Prince: My uni classes put me to sleep
Will says St Andrews’ art lectures made him ‘dozy’
PRINCE William quit studying art history at his Scottish university – because he kept falling asleep during lectures.
The Duke of Cambridge said he was “terrible” for dozing off during classes at the University of St Andrews.
The 40-year-old earned a degree in geography at the prestigious university, having switched subjects after becoming bored.
Speaking in the Big Issue magazine, the future monarch said: “I studied a bit of art history at university.
“I had to give it up – I kept falling asleep in lectures… terrible.
“We did a lot of Renaissance, which was amazing.
“But then once we got into modern art, I started to get a bit dozy.”
Will was interviewed in the magazine after accompanying a Big Issue salesman in central London earlier this month, and encouraged people to interact with one another more. He added: “I’m lucky because I am who I am. Often, people are happy to talk to me.
“We’ve got to push back on the normality that is popping in your wireless earphones and wandering down the street, listening to music or on a phone.
“In a city, you walk past hundreds of people every day and you don’t even look at them.
“Wouldn’t it be nice to find out a bit more about the people either side of you?
“That way, people would be a bit more understanding, a bit more tolerant of what everyone’s had to deal with.”
William enrolled at St Andrews in 2001 after studying at Eton College, where he left with an A in geography, a C in biology and a B in history of art.
The dad of three graduated with an undergraduate Master of Arts (MA Hons) degree with upper second class honours in 2005, having switched to geography.