The Queen’s granddaughter joined thousands of fellow freshers for their first day at Newcastle University, where she has chosen to study her three-year degree.
Asked why she had chosen to study there, the 19-year-old princess told reporters: “It’s a great city.”
Her Royal Highness arrived with a friend at the university’s Armstrong Building for a student induction session.
The sixth in line to the throne joined fellow undergraduates to be offered advice on accommodation, finance and welfare, and information about swine flu.
During her first year, the Princess will live in £96-aweek halls of residence alongside other undergraduates.
Unlike fellow students, she will be followed everywhere by royal protection officers.
Newcastle University has proved popular with students from public school backgrounds in recent years.
Dan Coverdale, editor of the Courier student newspaper, said: “Maybe she has come up with quite a few friends from her school. I think the attraction is that it’s a good city up north and it is something different, but you do get quite a lot of southern students.
There is a great social life here, but the academic side of it is good too.”
Eugenie will study English literature, the history of art and politics.
She gained A grades in English and art, and a B in art history in her A-levels last year at Marlborough College, in Wiltshire, before she spent a gap year travelling with friends.
A student survey last year named Newcastle as the best city to live in, and it is widely known for its lively nightlife with hundreds of pubs, clubs and bars.
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