Here's why Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis are not using their royal titles at school
Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis are starting a new school year, and they will not be addressed by their royal titles in the classroom.
The royal family is always treated with the utmost respect due to their role as Head of State and their cultural significance. But Prince William and Princess Kate's three children will be known at school simply as George Wales, Charlotte Wales, and Louis Wales, using a surname derived from their parents' titles as the Prince and Princess of Wales.
According to PEOPLE Magazine, while they have held royal titles since birth, they use their simple names to be able to blend in with their peers at school.
The young royals, however, haven’t always gone by the surname Wales at school. They previously used the surname Cambridge, when Prince William and Princess Kate held the titles Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, which was given by Queen Elizabeth II during their wedding in 2011.
The royal family does not usually use a surname, but if it's necessary, they use the "name of the yoyal house or dynasty they belong to," the official royal website stated. Before, Prince William and Prince Harry were known as William and Harry Wales at school and in the military, deriving from King Charles' previous title of Prince of Wales.
Prince William and Princess Kate assumed the Wales surname when King Charles took over the throne in 2022.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, go by their surname Sussex, from their parents' titles Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
In 1960, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip decided that their direct descendants would have the last name of Mountbatten-Windsor. They combined the British royal family's official surname of Windsor, which was adopted by King George V in 1917, and Mountbatten from Prince Philip's family name.
