'See you at the school gates': Duchess of Cambridge jokes with parents from Prince George's new Battersea school

Mark Chandler29 March 2017

The Duchess of Cambridge has met other parents sending their children to Prince George's new school and joked she would meet them at the gates.

It was revealed last week that the young Prince would be starting at Thomas's Battersea from September, a school which charges fees of £18,000 per year.

And, at a glamorous gala dinner at the National Portrait Gallery on Tuesday evening, the Duchess met a fellow parents whose children go to Thomas's.

She joked: "I'm not sure George has any idea what is going to hit him."

Gallery visit: The Duchess of Cambridge
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Architect Richard Found, who was there with art consultant wide Jane Suitor, assured her: "He is going to love it.

"It is such a friendly school."

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"I may see you at the school gates," the Duchess replied.

George will be four years old when he starts at the private co-educational day school, which proudly states its most important rule is to "be kind".

Kate viewed the latest exhibitions and met guests at the gala, before having dinner at the London attraction.

Among those she met as she made her way through the gallery was fashionista Alexa Chung, who is chair of the 2017 gala committee.

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