{"id":921671,"date":"2026-10-05T15:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/921671\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T15:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:56:09","slug":"suprising-names-prince-george-princess-charlotte-and-prince-louis-go-by-at-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/921671\/","title":{"rendered":"Suprising names Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis go by at school"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince William and Kate Middleton\u2019s three children<\/a> reportedly go by George Wales, Charlotte Wales and Louis Wales at school.<\/p>\n

The royal siblings use the surname instead of being called Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, according to Hello! magazine<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Wales is a nod to their parents\u2019 titles, the Prince and Princess of Wales, which the couple were given<\/a> after Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s death<\/a> in Sept. 2022.<\/p>\n

Kate Middleton and Prince William\u2019s three kids (pictured above on April 5) go by George Wales, Charlotte Wales and Louis Wales at school. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The royal siblings (seen above in May 2025) use Wales as a nod to their parents\u2019 titles as the Prince and Princess of Wales. UK Press via Getty Images<\/p>\n

It\u2019s tradition for members of the royal family<\/a> to use their parents\u2019 titles as their last names at school.<\/p>\n

William, 44, and Prince Harry were similarly called William Wales and Harry Wales when they were in school and in the military, given their father, King Charles was the Prince of Wales at the time.<\/p>\n

William\u2019s children used to be called George Cambridge, Charlotte Cambridge and Louis Cambridge in school before his and Middleton\u2019s titles changed from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to the Prince and Princess of Wales upon Charles, 77, ascending the throne<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Charlotte, 11, and Louis, 8, attend Lambrook Prep School, where their 13-year-old brother was previously enrolled.<\/p>\n

George, for his part, is in his first year at Eton College <\/a>\u2014 William\u2019s alma mater \u2014 in Berkshire, England, with his parents dropping him off last month.<\/p>\n

Prince George (pictured above on Aug. 1) goes to Eton College. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte (seen above on Aug. 1) go to Lambrook Prep School. WireImage<\/p>\n

George, who is as tall as his mother<\/a>, matched his father in a black suit and a blue tie at the time.<\/p>\n

The teenager then changed into his school uniform<\/a>, which included a black tailcoat, waistcoat, pinstriped pants and a white shirt with a stiff collar.<\/p>\n

William attended Eton College from 1995 to 2000, while Harry went there between 1998 and 2003.<\/p>\n

Wiliam and Middleton brought George to his first day of school at Eton College in September. BACKGRID<\/p>\n

News broke over the summer that George would attend his dad\u2019s alma mater (pictured above.) ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n

George previously attended Lambrook Prep School (pictured above) with his siblings. Ian Jones\/Lambrook School<\/p>\n

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Eton College is an all-boys boarding school, the largest in England, and was founded in 1440.<\/p>\n

Following news of George\u2019s school choice, royal commentator Kinsey Schofield told Page Six that the teen\u2019s \u201cbiggest challenge won\u2019t be academics or making friends\u201d\u00a0<\/a>but, rather, \u201cbalancing [his] privacy with the reality that every classmate has TikTok.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWilliam and Harry attended before social media transformed adolescence,\u201d she pointed out in July. \u201cGeorge won\u2019t have that luxury.\u201d<\/p>\n

George (seen above in September) wore his school uniform for his official Eton College portrait. Matt Porteous \/ Kensington Palace<\/p>\n

William (seen here in his Eton College portrait) went to the school from 1995 to 2000. Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Additionally, Schofield told us\u00a0George is expected to have his own room<\/a>, but he\u2019ll still be \u201cimmersed in a social environment\u201d and will likely join the athletics program.<\/p>\n

Schofield also said George will have a leg up at the school since his father is an Eton grad.<\/p>\n

\u201cWilliam knows where the pressure points are,\u201d she noted. \u201cHe understands the social dynamics, the academic expectations and the emotional challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince William and Kate Middleton\u2019s three children reportedly go by George Wales, Charlotte Wales and Louis Wales at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":921672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,13163,362,588,75,27348,21646,124261,1067,23221,1069,2537,127],"class_list":["post-921671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-children","tag-celebrity-news","tag-england","tag-entertainment","tag-kate-middleton","tag-prince-george","tag-prince-louis","tag-prince-william","tag-princess-charlotte","tag-royal-family","tag-schools","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/921672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}