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* The closest to this trope in history was the Gakushūin of Japan. In 1877, less than 10 years after the UsefulNotes/MeijiRestoration and the establishment of Kazoku, the new noble class, Gakushūin was founded as a division of the Ministry of the Imperial Household. While there was no law that required all Kazoku to attend Gakushūin, they have guaranteed admission solely due to their status, which means nearly all descendants of the Kazoku between 1878 to 1947 (when the entire system of the aristocracy was abolished) studied in Gakushūin--an ElevatorSchool--up to high school. The descendants of the same people continue to treat the privatized post-1947 Gakushūin as their default school for the same reason, including the Imperial family--all descendants of the Meiji emperor were, or are, students of Gakushūin.

* Played with in ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom''. The school that most of the story takes place in is ''technically'' not exclusive to nobility and royalty as it's required by law that everyone with magic in the kingdom attend it when they turn 15. It's just that the ability to use magic is so insanely rare among commoners (with Maria being the only one among the current student body, and the first one in the past ''10 years'') that it ends up leaning in that direction anyways.

* ''LightNovel/ModernVillainessItsNotEasyBuildingACorporateEmpireBeforeTheCrash'' is set in an AlternateHistory modern Japan where the peerage system (abolished in real-life in 1947) remains. This means the novel simply carbon-copied the Gakushūin as mentioned in the Real Life section, bland-named to Gakushū''kan''.

* Similar to the case of ''My Next Life As a Villainess'', in ''LightNovel/EndoAndKobayashiLiveTheLatestOnTsundereVillainessLieselotte'', due to the fact that [[SupernaturalElite only nobles are capable of using magic]], [[WizardingSchool Royal Academy of Magic]]'s student body are all aristocrats.

* The album ''[[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tjrcbtz4LNM/T8ON8O2tw0I/AAAAAAAABVs/zFbc0hM1KHw/s1600/Gothic-Lolita-couverture.jpg Gothic Lolita]]'' by François Amoretti is, as the title suggests, about the opening of a ElegantGothicLolita school. However the expression "modern princesses" is often used to design said gothic lolitas, and even the academy is once called a princesses' school. No wonder: it's set in a manor with a {{Bizarrchitecture}}, has weekly DancesAndBalls, [[spoiler: and turns out to have been built on Princess Literature/{{Cinderella}}'s tomb.]]

* The [[WhatCouldHaveBeen stillborn]] project of ''[[http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Princess_Academy Princess Academy]]''. In that animated short, it was planned to show a Disney school attended by princesses, but also by [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters every single female character]] [[MegaCrossover ever done by the studios,]] including animals. The short was canceled after Disney's 2D department closed.

Note: In [[ShoujoDemographic shojos mangas]], schools with the exact appearance of royals academies will show up frequently. They're set in a [[BigFancyCastle castle]], including a ball room, but [[DownplayedTrope it's co-educational and students wear ordinary uniforms]] because they are filthy rich rather than royal. Examples include ''Mei-chan no Shitsuji'' school, [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Ohtori Academy]], [[Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub Ouran Academy]], [[Manga/YumeiroPatissiere St. Marie Academy]], and so on. A case could be made for including [[Franchise/{{Danganrompa}} Hope's Peak]] in the list, but that turned out to be ''very'' false advertising.

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* Royal High in 'Mmanga/Royal17'' seems to be a parody of this. It's in PresentDay, and co-educational with uniforms. Still, the cafeteria looks like a three-star restaurant,there are chandeliers for lighting halls, it has its own ice rink, and even sticks for hockey class are GemEncrusted.

* When Hawaii was still the Kingdom of UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}, an educational facility was established strictly for the children of the ''ali'i'' (members of the royal family). It was a {{boarding school}} established by King Kamehameha III with the intent of teaching the children what they would need to know to rule the islands; the only children allowed to attend lessons there were those who had a potential claim to the Hawaiian throne. Its pupils included the future King Kalakaua and his sister Queen Liliuo'kalani, the last two sovereigns of independent Hawaii. It was known throughout the realm first as the Chiefs' Children's School and then as the Royal School; it still operates today as Royal Elementary School, though it's now part of the Hawaiian public school system.

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Don't expect lessons like maths or literature, rather poise, [[EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy curtsy]], waltz, good manners, arts, horse riding lessons, and sometimes Fencing, as well. In a nutshell, LessonsInSophistication. If the setting is MedievalEuropeanFantasy (which is common), expect [[WizardingSchool magic lessons]].

