Teenagers up and down the country will be nervously receiving their GCSE results today, and will hopefully be left feeling relieved as they open their brown envelopes. Just like those students, members of the Royal Family went through the exact same thing and are certainly not exempt from the endless revision, exam nerves and the nail-biting wait for results.
Even though members of the family went to some of the best schools in the world, from Eton College to Gordonstoun School, that’s not to say they were guaranteed record-breaking exam results. So just how did the likes of King Charles, Prince William and Princess Kate do in their GCSE’s?
Here, the Daily Express takes a look at how the royals performed in their school exams.
7 & 6: Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall
Like male members of the Royal Family before her, Zara Tindall joined her elder brother, Peter, and studied at Gordonstoun School in Scotland. She achieved an impressive 11 GCSEs with grades A to C, before gaining a B and C in her A-Levels. After qualifying as a physiotherapist, she has become an accomplished equestrian and represented Team GB in the 2012 Olympic Games, where she took home a silver medal.
Her elder brother, Peter, was also an academic with a love of sports. He was the second-ever royal to go to university, enrolling on a sports science course at Exeter University. The now managing director for a boutique sports management company was a member of the Exeter University Rugby Football Club and graduated in 2000.
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