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Famous school steps back in time (UK)

Pupils at Gordonstoun boarding school in Moray are stepping back in time to the 1930s to celebrate the school's 75th anniversary.

Students are following the original timetable, including the strict outdoors regime for which the school was known.

Gordonstoun was founded in 1933 by Kurt Hahn, who also founded the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and Outward Bound.

The school is famous for its connections to the Royal Family, with Prince Charles, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward among its former pupils.

Read entire article at BBC