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A look back at Prince George’s first day of school

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Princess Charlotte will be joining her big brother Prince George at Thomas’s Battersea School today.

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Located roughly 5 kilometres from the Cambridge family home of Kensington Palace, the future king has been attending lessons at the school for the past two years.

Take a look back at Prince George’s first day at Thomas’s Battersea School.

WATCH: Prince William drops off Prince George for his first day of school

In 2017, Prince William accompanied his son to his first day at Thomas’s Battersea – Prince George’s mother, Kate Middleton, was reportedly fighting off morning sickness from her pregnancy with his brother, Prince Louis.

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The then-four-year-old donned the Thomas’s Battersea uniform (a navy v-neck jersey and trousers).

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On his first day of school in 2017, Prince George was accompanied by his father, Prince William as he arrived at Thomas’s Battersea. (Credit: Getty)

At school, the young royal is known as George Cambridge – due to his father’s title as the Duke of Cambridge.

“There won’t be any special treatment,” Ben Thomas, former headmaster of Thomas’s Battersea, told People reporters at the time.

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“In fact, what his parents would like for him, as any parent would like for their child, is they have a wonderful, fulfilling and private childhood.”

According to Yahoo, the school – which boasts impressive alumni such as Cara Delevingne and singer Florence Welch from Florence and The Machine – costs $30 000 a year and places a huge emphasis on kindness amongst its students.

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Helen Haslem and Prince William walked Prince George into the reception classroom on his first day of school. (Credit: Getty)

The headmaster Simon O’Malley also stated that the school’s core values are “courtesy, confidence, humility and learning to be givers, not takers.”

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“The emphasis in the Lower School is enjoyment and this is embedded in our broad curriculum and our most important school rule of ‘Be Kind’,” Ms Haslem said in a statement on the prep school’s website.

WATCH: The VERY strange rules Prince George and Princess Charlotte must follow under nanny

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On Prince George’s first day of school, Clarence House shared a side by side photo of the young royal with his grandfather, Prince Charles in their elementary school uniforms.

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Kensington Palace also shared photos of Prince Harry and Prince William on their first days of school – at Wetherby School in London – accompanied by their late mother, Princess Diana.

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