Prince George is to begin attending a local nursery in Norfolk in January.
The two-year-old will be enrolled for a few days a week at the Westacre Montessori School nursery near the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's Norfolk home, Anmer Hall.
A picture of the Cambridges with their children George and Princess Charlotte has also been released.
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It shows the family in the garden at Kensington Palace and was taken in late October by photographer Chris Jelf.
George was spotted with his mother at the royal family's annual Buckingham Palace lunch earlier this week.
The nursery said in a statement: "We are looking forward to welcoming George to our nursery where he will get the same special experience as all our children."
George is expected to attend his first class before the end of January.
Unlike his own father who had private tuition in a nursery at Buckingham Palace, Prince William attended Mrs Mynors nursery school in London while Kate went to a nursery school in Amman in Jordan where her father was working.
The nursery George will attend is located in a private road which the royals hope will deter prying eyes.
William is particularly sensitive about press intrusion after his mother Princess Diana was killed in Paris in 1997 when her limousine crashed into the wall of a tunnel as they tried to flee a posse of chasing photographers.
In August, the royal family criticised the paparazzi for what it called increasingly dangerous attempts to photograph George when he was out with his nanny in London parks.
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