Students from the King’s previous school have called the experience of viewing the Queen’s funeral while sitting in his old bedroom “surreal.”
Lessons were postponed at Gordonstoun School in Morayshire on Monday so that faculty and students could watch the funeral broadcast.
Beginning in 1962, King Charles attended the private school for five years.
He became a member of the Coastguard during his time there and took part in school plays, winning lead parts in productions such as Macbeth and Pirates of Penzance.
He went on to become a school guardian (head boy) in his final year, a colour bearer (prefect), and head of his boarding house, Windmill Lodge.
On Monday, Amelia, the house’s current head, and her friends gathered in what is now her bedroom to watch the Queen’s funeral.
The group of girls gathered around the same desk that was used by the King during his time at the school while watching proceedings on a laptop.
Asked how it felt to be taking in such a historic event in the room Charles once lived in, Amelia said: “It’s a weird feeling.
“Also, the laptop on his old desk and watching the Queen’s funeral, it’s – yes, really weird. It’s all really connected.”
The Queen had a close connection to the school, with her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, studying there in his youth.
Their three sons, Charles, Edward, and Andrew, all followed in their father’s footsteps, and Princess Royal’s two children, Zara and Peter, were also students at the independent school.
The Queen regularly visited Gordonstoun, both formally and informally, taking a close interest in the progress of her sons and watching them take part in extra-curricular activities.