Holding her mother's hand, that was how Princess Charlotte arrived Thursday for her first day of school with her older brother Prince George leading the way.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, accompanied the youngsters dressed up in navy and red school uniforms to begin a new year at Thomas's Battersea, a private school in a posh London neighborhood just a few miles from Kensington Palace.
Charlotte smiled as she rapidly walked away from Kate to shake hands with Helen Haslem, who is supervising the first two grade levels at the school.
She did not take her mother's hand again and instead walked in front of her to walk through the school doors alone.
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Prince Louis was Absent, still too young to begin his schooling, having celebrated his first birthday in April.
Look below at how the royal family managed through their first day at school:
Prince George
Six-year-old George, looking less apprehensive than on his first day two years ago, walked through the doors holding Prince William's hand to begin his third year at the school.
Prince William
Prince William started at Wetherby School near Kensington, on January 15, 1987, brought to school by his mum, Princess Diana.
The pair posed on the steps for pictures with the school's headmistress, Frederika Blair Turner.
Prince Harry
Prince Harry didn't get his own 'first day of school' photograph. Instead, he shared the limelight with older brother William as the young royal prepared to enter reception class.
Prince Charles
On September 23, 1957, an 8-year-old Prince Charles began middle school at Cheam School in Berkshire. His mother, the Queen, and father, the Duke of Edinburgh, accompanied him as he greeted headmaster Peter Beck.
Princess Beatrice
A four-year-old princess Beatrice was brought to her first day at Upton House School in Windsor by her mum, Sarah Ferguson, on September 11, 1991.
Princess Eugenie
How cute was baby Eugenie?!
September 7, 1994, was a big day for Princess Eugenie, who started reception class at Upton House School.
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth - pictured here aged 14, in June 1940 - was educated privately at home, as per royal family tradition prior to Prince Charles.
She decided her first son would be the first to receive an external education, and so the pattern has continued.
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