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When the Prince graduated from Cheam at the ageof 13, it was time once more for his parents tofind an appropriate school. Elizabeth and Philipopted to send him to Philip's alma mater,Gordonstoun. The school aimed to provide youngboys with an education that went far beyondacademics, developing character as well as mindand body. Charles earned the lead role in aproduction of Shakespeare's Macbeth and twoyears in a row won the award for physical fitnesswhich his father had inspired. After spending ayear abroad in Australia (Charles was also thefirst member of the royal family to attend aschool...
After graduating from Gordonstoun, Charlesentered Cambridge University and broke royaltradition by choosing to live in Trinity Collegerather than in off-campus housing. He opted tostudy anthropology and archaelogy, switching in ayear to history. When the Prince was not engagedin royal duties or his studies, he found time toact and play polo, eventually getting Universitycolors, half-blue, for that sport. In 1970, thePrince earned a Bachelor of Arts in History...
...Prince's education was a little more rigorous. He was the first heir to the throne ever to go to school outside the palace. At the urging of his father, he was sent, like other boys of his social class, to boarding schools, first Cheam in Berkshire, then Gordonstoun in Scotland. Gordonstoun was a fairly tough place-cold showers in the morning, long runs in the often inclement weather before class-and Charles, despite a deficiency in mathematics shared with his future bride, did well. He went on to earn a degree in archaeology and anthropology at Trinity College...
During Charles' years at Gordonstoun came another royal first: six months at Timbertop, a wilderness school run by the Church of England in Australia. Charles, who in his early teens had seemed somewhat fearful and plodding, responded gamely to the tough regimens of both institutions: "The idea is to challenge a person so they find something within themselves they didn't realize existed," he later explained. "This can have an electrifying effect on somebody who normally, perhaps, was doubtful about his own ability. I know it has had an effect on me, which has lasted ever since. There...
...Gordonstoun and Timbertop helped mold the young Prince's sense of duty, Trinity College at Cambridge?his next stop, by family decree?opened up his personality. Charles is a slow but dogged study; his bachelor's degree from Trinity was only an undistinguished "second class, division two"?a sort of gentleman's C. But Lord Butler, master of Trinity, praised the student Prince for what was, in fact, a considerable accomplishment: he was the first member of the royal family ever to earn a degree. Not only had Charles taken time out for state visits abroad and his elaborate...