He continued acting in school plays, though 'the laurels deservedly went to Patrick Macnee.' Lee applied for a scholarship to Eton, where his interview was in the presence of the ghost story author M. His poor maths skills meant that he was placed eleventh, and thus missed out on being a King's Scholar by one place. His step-father was not prepared to pay the higher fees that being an Oppidan Scholar meant, and so he instead attended Wellington College, where he won scholarships in the classics, studying Ancient Greek and Latin. Aside from a 'tiny part' in a school play, he didn't act while at Wellington. He was a 'passable' racquets player and fencer and a competent cricketer but did not do well at the other sports played: hockey, football, rugby and boxing.