Prince Charles broke a long-standing royal tradition when he was just eight years old, simply by going to school.
Before Charles broke the mould, it was the norm for royals to be taught at home by a private tutor and not attend an actual school.
But at eight-years-old, his mother, the Queen, enrolled him at Hill House school in West London.
When Charles started school on 7 November 1956, he had already been the heir to the throne for five whole years, also having been bestowed many traditional titles such as the Duke of Cornwall and the Prince and Great Steward of Scotland.
He attended this school for around ten months before moving to the boarding school Cheam School.
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After that, he was a pupil at Gordonstoun in Scotland.
The Queen's decision to enrol her son in school paved the way for future generations, as Princes' Harry and William unknowingly followed in Charles' footsteps.
However, when Princess Diana and Charles sent both William and Harry to Wetherby Preparatory School, Ludgrove School and Eton College, they broke The Firm's customs.
Royal children who have gone to school, have been sent to different ones so that they can have different experiences and make their own friends, a royal expert has explained.
Duncan Larcombe told OK! Online: "William and Harry broke the mould by going to the same school, but if you look at The Queen's children, they were all schooled separately.
"And, of course, William and Harry wouldn't have gone to the same school if one of them was a girl.
"Kate had a traditional co-ed education but it seems to be almost par for the course with the royals that they don't pile all of their children into the same school."
He added: "You want your children to have different experiences as they grow up because, collectively, as the royals, they will experience different types of people.
"It's as much about the people they meet growing up who will be their friends for life."
It is now understood that William and Kate Middleton are looking into moving Prince George from his south London school to another close to Kate's parents in Berkshire to stay in keeping with the rule.
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