This year, it will be the 44 years since Her Majesty Princess Margaret laid the first stone of what is now The Royal College Port-Louis. But the history of such a prestigious institution does not begin in the late 1950's as many may think. It dates up to the 18th century during the french occupation of the island.

Here's a timeline which relates the key dates in the institution's history up to its settlement in Cassis.

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