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'Prince George effect' on Montessori

The popularity of Montessori nurseries has rocketed because of the Prince George effect.

Parents across the country have been inspired to sign up their children for a princely education since the two-year-old future king was pictured arriving for his first day earlier this month.

Phones have been ringing off the hook at the Maria Montessori Institute, which runs six London schools including three in the affluent Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

‘We always have a lot of interest but there’s definitely been an increase in the number of inquiries of around 65 per cent,’ said a spokesman.

The institute added that two managers at the Westacre Montessori School,which Prince George attends, near the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Norfolk mansion, trained with them.

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