The two-year-old is already into the sixth week of preschool at Westacre Montessori in Norfolk. And when George goes to the prestigious nursery, he leaves his royal title back at the family country home.
A royal insider revealed to People magazine that the cheeky tyke is simply “George” to his teachers and classmates.
Louise Livingston is the director of training at the Maria Montessori Institute, where many of the teachers at George’s school have studied.
She told the American publication it is likely his “name will be written on his coat-and-backpack peg, and his teachers will write it for him on his artwork.”
This is in line with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s determination for George and their second child, daughter Charlotte, to have a “safe, happy and private childhood”.
“Diana tried very much to give William and Harry normal lives. [With Kate] that’s something he’d love to emulate for his own family,” royal author Katie Nicholl explains.
Last August, in a letter issued via Kensington Palace, the couple revealed that they want a normal upbringing for their little ones and “feel strongly that both Prince George and Princess Charlotte should not grow up exclusively behind palace gates.”
The family also spoke out in May last year, following the birth of the Princess.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge want their kids to have a normal upbringing.
“The warm-hearted and understandable interest in the Royal Family and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge needs to be balanced with their right to private family life. This is especially important for a family with very young children,” a royal spokesperson said on their behalf.
In the past Catherine has reminisced about her childhood and how she’d like to recreate that for her children.
“I know that I was lucky. My parents and teachers provided me with a wonderful and secure childhood where I always knew I was loved, valued and listened to.”
