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Prince Louis, two, is the youngest of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, 38, and Prince William's, 38, three children and is used to staying at home with his mother while his siblings Prince George, seven, and Princess Charlotte, five, attend school in London. The Cambridge family spent the Christmas holidays at their country home Anmer Hall in Norfolk and were due to return to the capital for the start of the new school term.
George and Charlotte are both pupils at Thomas's Battersea, which is a short drive from Kensington Palace.
While the young royals may have looked forward to being reunited with their classmates in the new year they are expected to home-schooled until the national lockdown is reviewed following February half-term.
Prince Louis is yet to begin his education but the royal was expected to start at nursery this month.
Addressing when Prince Louis could begin at nursery, royal expert and commentator Emily Andrews tweeted last year: "He won’t start school until the academic year after he’s turned four: so Sept 2022."
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Ms Andrews added: "He may start nursery before then. Charlotte went to a local one, Willcocks Nursery near to KP when she was nearly three. So perhaps sometime early next year."
While Kensington Palace has not confirmed when or at which school Louis was due to start nursery, it was believed he would follow in his sister Princess Charlotte's footsteps.
This means Louis is most likely to attend Willcocks Nursery, a short drive from the Cambridges' London base Kensington Palace.
While early years education such as nurseries can remain open, the Cambridge's are staying in their Norfolk home - a long way from Kensington Palace.