Prince George, 13, arrived for his first day at Eton College on 9 September 2026, accompanied by his parents the Prince and Princess of Wales. The occasion marks a symbolic moment for the royal family, as the second in line to the throne follows in the footsteps of his father, Prince William, and uncle, Prince Harry, who both attended the £65,000-a-year school, though his arrival was handled with markedly less publicity than William's own first day.

George was greeted at the school's historic School Yard by headmaster Simon Henderson and Provost Sir Nicholas Coleridge before disappearing inside to sign the same visitors' book his father and uncle once signed and settle into his new boarding house room. In contrast to William's 1995 arrival, which was witnessed by around 300 members of the press alongside his parents Charles and Diana, George's photocall was brief and tightly controlled, reflecting the Wales family's long-standing wish to shield their children's schooling from intense media scrutiny.