--- title: Prince George Starts First Day at Elementary School description: Prince George arrived for his first day of elementary school this morning, holding hands with his father Prince William. canonical: https://time.com/4931142/prince-george-first-day-elementary-school/ author: Rachel Lewis article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-07T12:18:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:03.640Z og:title: Prince George Starts First Day at Elementary School og:description: Prince George arrived for his first day of elementary school this morning, holding hands with his father Prince William. og:url: https://time.com/4931142/prince-george-first-day-elementary-school/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0777a5be47f3207/6988dccc97cdff15226b256c/gettyimages-843625612.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3694 og:image:height: 2078 og:image:alt: 170907_Prince George School og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince George Starts First Day at Elementary School twitter:description: Prince George arrived for his first day of elementary school this morning, holding hands with his father Prince William. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0777a5be47f3207/6988dccc97cdff15226b256c/gettyimages-843625612.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince George Starts First Day of Elementary School > Sponsored content. 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Richard Pohle/WPA Pool—Getty Images by [Rachel Lewis](https://time.com/author/rachel-lewis/) ## Rachel Lewis Sep 7, 2017 12:18 PM UTC Prince George arrived for his first day of elementary school this morning, holding hands with his father [Prince William](http://time.com/4926861/prince-william-kate-middleton-pregnant/). The Duke of Cambridge drove the young Prince through the school gates, helped him out of the car and carried his school backpack as they walked into the classroom. The Duchess of Cambridge was unable to attend because she is still suffering from severe morning sickness due to [her third pregnancy](http://time.com/4926420/prince-william-kate-pregnant-third-child/). > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/905702477047181312) The four-year-old prince will attend Thomas’s Battersea, a $23,500 elementary school in London. Pictures released by Kensington Palace show the young Prince shaking hands with the head of the lower school, Helen Haslem. His uniform includes navy shorts and jacket, long red socks, and black shoes. Kensington Palace also shared pictures of William and Harry on their first day at school. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/905692870430031872) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4931142/prince-george-first-day-elementary-school/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4931142/prince-george-first-day-elementary-school/"},"headline":"Prince George Starts First Day of Elementary School","datePublished":"2017-09-07T12:18:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:03.640Z","description":"But his mother was unable to attend","url":"https://time.com/4931142/prince-george-first-day-elementary-school/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Prince George","Prince William","duchess of cambridge","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0777a5be47f3207/6988dccc97cdff15226b256c/gettyimages-843625612.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel Lewis","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rachel-lewis/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0777a5be47f3207/6988dccc97cdff15226b256c/gettyimages-843625612.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"170907_Prince George School","caption":"Prince George Attends Thomas's Battersea On His First Day At School","creditText":"Richard Pohle/WPA Pool—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4931142/prince-george-first-day-elementary-school/","name":"Prince George Starts First Day of Elementary School"}}]}] ```