Modern art was such a snooze at university, admits William
PRINCE William has told how he had to quit studying art history at university – as he kept falling asleep during lectures.
The Duke of Cambridge, who turns 40 today, has admitted he was ‘terrible’ for dozing off at the University of St Andrews.
William made the comments to The Big Issue seller Dave Martin, 60, after secretly joining him on his patch in Westminster.
The pair sold 32 copies in an hour, which Mr Martin said would typically take him a week to shift.
Afterwards Mr Martin handed William a set of abstract postcards he had produced.
William said he had enjoyed learning about Renaissance art but started to get ‘a bit dozy’ with modern art. He changed to study geography, graduating with a 2:1 in 2005.
To mark his birthday the duke is on the cover of The Big Issue, released yesterday. He said his 40th ‘was a good opportunity... to make sure we were highlighting something that matters to me’.