Duchess of Cambridge will accompany Princess Charlotte on first day of school

Francesca Specter
·Yahoo Style UK deputy editor
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COWES, ENGLAND - AUGUST 08: Princess Charlotte of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge having fun together after the inaugural King’s Cup regatta hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on August 08, 2019 in Cowes, England. Their Royal Highnesses hope that The King’s Cup will become an annual event bringing greater awareness to the wider benefits of sport, whilst also raising support and funds for Action on Addiction, Place2Be, the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, The Royal Foundation, Child Bereavement UK, Centrepoint, London’s Air Ambulance Charity and Tusk. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
The Duchess of Cambridge will accompany Princess Charlotte on her first day of school next week. [Photo: Getty]

Both the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be present on Princess Charlotte’s first day of school, along with older brother Prince George, Kensington Palace has confirmed.

Princess Charlotte, 5, will be starting school next week on Thursday 5 September, at Thomas’s Battersea, the same institution Prince George, 6, has attended for the past two years.

In a statement, the Palace confirmed both of Princess Charlotte’s parents and older brother will be present as she begins her time at the £18,915 per year private day school.

“Princess Charlotte, accompanied by The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George, will attend her first day of school at Thomas's Battersea on Thursday 5th September,” said a Palace statement shared with Yahoo UK.

READ MORE: Inside Princess Charlotte's £18,915 per year school

However, it would seem baby Prince Louis will remain at home with childcare for the occasion.

Britain's Prince George (C) accompanied by Britain's Prince William (L), Duke of Cambridge arrives for his first day of school at Thomas's school where he is met by Helen Haslem (R) head of the lower school on September 7, 2017 in southwest London. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / RICHARD POHLE (Photo credit should read RICHARD POHLE/AFP/Getty Images)
Prince George accompanied by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge arrives for his first day of school at Thomas's school where he is met by Helen Haslem, head of the lower school on September 7, 2017. [Photo: Getty]

Back in 2017, when George started at the school, Duchess Kate, then pregnant with her younger son Louis, 1, was unable to be there – due to suffering from acute morning sickness, known as hyperemesis gravidarum.

Thankfully, it seems nothing has got in the way of her attending her daughter’s big day.

While the plans for the big day are unknown, if Prince George’s first day in 2017 is anything to go by then it is likely there will be a short photocall before lessons begin, where we might see four out of five Cambridges pictured together.

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 08: Prince Louis, Prince George, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear on the balcony during Trooping The Colour, the Queen's annual birthday parade, on June 08, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage)
Prince Louis, Prince George, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge appear on the balcony during Trooping The Colour on 8 June 2019. [Photo: Getty]

Princess Charlotte previously attended £14,000 a year Willcocks Nursery in South Kensington, where she has been going since January 2018.

It was confirmed back in May this year that Princess Charlotte would go on to join Prince George at Thomas’s Battersea.

READ MORE: Why Princess Charlotte's school fees are less than brother Prince George's

Simon O’Malley, Headmaster at Thomas’s Battersea, said: “We are delighted that The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have decided that Princess Charlotte will join her elder brother, Prince George, at Thomas’s Battersea.

“We greatly look forward to welcoming her and all of our new pupils to the school in September.”

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