Prince Archie set to mark special milestone after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle return from Colombia

In the US, children begin kindergarten at elementary school at around the age of five or six.

In comparison, youngsters in the UK usually start compulsory education in reception in September after they have turned four.

Archie and his younger sister, Princess Lilibet, are growing up as private citizens in Montecito, Santa Barbara.

Harry and Meghan have previously shared sweet anecdotes about their children.

In Meghan's interview with The Cut in 2022, it was revealed that Archie does full days at preschool and is "the cheerful kid who brings a week's worth of freshly picked fruit for his fellow classmates and enjoys playing a 'roaring' game at recess".

Harry and Meghan both juggle the nursery run in between work commitments, with the pair working from their home office.

While the duke attended private schools in the UK, including Wetherby School, Ludgrove and Eton College, Archie and Lilibet's future education may be very different.

Montecito resident Richard Mineards said the neighbourhood has lots of fantastic schools for Harry and Meghan to choose from.

He told Hello!: "We have very good schools, which are not like England public schools but they're state schools.

"And we have a very good one called Cold Spring School which has got great ratings and that's in their catchment area."

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Archie was born on May 6, 2019 at the Portland Hospital in London, with Harry giving his first interview just hours after his son's birth in Windsor.

The proud new father said: "As every father and parent will ever say, you know, your baby is absolutely amazing, but this little thing is absolutely to-die-for, so I'm just over the moon."

When Charles became King in September 2022, as grandchildren of the monarch, Archie and Lilibet became entitled to use the titles of Prince and Princess.

In March 2023, it was confirmed the Sussex children would use their titles in formal settings, but not in everyday conversational use.