By Emily Mitchell/Reported by Wendy Cole

Going off to a new school can be a tearful occasion. For mothers especially. The Prince and Princess of Wales were on hand last week to help their elder son Prince William, 8, settle in at a Berkshire prep school, 36 miles from London, and when it came time to say goodbye, Diana was discreetly weepy. William kept a stiff upper lip as he strode manfully away with a headmaster. The student prince shares a dormitory with five other first-year boys, traditionally called "squits." In their second year William and his classmates will be upgraded to "squirts," and in their third they'll be known as "jolly good fellows."