Prince George's bizzare life at Eton - 'boys maids', underage pub and strange punishments

Prince George's bizare life at Eton - 'boys maids', underage pub and strange punishments Prince George is swapping royal prep for tailcoats and top hats as he steps through the iconic gates of Eton College today. Following directly in the footsteps of Prince William and Prince Harry he will quickly learn the unusual traditions at the school Prince George is officially heading to Eton College, and following in Prince William's footsteps means preparing for some surprisingly eccentric traditions. Moving on from Lambrook School, where he attended with his siblings Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, the 13-year-old royal will spend the next five years boarding at the elite Windsor college. Alongside standard academic subjects, George's first week at the £65,673 per year boarding school will involve mastering the iconic tailcoat-and-waistcoat uniform, passing the school's mandatory "colours test," and learning the local lingo - from beaks (teachers) to dry bobs (cricketers). Arriving alongside the Prince and Princess of Wales, George will mark his official start by signing the centuries-old entrance book, mirroring the iconic 1995 moment when a young William signed the very same register with his parents and brother by his side. While at Lambrook George did part-time boarding, but it's the first time he will be away from home for longer periods, living at Eton full-time during the term time. He will meet his new housemates, similarly to William, with much of his inner circle being friends he met at Eton. According to the Eton website, Registration fees for Year 9 is currently £480 (including VAT), the Acceptance Fee for boys joining in 2026 is £3,840 (£500 will be refunded when the boy leaves the School) and any extras can go up £500-£1,500 per Half depending on activities. His new digs will be in one of the 25 houses, home to some 50 boys, roughly 10 from each year group and according to the school's website, they are "caring communities that put kindness and empathy at the heart of their ethos. In turn, this allows boys to develop a strong understanding of themselves and their capabilities within a safe, tolerant and understanding environment." George, who is second-in-line to the throne, is expected to follow in William and Prince Harry's legacy at Eton by living in Manor House. His new home will feature a single bed, desk and shelves and every student, no matter who they are get their own private room that will increase in size every year and will be under the care of a House Master and Dame. He will also have a "boys maid" who will also tidy his room each morning. Students can use "messing" time in the afternoons to make snacks in the house kitchens should they wish, or some ex-pupils have recalled heading to the nearby Budgens to buy ramen noodles and chocolate biscuits, and photographed by tourists in their iconic uniforms. "Chambers" takes place every morning, giving each boy 25 minutes to have some food and chat to their house masters. Fellow students have recalled how the future King will be given a cooked breakfast, and can even eat it in his dressing gown if he wants to. The school even has its own pub called Tap, where pupils are able to order two pints of beer or cider, three times a week from the age of 16. On his first night at Eton, George will queuing up with the the other new students for a buffet dinner in the house's dining room - called an "Eat-in". Those in the "Eat-in" houses are usually hold the closest bonds as they eat, sleep and play sports together every day. A former Eton pupil writes in The Times: "The food is good but the food served daily to Eton's King's Scholars - awarded to about 14 of the most academically successful pupils each year, who are in their own house, College, is a cut above. "I remember sometimes being served confit duck legs, swordfish risottos, a salad of crayfish and salmon roe, because the kitchen that cooks for College also caters for the school's provost and headmaster. If their guests did not want their dinner, the collegers would." After dinner, those in the boarding house, and housemasters and dames will meet for after dinner "prayers" and a rollcall with announcements and hymns. There are three large theatres including the 401-seat Farrer Theatre, a rowing lake at Dorney which was used in the 2012 Olympics and a library that holds more than 150,000 books. George will be enrolling in F Block (an Eton term for Year 9). An academic term at Eton is known as a "half" and the year is split into three terms - known as Michaelmas, Lent and Summer. The young prince will also be assigned an "uncle" who will act as a mentor and help him adjust to the Eton life. And that's not all - he will also get a "timelord" who will be there to help manage his diary and navigate the school's famously intense schedule. Exams are referred to as "trials", school prefects are "Pops" and lessons are called "divs". George will be studying English, maths and science as well as geography and history. Latin, divinity, classical Greek, drama, art, PE, music, design and modern languages including French, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese and Mandarin are also on the curriculum. Any breaches of the school rules will land him in "The Bill" and will be notified of this by a "praepostor", a prefect from the academic elite. Other punishments include Lines (copying out 100 hexameters of Latin poetry), a Georgic (copying 500 hexameters) and Chores which can include weeding a housemaster's garden as unpaid labour. It's a very sporty college, with rowing and cricket being two of the biggest at Eton. Those who partake in rowing are known as Wet Bobs and cricketers (or any other sportsman) are known as Dry Bobs. Those who don't do any of the 45 sports offered are called Slack Bobs. Eton is just 10-minutes away from the Wales family's "forever home" Forest Lodge on the Windsor Estate, which means George can go home on weekends if he wishes. With his new found freedom, he may even get his own phone too. According to Royal Expert Jennie Bond, this move for George is "much more of a big step" as she explained to The Mirror: "[He's] had the security and comfort of living at home until now. There's no getting away from the fact that moving away from your family home – and George's family home is a very happy and secure one indeed – is going to be a wrench. "But it's going to be the most enormous help to George to know that his dad went through exactly the same process and he can turn to him for advice, comfort or support." William once revealed his decision to ban his children from having mobile phones - and admitted it's turning into a "tense issue" with George. The future king said hat none of his children are allowed to have phones as he is 'very strict' on the matter. At the time, Kate also penned a personal essay about how screens are ruining real-life relationships. The Prince said in June: "It is really hard. Our children don't have phones. When George moves on to secondary school, maybe he'll have one with limited access. It's getting to the point where it is becoming a bit of a tense issue. But I think he understands why, we communicate why we don't think it's right. "I think it's the full internet access I have a problem with, children can access too much stuff they don't need to see online but having a phone with text messages, the old-style brick phones like we used to call them, that's fine." Eton has a long line of well known Alumini, including his uncle Harry - who had mixed results, with reports suggesting he struggled academically, but excelled in sports and military training. A whopping twenty prime ministers have also studied there including Boris Johnson and David Cameron. Author George Orwell, James Bond writer Ian Flemming, actors Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddlestone and even Bear Grylls have attended the college too.