, Canada, in 1977, the place he spent a ‘life altering’ six months.
After leaving faculty with a good variety of {qualifications}, Prince Andrew joined the Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) in 1979 to coach as a naval officer.
Andrew accomplished the course on the BRNC in 1980.
Like his brother and father, Prince Andrew (above in 1973) attended Gordonstoun in Scotland
Prince William
In a break from royal custom, Prince William was the primary senior royal to attend single-sex Eton College as a 13-year-old in 1995.
William stayed within the faculty’s boarding home through the week, however spent his weekends along with his grandmother the late Queen in close by Windsor Castle.
At Eton, he achieved 12 GCSEs and three A-levels – an A in geography, a B in historical past of artwork and a C in biology.
During his senior yr, Prince William was considered one of 21 elected members of a prestigious prefect society, with members often called ‘Pop’.
The younger royal was additionally extremely energetic, a trait that he has stored up as a working royal. As properly as his roles main the swimming and soccer groups, he additionally reportedly took up water polo.
After Eton, William attended St Andrews University in Scotland, the place he graduated with a 2:1 in geography.
Prince William was the primary royal to attend single-sex Eton College as a 13-year-old in 1995
Kate Middleton
The Princess of Wales flourished at Marlborough College in Wiltshire, the place she excelled academically and carried out properly at sports activities, together with hockey and tennis.
There’s no query that Kate made fairly an influence on her faculty, later hailed as ‘Person almost definitely to be cherished by all people’ in her yearbook when she departed on her hole yr.
Kate left Marlborough College with 11 GCSEs and three A-levels – with As in maths and artwork and a B in English.
She went on to attend the University of St Andrews (the place she met Prince William), and left with a 2:1 in historical past of artwork.
The Princess of Wales flourished at Marlborough College in Wiltshire, the place she excelled academically and carried out properly at sports activities, together with hockey and tennis
Prince Harry
Less educational than his brother, Prince Harry additionally attended Eton College.
He managed to realize 11 GCSEs and two A-levels – a B in artwork and D in geography.
But what Harry actually excelled at whereas attending Eton was sports activities.
He stated: ‘Sport, I made a decision, can be my factor at Eton’, including: ‘Sporty boys have been separated into two teams: dry bobs and moist bobs.
‘Dry bobs performed cricket, soccer, rugby, or polo. Wet bobs rowed, sailed, or swam.’
Harry was additionally a member of the Combined Cadet Force at Eton.
Rather than attend college, he went on to hitch the Army.
Less educational than his brother, Prince Harry additionally attended Eton College