The prince has started the four-year course

Asked when he started at university what he wanted to do as a career, he said he was far more interested in the environment than history of art.

The history course includes subjects such as British furniture, architecture, Renaissance Italy and modern art.

It has been reported the prince has been flat-hunting for his second year at St Andrews.

Applications to the university have increased by 44% since it emerged Prince William would be studying in Scotland.

But this has led to its own problems. The university was fined last month because it had attracted too many students.

The funding rules penalise higher education institutions which exceed their recruitment targets - and St Andrews has had to pay back �175,000.