Royal schoolgirl! Princess Charlotte’s first day of school is here
<p>Princess Charlotte is growing up way too fast, and has started her first day of “big kigs school”. </p>
<p>The five-year-old will have her big brother to keep her company however, just like she did when she walked through the gates of St Thomas’ in Battersea in South London. </p>
<p>The whole family, apart from baby Prince Louis, were all there for the little royal’s big day as she waved at cameras and shook the hand of her teacher. </p>
<p>Kensington Palace Twitter account posted a gorgeous snap of Princess Char, 5, and Prince George, 6, to their Twitter account, stating “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to share a photograph of Prince George and Princess Charlotte at Kensington Palace this morning. The photo was taken shortly before Their Royal Highnesses left for Thomas’s Battersea.”</p>
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<p dir="ltr">It’s the first day of school for Britain’s Princess Charlotte, fourth-in-line to the throne <a href="https://t.co/E8oXcAvVu8">pic.twitter.com/E8oXcAvVu8</a></p>
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) <a href="https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1169721867428671488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2019</a></blockquote>
<p>It is hard to believe, but just two years ago Prince George, the eldest son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, walked shyly through the school gate with his father. </p>
<p>At the time, Duchess Kate had to miss the royal’s first day as she was experiencing severe morning sickness during her pregnancy with 16-month-old Prince Louis. </p>
<p>Luckily for little Char, both parents were able to be apart of her first day - and clutched her mother’s hand tightly while fiddling with her ponytail. </p>
<p>The Kensington Palace Instagram page also shared the sweet first moments of the 5-year-old meeting one of her school teachers. </p>
<p>St Thomas’s in Battersea has 560 students aged from four to 13 and hold the ethos “be kind”.</p>
<p>Headmaster Simon O’Malley said the school the royals are attending, emphasised key values such as “kindness, courtesy, confidence, humility and learning to be givers, not takers”.</p>
<p>“We hope that our pupils will leave this school with a strong sense of social responsibility, set on a path to become net contributors to society and to flourish as conscientious and caring citizens of the world,” he said.</p>
<p>Just as Prince George did, Princess Charlotte will adopt the same last name “Cambridge” upon entering the school system. </p>
<p>Scroll through the gallery above to see royal’s first day at big kid school.</p>
