Prince George begins final year at Lambrook School ahead of major move for young royal

Prince George has begun his final year at Lambrook School before the young royal will move into secondary education next year.

The future king has entered Year 8 and will need to select a new school to continue his education in September 2026.

Eton College is expected to be his next destination, continuing a family tradition established by his father and uncle.

Prince William attended the prestigious institution from 1995 to 2000, boarding there for five years.

The school's location proves particularly convenient, situated just across the Thames from Windsor and within easy reach of Adelaide Cottage and Forest Lodge.

The current fees at Eton amount to £21,099.60 per term, totaling over £63,000 annually.

Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis will continue their education at Lambrook for several more years.

Charlotte has multiple academic years remaining before she moves to secondary school, whilst Louis has only recently begun his preparatory school experience.

The Princess of Wales is said to be reluctant to send her son to an all-boys school like Eton.

Princess Kate went to Marlborough College alongside her brother James Middleton and sister Pippa Matthews.

Prince George and his parents visited Marlborough College, where a place costs £47,000 a year in 2024.

Sending George to a co-educational school would allow William and Kate's other children Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis to join their brother.

Prince William and Prince Harry both attended Eton together, however, the Duke of Sussex said the brothers did not interact much at school.

Harry alleged in his autobiography that William told him: "Pretend we don’t know each other" as he joined Eton.

The Duke of Sussex said: "Yeah, and at the time it hurt. I couldn’t make sense of it. I was like, 'What do you mean? We’re now at the same school. Like, I haven’t seen you for ages, now we get to hang out together.'

"He’s like, 'No, no, no, when we’re at school we don’t know each other.' And I took that personally."