Prince William, Prince Harry, Catherine Middleton and Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie all took their A levels just like everybody else
How did the Royal Family do in their A-levels? (Image: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publis)
This week, teenagers across the country will be preparing to pick up their A-level results and find out if all of their hard work over the past two years has paid off.
A-Level results day 2025 takes place on Thursday, August 14, as schools across the nation open their doors to former students to discover how they did.
It’s a nerve-wracking experience for most, but there was the added pressure for the Royal Family who, as they are in the public eye, must open their envelopes with the world watching.
Although you’d expect that the best private education gives you the best grades, this hasn’t always been the case for the Royal family, as they have a real mixed bag of exam results under their belts.
While the late Queen spent her former days learning the ropes of the monarchy, her children had a more normalised experience of education, with all the younger royals studying for their A levels, and almost all going on to university.
Here’s how some of the Royal family did in their A-level exams.
Prince William
Prince William on his graduation day(Image: Daily Mirror)
The Prince of Wales was educated at independent schools and attended the well-known Eton College in 1995.
By 2000, he’d picked up fairly mixed results at A level with an A in geography, a B in art and a C in biology.
Straight out of Eton, William went on a gap year, where he took part in army training in Belize and visited Africa.
The following year, William went on to study History of Art at St Andrews University in Scotland, to then later change course to geography.
He achieved an upper second class honours in 2005.
St Andrews University was where he met his future wife, Catherine Middleton.
Prince Harry
Prince Harry on his first day at Eton college(Image: Mirrorpix)
Slightly less academic than his big brother, Harry achieved two passes with a B in art and a D in geography back in 2003.
On the announcement, his father said in a statement on the royal website: “I am very proud of Harry. He has worked hard for these examinations and I am very pleased with today’s results.”
Similarly to his brother, he studied at Eton college, but decided against university.
The Duke of Sussex excelled in sports and instead pursued a successful career in the army.
Yet before this, Harry took on a gap year where he travelled across the country to Australia, Africa and Argentina.
Catherine Middleton
Catherine and William as new graduates(Image: Clarence House via GettyImages)
The Princess of Wales was enrolled at an independent boarding school in Wiltshire.
She achieved higher A level grades than Prince William, with As in maths and art, and a B in English.
However she didn’t go straight off to university, as Catherine also took a year out for travelling, however her dates didn’t overlap with William.
In 2003 she attended St Andrews University and graduated in the same year as her future husband, with a 2:1 in History of Art.
Meghan Markle
Meghan studied theatre at university before her acting career(Image: PA)
With Meghan being American, she didn’t take any A levels due to the difference in education system.
The Duchess of Sussex grew up in Hollywood and was privately educated, where she then studied secondary education at Immaculate Heart High School.
She performed in a number of theatre productions at the school before achieving a bachelors degree in 2003.
She studied Theatre and International Studies at the Northwestern University School of Communication.
Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie
The princesses both went on to university(Image: PA)
Eugenie could be considered to be the smartest young royal in terms of grades, because she achieved two As in art and English Literature, and a B in history of art.
She beat her older sister Beatrice, who received an A in drama and Bs in history and film studies.
Beatrice went on to get a 2:1 from Goldsmith’s in History of Ideas.
And Eugenie studied English Literature, History of Art and Politics at Newcastle and graduated at the end of her three-year course in 2012 with a 2:1.
King Charles
Prince Charles captured in 1965 where he was with Gordonstoun school orchestra playing trumpet in charity concert(Image: Daily Record)
As the father of Harry and William, he also did well in his A level exams.
King Charles studied at Gordonstoun school, which his also where his father, the Duke of Edinburgh was educated.
He left with five O-levels (GCSEs) and two A levels – a B in history and a C in French.
The Prince of Wales then went on to Cambridge University where he achieved a 2:2 degree in History.
Lady Louise Windsor
Lady Louise Windsor is currently studying at university after getting her A Level results in 2022 (Image: PA)
More recently, Lady Louise Windsor, who is the youngest granddaughter of the late Queen, received her A level results in 2022.
She studied English, history, politics and drama. Buckingham Palace did not reveal Lady Louise’s results, but we know that she followed in her cousin’s footsteps and went on to study at St Andrews – one of the country’s top universities.
Standard entry grades for the Scottish university are set at AAA and the minimum entry grades for English – the course she is studying – are ABB.