They have toured in Asia and Australia, and they have appeared in South America and South Africa. They have also performed for many heads of state. Though tours last about three months, the boys' educations do not suffer. They participate in an intensive study program in which classes rarely have more than 10 students. Even when the boys' voices begin to crack and the time comes for retirement, education continues.
Former choirboys live rent-free on palace grounds until they have completed their educations.
The group actually consists of four choirs of 24 boys. Though the boys appear angelic in their many performances and recordings, and they perform a mature program of music, they are not unlike other children. They're normal boys. They listen to Guns N' Roses.