 From 1971 to 1974, he served as priest-in-charge of St James the Less, Dorney, and warden of the Dorney Eton College Project.Between 1974 and 1979, he served as Conduct (IE the senior chaplain) of Eton College, an all-boys public school near Windsor, Berkshire.After leaving Eton in 1979, Royle moved to London.