* Vietnam's first national university, the Quốc tử giám (lit. "School for Children of the Nation") was initially established in 1076 to educate crown princes, princes, and sons of nobles. In 1253, it was changed to Quốc học viện ("Imperial Academy") and opened up to exceptional commoners. 1762 saw it renamed back to Quốc tử giám, but commoners could still test into the Academy. The Nguyễn dynasty (the final feudal dynasty) moved the capital to Huế. Thus, the Imperial Academy went with them, and the complex in Hanoi was re-designated the Temple of Literature. In modern times it's still referred to as Văn Miếu - Quốc tử giám ("Temple of Literature - Imperial Academy") ''anyway''.

* Similar to the case of ''My Next Life As a Villainess'', in ''LightNovel/EndoAndKobayashiLiveTheLatestOnTsundereVillainLieselotte'', due to the fact that [[SupernaturalElite only nobles are capable of using magic]], [[WizardingSchool Royal Academy of Magic]]'s student body are all aristocrats.

* Played with in ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom''. The school that most of the story takes place in is ''technically'' not exclusive to nobility and royalty as it's required by law that everyone with magic in the kingdom attend it when they turn 15. It's just that the ability to use magic is so insanely rare among commoners (with Maria being the only one among the current student body) that it ends up leaning in that direction anyways.

Note: In [[ShoujoDemographic shojos mangas]], schools with the exact appearance of royals academies will show up frequently. They're set in a [[BigFancyCastle castle]], including a ball room, but [[DownplayedTrope it's co-educational and students wear ordinary uniforms]] because they are filthy rich rather than royal. Examples include ''Mei-chan no Shitsuji'' school, [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Ohtori Academy]], [[Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub Ouran Academy]], [[Manga/YumeiroPatissiere St. Marie Academy]], and so on.

* ''Literature/PrincessAcademy:'' The particularity here is that the girls are not of RoyalBlood, but are still educated as princesses, so the best student can marry the prince and become a princess for real.

* The Website/YouTube fan series ''Princess Academy'' by Pattycake productions. All [[Franchise/DisneyPrincess Disney princesses]] (including the non official) live in a palace where they apparently don't do any studying still (Even if they have a museum if ancient history as showed in the cross-over with the series ''WebVideo/TheVillainsLair'').

* The YouTube fan series ''Princess Academy'' by Pattycake productions. All DisneyPrincesses (including the non official) live in a palace where they apparently don't do any studying still (Even if they have a museum if ancient history as showed in the cross-over with the series ''WebVideo/TheVillainsLair'').

* Played with in ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom''. The school that most of the story takes place in is ''technically'' not exclusive to nobility and royalty as it's required by law that everyone with magic in the kingdom attend it when they turn 15. It's just that the ability to use magic is so insanely rare among commoners (with Maria being the only one among the current student body) that it ends up leaning in that direction anyways.

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* While a school for ''only'' royalty would in reality probably be too restrictive to be profitable, certain British boarding schools are exclusive, expensive and prestigious enough to attract a disproportionate number of children of world leaders all set to [[MajoredInWesternHypocrisy Major in Western Hypocrisy]].

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': The baron's school onboard Castle Wulfenbach. The baron, who is also dictator of most of Europe, takes the children of the rulers of every province he has conquered to go to school. While the children's parents and the older children are well aware that they are there to guarantee their parents' good behavior, they are given a first-class education (both general education and in statecraft) and encouraged to become RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething (to subvert DeadlyDecadentCourt) and make friends (so they will become more reluctant to go to war with each other when they inherit their respective thrones).

* "[[http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2011/04/02/6397716-royal-fever-princess-boot-camp-for-young-girls-in-london?lite The princess prep]]" in London. In 2011, during the royal wedding fever, a kind of boot camp was opened for little girls to teach them princesses' manners.

* ''Film/{{Descendants}}'': Auradon Prep fits many of the requirements; notably some students are royals because their parents were, and princesses are one of the popular group of kids in the spin-off web series [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PYhZbXhF5Q School of secrets]].

* ''[[http://ecolecrinoline.milan-dev3.com/ L'école Crinoline]]'' (Crinoline School), a European {{Animesque}} comic book. Like often, it has a princes' school in the neighborhood, and students are celebrities from FairyTale universes. Some are Franchise/DisneyPrincess inspired, (Literature/{{Cinderella}}, Literature/SleepingBeauty, [[Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]], [[Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]], WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} and WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}). The others are from less-known tales such as [[Myth/NorseMythology Idunn]], Savitri, [[Literature/ArabianNights Scheherazade]], and Zaina.

* ''[[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/948090.Princess_School Princess School]]'' by Jane B. Mason. Said school is attended by FairyTale princesses, including the main cast, Literature/{{Cinderella}}, [[Literature/SleepingBeauty Briar Rose]], Literature/{{Rapunzel}} and [[Literature/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]].