Prince George will, one day, be the King of England, and in preparation to take on that role, he will first follow in the footsteps of his fellow future monarch, his father, Prince William.
In just a matter of weeks, George, 13, will step through the hallowed halls of one of the best institutions in the country, Eton College, as his father did at the same age, accompanied by his mother, Princess Diana, just two years before her shock death in 1997.
© Getty ImagesWilliam's years at Eton were tinged with trauma, not only from his parents' divorce, but also from the aforementioned untimely passing of the Princess of Wales.
Royal author Robert Jobson told the Daily Mail, thankfully, "George walks in from a settled home," and will not face the same issues as his father, but that there will still be "challenges" while at his new school.
Robert explained: "He has not been spared pain. He watched his mother fight and beat cancer. He watched his grandfather live with it. He has emerged steadier.
© Getty Images"Eton will be a challenge, but being close to home, in the shadow of Windsor Castle, will help.
"As he steps out in his tailcoat, false collar, he will look a picture. But the environment will protect him like it did his father, who thrived there. Then time. A great deal of it, let us hope, for George's sake."
What will Eton be like for George?
The young royal will join a cohort of around 260 boys starting at the same time, but he will not be sharing a room with any of them as the college has a strict rule that each boy has his own space.
The official Eton website explains: "From the very beginning, each boy has his own study-bedroom: there are no shared rooms. Boys thus have their own private space and are required to organise themselves and to develop self-discipline in meeting tasks and deadlines."
© Corbis via Getty ImagesSo, while a number of boarding schools see students sharing rooms with their peers, George will be granted a single room, like everyone else.
Former Etonian and Royal biographer Hugo Vickers said that in his first few days at the school, George will face a difficult test.
He told the Times that the pupils are all quizzed by a group of senior peers, with very little time to prepare for the grilling. One of George's first trials will be his "colours test", for which he must memorise the location of school buildings and the official colours of each of its 25 boarding houses.
