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- Eton College is an exclusive boarding school sometimes called "the nursery of England‘s gentlemen," Business Insider previously reported.
- Incoming Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be Britain’s fifth Eton-educated Prime Minister since World War II.
- Prince William, Prince Harry, Tom Hiddleston, and Eddie Redmayne are also alums of Eton College.
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Eton College is one of the most prestigious high schools in the world.
The exclusive boarding school, located outside London, near Windsor, is home to about 1,300 students, according to its website. Prince William, Prince Harry, Tom Hiddleston, and Eddie Redmayne are among its best-known alumni.
In addition to actors and royals, the school is also known for educating several future Prime Ministers, including David Cameron and incoming prime minister Boris Johnson.
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The school is so integral to England’s upper class that it is often called "the nursery of England‘s gentlemen," Business Insider previously reported.
Keep reading to take a look inside Eton College.
Eton was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI.
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Eton is an all-boys school located outside London near the town of Windsor, according to the school’s website. It was originally intended to educate poor boys before they went on to Cambridge University.
It is one of England’s nine original fee-paying independent schools, according to The New York Times.
Before being accepted, students go through a two-part application process that begins three years before they enroll.
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Only boys between ages 13 and 18 attend Eton. The application process begins at age 10, when prospective students take an online test before taking an in-person test and being interviewed at Eton, according to the school’s website.
The application to enter Eton in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 is closed for everyone except applicants to two specific scholarships, according to the school’s website.
Once accepted, a student’s parents will then have to pay an acceptance fee on top of the school’s annual £40,000 ($US 52,000) fee, Business Insider previously reported.
Eton students live in one of the 25 houses on campus.
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Each house is home to about 50 students of every age, according to Eton’s website. The houses are run by a professional housemaster who supervises the boys, and a hired dame who supervises the house’s full-time staff. Some of the houses employ private chefs to feed their residents, while others send their students to the school’s dining hall.
Every student has a private room, according to Eton’s website.
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