Revealed: Prince George's Thomas's Battersea school uniform costs £340.70 and can be found at John Lewis

All kitted out: Prince George arrives at Thomas's Battersea in his new uniform
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Harriet Pavey7 September 2017

A dashing Prince George bravely took on his first day at school, sporting a brand new uniform and leaving his dad at the gates.

The four-year-old prince finally started at the £17,604 a year Thomas’s Battersea prep school on Thursday, where he will learn among 560 other pupils up to the age of 13.

And it looks like Prince George will not be disappointed by his school uniform: it’s shorts and long socks – a look he's frequently seen in – all year round for younger pupils at Thomas’s.

But just how much are the Cambridges shelling out for the traditional uniform? Using the school's guide, it comes to a total of £383.70 for a year’s garments, including “optional” items like hat, scarf and a cagoule. The entire “essential” kit will set parents back £340.70.

It’s a hefty fee, but Prince George’s school wardrobe will boast much more than smart shorts and socks: with ballet lessons for all students he’ll have a pair of dance shoes, as well as an art smock, custom sports tracksuit and t-shirt in the colour of his school House.

ESSENTIAL  
Winter  
Thomas’s navy jacket £36
Thomas’s navy v-neck jersey £25
2 red polo necks £10 each
1 or 2 Navy bermudas £9 each
2 or 3 pairs of long red/navy socks £14 each  
1 pair of black polishable shoes £44
Summer  
2 short sleeved light blue shirts £22 for a pack of two
3 pairs of navy ankle socks £5
1 white sun hat £6
Sports  
1 Thomas’s navy tracksuit £24
1 white t-shirt £6
1 house coloured t-shurt £7
1 pair of navy games/gym shorts £3
2 pairs of white sport socks £4.50  
1 pair of trainers (laceless not plimsolls) £7
Art  
1 red art smock £30
Accessories  
1 navy cloth gym bag/games bag £9
1 Thomas’s rucksack £13
Ballet
Ballet socks £4.25
Ballet shoes £10.95
TOTAL ESSENTIAL £340.70
OPTIONAL  
Winter  
1 pair of navy gloves £7
1 navy hat £7
1 navy scarf £7
Sports  
1 Thomas’s cagoule £22
TOTAL OPTIONAL £43

On his first day, the third in the line to the throne, who will join the school register as George Cambridge, wore a navy V-neck jumper with the school logo over a light blue shirt, navy shorts and black shoes.

Prince George will wear a different uniform for summer, winter and sports. Virtually everything can be bought from John Lewis, and the most expensive regulation item is the Thomas’s navy jacket with the school logo, at £36.

Prince George arrives for his first day of school at Thomas's school

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The cheapest is a pair of navy gym shorts, at £3. Pupils are expected to carry an official rucksack, which will set parents back £13. Shoes must be black, polishable and laceless.

The prince, whose birthday falls on July 22, will be one of the younger pupils in his reception class. He will learn a range of subjects from ballet and art to drama, French, music and physical education.

The school, whose former students include model Cara Delevigne and singer Florence Welch, has been described in the the Good Schools Guide as: “A big, busy, slightly chaotic school for cosmopolitan parents who want their children to have the best English education money can buy. That is what they want and, to a large degree, that is what they get.”

The Duchess of Cambridge, who is pregnant with the Royal couple's third child, has already said she is not sure her son “has any idea what’s going to hit him” at Thomas’s.

But she was forced to miss out on George's big day due to the severe bout of morning sickness she has been fighting.

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