Lady Louise Windsor, 18, earns £6.83 an hour working summer job

Queen’s granddaughter Lady Louise Windsor, 18, earns £6.83 an hour working summer job at a garden centre while waiting for her A-level results – and is now heading to St Andrews University

• Lady Louise Windsor has been working since finishing her A-level exams in June
• She has been helping out on tills, greeting customers, pruning, potting plants
• The Queen’s granddaughter is set to study English at St Andrews University

The Queen’s granddaughter Lady Louise Windsor has been working at a garden centre over the summer for near minimum wage.

The 18-year-old daughter of Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex has been earning £6.63 per hour this summer since finishing her A-levels in June, working several days a week – despite living in a £30million mansion in Bagshot Park, Surrey.

She confirmed her place at St Andrews University after receiving her A-level results, Buckingham Palace has announced today. She will read English at the Scottish university.

Lady Louise is said to have been helping out on the tills, greeting customers, pruning and potting plants at the garden centre. 

One shopper said: ‘I knew the cost-of-living crisis was bad, but I didn’t think I’d ever see a grandchild of the Queen working in a garden centre,’ she told The Sun.

The Queen’s granddaughter Lady Louise Windsor has been working at a garden centre over the summer for near minimum wage (pictured at the Commonwealth Games)

Another who was served by the royal said: ‘I couldn’t believe it was Lady Louise, I had to look twice.

‘She is a really modest and sweet young woman who is polite and attentive to customers. She seemed to be loving the job.

‘You’d never imagine the Queen’s grand-daughter would take on a role working behind a till.’

Another customer added: ‘The staff seemed to adore her. It’s not every day you buy your begonias off a royal.’

Editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine told the publication: ‘Isn’t it wonderful the Queen’s granddaughter rolled her sleeves up and got her hands dirty with a summer job before going to university — just like any other normal teenager.’

Lady Louise studied AS level English, History, Politics and Drama at her school in Ascot, near the family’s home of Bagshot Park.

It is not known which subjects she took at A-level or what grades she achieved.

The schoolgirl was among the thousands of students who were affected when the AS-level exams were cancelled last year.

Tens of thousands of Britain’s students were today battling for a university place through Clearing – after the A-level grades they received were down on the past two years, but remained higher than pre-pandemic levels.

Some 20,360 pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland found out today that they were unplaced and therefore eligible for Clearing, based on exam results. 

The 18-year-old granddaughter of the Queen and daughter of Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex has been earning £6.63 per hour this summer since finishing her A-levels in June, working several days a week – despite living in a £30million mansion in Bagshot Park, Surrey. Pictured with the Queen when she was young

This total was up by 46 per cent on the 2021 figure of 13,930 – when students were assessed by teachers – but down on the last pre-pandemic figure of 24,260 in 2019.

Lady Louise was among those fortunate enough to secure a place and will join Freshers at St Andrews this autumn. 

The teenager enjoys a close relationship with her grandmother the Queen and is taking on an increasingly public role within the Royal Family. 

She played a starring role in Trooping the Colour during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebration before making her appearance on the Buckingham Palace balcony alongside the Queen.

The 18-year-old recently joined her parents and brother James, Viscount Severn, 14, at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

A keen equestrian, Lady Louise has inherited her love of carriage driving from her late grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh, who personally taught her the sport. 

Royal pedigree: Lady Louise follows in the footsteps of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as she is set to study English at St Andrews University, pictured in stock image

She rides on a competitive basis and will no doubt want to continue with her hobby through university.   

Many students at St Andrews live in halls of residence. William and Kate both lived in St Salvator’s, known as Sallies, where they came to know each other as friends before romance bloomed. 

They both initially enrolled to study History of Art but William later switched to geography.

The couple went public with their relationship shortly before they graduated. 

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge returned to the campus last year to mark their tenth wedding anniversary. 

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