The Latest Breaking News from Gordonstoun

King Charles’ alma mater students uncover possible 10th-century church, live without electricity and pump water from 1,000-year-old well

Students from King Charles’ alma mater, Gordonstoun, have uncovered the remains of a possible 10th-century church on the remote Scottish island of Swona. The students found the foundations of an altar and step, strengthening the belief that the long-known ruins were once a Viking-era church. The group also spent a…

The Economic Times · Sep 18

Ten Gordonstoun students, from school attended by King Charles, uncover possible 1,000-year-old Viking church and altar buried on remote Scottish island during six-day archaeology trip

Ten students from Gordonstoun, the private boarding school attended by King Charles, have uncovered what could be a 1,000-year-old Viking church on the remote Orkney island of Swona. During a six-day archaeology trip, the pupils found what may be the foundations of a medieval altar, with radiocarbon testing expected to…

The Times of India · Aug 31

Teenagers on school trip uncover possible Viking church dating back 1000 years

A GROUP of students have discovered the remains of what is thought to be a medieval Viking church about 1000 years old on an uninhabited Scottish…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 31

Princess Diana "Insisted" Prince Harry and Prince William Buck One Tradition That Prince George Is Facing

The late princess took control when it came to this aspect of her sons' lives.

Marie Claire · May 1, 2025

The London socialite. His aristocrat killer. And a mother’s search for justice

The brutal, ketamine-fuelled killing of public schoolboy Alex Morgan shocked the world. In our new chart-topping true-crime podcast, we tell the real story

Evening Standard · Mar 5, 2025

John Swinney pays tribute to Holocaust and genocide victims

SCOTLAND'S First Minister has honoured the millions of Jewish people that were murdered at the hands of the Nazis on Holocaust Memorial Day.

The National (Scotland) · Jan 27, 2025

Gordonstoun cuts ties with business chaired by man accused of spying for China

Yang Tengbo was named as the alleged spy on Monday.

Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2024

Shomie Das obituary

Other lives: Educationist who set up schools in India based on his formative experiences as a teacher at Gordonstoun

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2024

King Charles Becomes Patron of His Former Scottish Secondary School

The Netflix series 'The Crown' depicted the monarch's time at the institution as "absolute hell."

Marie Claire · May 26, 2024

King Charles to become patron of Gordonstoun Association

King makes first official link with Moray school where he experienced angst and opportunity as teenage boarder

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2024