Prince Harry has admitted he took his elite schooling for granted in his youth as he joined wife Meghan on a campaign to keep girls in education.
The Duke of Sussex has never been known for his love of academia but now claims his schooling was "amazing", though he "probably wasn't as grateful" at the time.
The former senior royal attended Wetherby School, Ludgrove School and Eton College before enrolling at Sandhurst Military Academy.
Harry has joined the duchess and Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, because keeping girls in school means the world benefits "exponentially", he said.
He admitted he worries young women around the world who don't stay in education risk an "absolutely critical" effect on their lives.
Harry and Meghan spoke to Oxford graduate Malala about how the coronavirus pandemic has negatively impacted girls with 130 million already not in school.
They were speaking via video from their Santa Barbara home and told the campaigner they were grateful for being able to spend the pandemic with son Archie and see his "first steps...first everything".
Meghan has made women's rights a central focus of her work since joining the Royal Family.
"What I realised very early on was that when women have a seat at the table, conversations in terms of policy change, conversations in terms of legislation, certainly in terms of just the dynamics of the community are all shifted," she explained.
"And typically when a woman is present at the table, she’s going to be advocating for the entire family, as opposed to a patriarchal presence."
She said she was "very grateful" of her own education in which included graduating from Northwestern's School of Communication in 2003, with a double major in theatre and international studies.
Harry, meanwhile, achieved a B and D at A-level.
"We do take it for granted and it is a privilege but every single person, every single child, every single young person needs an education," he said.
"I’m hugely grateful for the education I was lucky enough to have.
"At the time I certainly probably wasn’t as grateful, but looking back at it now, I’m very, very blessed with having such amazing options."
The video call was broadcast on International Day of the Girl and was broadcast on YouTube.
