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<\/p>\nThe Wales family have departed Balmoral ahead of what promises to be a hectic few days, with all three children due back at school next week.<\/p>\n
Prince William, Catherine and their children flew out on a commercial flight earlier this week, following their usual holiday travel arrangements.<\/p>\n
Their Scottish stay coincided with the announcement from Prince Harry that he, Meghan Markle, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet would be relocating back to Britain.<\/p>\n
The news was confirmed around the same time William and Catherine first arrived at the royal estate last week.<\/p>\n
The Wales family have departed Balmoral ahead of what promises to be a hectic few days, with all three children due back at school next week.<\/p>\n
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Whilst at Balmoral, the family joined other senior royals for services at Crathie Kirk, the nearby parish church.<\/p>\n
King Charles, Queen Camilla, Princess Anne with Sir Timothy Laurence, and Prince Edward alongside Lady Louise Windsor were also spotted attending.<\/p>\n
Kensington Palace confirmed back in June that Prince George would be enrolling at Eton College from September, marking a significant new chapter for the young prince. Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, meanwhile, will head back to Lambrook for the new term.<\/p>\n
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Prince William, Catherine and their children flew out on a commercial flight earlier this week, following their usual holiday travel arrangements.<\/p>\n
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The prestigious school sits within sight of Windsor Castle, making it a convenient choice for the family.<\/p>\n
The proximity means George will be able to return home with relative ease during term time.<\/p>\n
Preparations for George’s arrival are already well under way at Eton.<\/p>\n
Fresh ‘No photography’ signs have been installed on fences surrounding the college grounds, aimed at preventing both media and members of the public from intruding on pupils’ privacy.<\/p>\n
The measures echo arrangements made when Prince William was a student at the same institution.<\/p>\n
During his time there, an agreement was reached with the press: photographers would be granted organised photo opportunities with William on the condition that he was otherwise left undisturbed throughout his school life.<\/p>\n
A comparable deal could well be established for Prince George as he begins his time at the college.<\/p>\n
Such an arrangement would balance public interest in the future king with the school’s commitment to safeguarding the privacy of its students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wales family have departed Balmoral ahead of what promises to be a hectic few days, with all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1172796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[9],"tags":[77,1761,7283,532,1762,2831,5105,16,15],"class_list":["post-1172795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-prince-george","tag-prince-louis","tag-prince-william","tag-princess-charlotte","tag-princess-of-wales","tag-royal","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117169088531797226","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1172795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1172796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1172795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1172795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1172795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}