Princess Charlotte started school today and we're all officially ancient

Kids grow up so fast.
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Rachel Thompson
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It seems like only yesterday Princess Charlotte was but a twinkle in the nation's eye (and heart).

But, today, our girl started nursery. And, my goodness does she look grown up.

Princess Charlotte posed for photos in her first-day-of-school outfit shortly before making her way to Willcocks Nursery School.

Just look at Charlotte, wearing her red winter coat—with matching hair bobble—and pink wooly scarf.

Kids, they grow up so fast.

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Rachel Thompson, sits wearing a dress with yellow florals and black background.
Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.

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