Former classmate Stuart Agnew recalls the new king's days at Gordonstoun boarding school.
Stuart Agnew attended the same classes as King Charles III when he was at Gordonstoun boarding school in Elgin on the Scottish coast
Stuart Agnew, a retired Norfolk farmer and former MEP, said: "I didn't want to be seen sucking up to Prince Charles." Charles was the first Prince of Wales to be educated at a school, rather than at home by private tutors.King Charles on his arrival at Gordonstoun in 1962, pictured with his father the Duke of Edinburgh
"Soon after, they announced Charles was going there and suddenly everyone had heard about it," he said.Image source,Stuart Agnew lives close to the royal estate of Sandringham, in Norfolk, and represented the region as a UKIP MEP
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