Prince Louis attends nursery for the first time ahead of third birthday

Prince Louis has attended nursery for the first time ahead of his third birthday.

The youngest child of Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, turns three on Friday (23.04.21), and in an adorable new picture shared on his parents’ Kensington Royal social media accounts, it was confirmed he started attending nursery this week.

Alongside an image of a beaming Prince Louis riding a bike – which was taken by Catherine and shared to mark the youngster’s birthday – the Kensington Royal Twitter account wrote: “Three tomorrow!

“Taken earlier this week by The Duchess before he left for his first day of nursery, The Duke and Duchess are pleased to share a new image of Prince Louis.”

Louis is following in the footsteps of his older sister, five-year-old Princess Charlotte, in attending Willcocks Nursery School, which costs £14,000 a year to attend full-time and is located close to the family’s home at Kensington Palace.

The little royal’s first day in nursery comes after his father, Prince William, recently sat him down with his siblings to explain to them that their great-grandfather, Prince Philip, had sadly passed away at the age of 99.

William reportedly told his three children – including eldest child, seven-year-old Prince George – that Philip “is an angel now” as he wanted to break the news to his brood as “gently” as possible.