Charles was 16 when he and four other Gordonstoun pupils spent four days trekking through the Cairngorms for their silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards.
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Students at the King’s former school have recreated the 28-mile hike through the Cairngorms which he completed as a teenager for his silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
Pupils at Gordonstoun School in Moray completed the four-day trek in June for their own Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards, after discovering the log of the original 1965 expedition in the school archive.
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