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Time flies: UK’s Prince George gets ready for nursery school

This photo released by Kensington Palace on Friday Dec. 18, 2015 shows The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with their two children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, in a photograph taken late October 2015 at Kensington Palace in London. (Chris Jelf via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT This photo released by Kensington Palace on Friday Dec. 18, 2015 shows The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with their two children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, in a photograph taken late October 2015 at Kensington Palace in London. (Chris Jelf via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

By Associated Press December 18, 2015 1 min read

LONDON (AP) – Britain’s young Prince George is getting ready to go to nursery school in January.

Kensington Palace said Friday that George will begin attending the Westacre Montessori School Nursery in Norfolk, 110 miles (180 kilometers) north of London, before the end of January.

The prince is nearly 2½ years old. He has been raised largely out of the public eye although he has on occasion traveled with his parents.

The nursery says it looks forward to welcoming George.

It says “he will get the same special experience as all of our children.”

The palace also released a family photo Prince William, his wife Kate, and their children Prince George and Princess Charlotte. The photo was taken in October in the palace gardens.