Sign up to our free email to get all the latest royal news and pictures We have more newsletters Sign up to our free email to get all the latest royal news and pictures We have more newsletters Prince Harry's school life was incredibly privileged from his earliest days, as he began his studies at Mrs Mynors Nursery School in Notting Hill, before going on to Wetherby Prep School and later going off to board at Ludgrove Prep School. He was just eight years old when he was sent to live away from home, so Harry was given a great deal of support by school staff - and even was treated to a unique ritual. As well as enjoying various activities and weekly treats, the younger boys at Harry’s boarding school had their hair personally washed by matrons - and he recalled the memory in his controversial 2023 memoir, Spare.
“Three times a week after dinner, the matrons would assist the youngest boys with a nightly wash,” he wrote. “I can still see the long row of white baths, each with a boy reclining like a little Pharaoh, awaiting his personalised hair wash. "For older boys who’d reached puberty, there were two tubs in a separate room, behind a yellow door.
The matrons came down the row of tubs with stiff brushes, bars of floral soap. Every boy had his own towel, embossed with his school number. Mine was 116.
” After Ludgrove, Prince Harry went on to join Prince William and study at Eton College near Windsor. While his memoir gave many interesting insights into his life growin.