Prince George's royal classmate at former school - and her mum is famous too
Prince George and sister Princess Charlotte are currently on a break from school and will be no doubt enjoying their summer holidays.
The youngsters attend Lambrook School near Adelaide Cottage in Windsor along with younger brother Louis, who recently turned five.
But the older children of Prince William and Kate were pupils at Thomas's Battersea - an independent prep school in South London - where they had some royal classmates.
Maud Windsor, the eldest daughter of Lord Frederick Windsor, was in George's year at the school. Lord Freddie's dad is Prince Michael of Kent, the Queen's cousin.
And young Maud's mum, Sophie Winkleman, is also famous too - and she has a very well-known sister.
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Prince George and Princess Charlotte on their way to school at Thomas's Battersea (PA)Sophie, who is also known as Lady Frederick Windsor, is a British actress, best known for playing Big Suze in Peep Show.
She's also appeared in The Palace and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and is the sister of Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman.
When Maud was born in August 2013, just a month after George, she was 42nd in line to the throne.
Maud Windsor on her first day at Thomas's Battersea - the same school that Prince George and Princess Charlotte attend (BACKGRID UK)
Maud's parents Lord Freddie Windsor and Sophie Winkleman, who starred in the comedy Peep Show (Getty Images North America)She shares a special connection with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's daughter Lilibet - as she too was born in the US.
Her full name is Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina Windsor, and her parents picked Elizabeth in honour of the late Queen.
Maud was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Princess Eugenie alongside Princess Charlotte. Prince George was a pageboy (Getty Images)Speaking about her name, Lord Freddie told Hello! in 2013: "We liked the idea of an old-fashioned English name and there are a couple of Princess Mauds in my father's family from a hundred years ago – one was the youngest daughter of Edward VII who ended up being Queen of Norway, and another a grand-daughter of Edward VII by his daughter Princess Louise.
"It's also a beautiful, elegant name and it was always our first choice."
George and Maud started at Thomas's on the same day in September 2017.
Lord Freddie married Sophie back in 2009 at the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court, south-west London.
Due to their lowly ranking in the line of succession, it's rare that we see Lord Freddie, Sophie, Maud or their youngest daughter Isabella at royal events.
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However, Maud did join George and Charlotte when she was a bridesmaid at her godmother Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank's wedding in 2018.
She also took on the role of bridesmaid alongside her younger sister at her aunt Lady Gabriella Windsor's wedding in May 2019.
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