Hotel fire tragedy

TWO people have died and three others are in hospital after a fire at the luxury Cameron House hotel on the banks of Loch Lomond.

Dozens of firefighters were called to the five-star resort at around 6.40am yesterday. Police Scotland said one person died at the scene while another passed away at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley. Three other people – two adults and a child, believed to be from one family – were taken to hospital in Glasgow for treatment. THE Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released a new family picture as they announced their daughter will start her education at a nursery rated outstanding by Ofsted.

William and Kate, who is pregnant with her third child, will send two-year-old Charlotte to Willcocks Nursery School, close to their Kensington Palace home, from January.

The princess will be a fulltime pupil at the nursery, which charges fees of just over £3,000 a term for pupils attending its Monday to Friday morning school, and employs lots of play as children learn.

Asked about the couple’s choice of school, a Kensington Palace spokeswoman said: “They felt it was ideal as a first step for Princess Charlotte’s early education and they were impressed by the team that work there.”

The new photograph was taken at Kensington Palace earlier this year by royal photographer for Getty, Chris Jackson.

The new school term at Willcocks starts on January 4 but it is not known if the princess will begin on the same day as her classmates.

The nursery charges fees of £3,050 per term for children attending what it calls morning school for 32 youngsters, aged almost three to five years old, who are in class five days a week for three hours.

On its website, the school says pupils experience “a fun and structured morning with lots of free play where children embark on the first stages of learning to read, write and to understand simple numbers with the minimum of pressure”.

A school spokesman said: “We are delighted that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have chosen the Willcocks Nursery School for Princess Charlotte.”