Seems Prince George will be attending Eton after all, same as his father and Uncle Harry.

I just hope he is happy wherever he goes, he is the future king if England so I assume boarding schools inevitable. My DH went to a boarding school, don't think it did him many favours!

I seem to think, though I can’t be sure, of course, that Kate and William’s children have had the nearest thing to a normal family life that any royal child in the recent years has had. Like many aspirational parents (of any class), and unlike the older members of the Royal Family, they will have taken a hands on approach with their children’s education. Education doesn’t stop when a child comes home from school. There’s no reason to assume that any of their children will not be bright, surely?

It finally comes down to parental choice-just as M0nica demonstrated her exercised her right to parental choice.
100% this, and it works both ways.
Our DS1 passed to go to a grammar school in the top 10 of the country's secondary schools. But, and I dont dare mention how we made the decision, we chose an independent school where most of his friends were going.
PS it involved the 🐕.

Paul mcCartney's children went to the local state comprehensive, but i saw something that suggested, that were he to go back he wouldn;t do that again.

His children were constantly seen as 'different' because their father (and mother) were so famous, so rich etc etc. and there were security problems

In a private school where some of the other children's parents will be rich and/or famous the Royal children will be able to be just another child in the form, not particulalry noticed or singled out. A private school will also be more familar withthe security issues surrounding some children.

My children went to local schools, they were happy and now in their late thirties have strong bonds and friendships made from age 3

We aren’t wealthy or famous. If we had bern my choices for them would have been different. I still would have wanted them to go to school close to home so friendships and stability were possible. The quality of education would still have mattered. The main difference would be we’d be living in a wealthier neighbourhood

Why is anyone worried about which school Prince George will go to.
Unless, us, the taxpayer is paying, why should we be concerned?

Mel1967

Why is anyone worried about which school Prince George will go to.
Unless, us, the taxpayer is paying, why should we be concerned?

Gives us something to discuss.

Mel1967

Why is anyone worried about which school Prince George will go to.
Unless, us, the taxpayer is paying, why should we be concerned?

I don't think anyone is either worried or concerned because as agreed on here, the parents will make the right decision for the child. His current school will also know him well enough by now, and will have a fair amount of input.
I think it's an interesting enough topic to discuss because most people have experienced their children's or grandchildren's transition to senior school with some trepidation.

I think wherever George goes it will be tough for him as he is so well known and will therefore stand out from the others which most kids hate. The King is on record as saying that other boys at school took great delight in squashing his face in the mud at rugby just because of who he was. If his school had been nearer London, as the Queen Mother argued for, at least he could have escaped more easily now and then.

It’s started already - George is only 10 and he’s being discussed positively/negatively by all and sundry. Has anyone read ‘Spare’? 🤔 It won’t be long before Charlotte and Louis are being criticised for their every move. (Spare1 and Spare2?)

Yes, I’ve read ‘Spare’ Tiggy.

I bet William and Catherine will make sure Charlotte and Louis don’t suffer by being ‘spares’.

It’s only Harry who has been fussed by it, don’t recall Andrew, ( for all his faults), Edward and Anne ever referring to themselves as ‘spares’.

Am sure the children will either have roles in the family, or some sort of career.

George 6th had no problem being the spare

MerylStreep

A friend of my Grandson won a scholarship to Eton.

www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/10254070.southend-maths-prodigy-12-wins-eton-scholarship/

I live in this area and remember this lovely story. My son attended WHSB but would have before this ultra bright young man joined year 7. My Grandfather taught at this school which my father (his future son in law) also attended

George Vth was also the Spare as was Henry 1st, Charles 1st, James 11nd and Queen Anne! In fact, a fairly common occurrence, so why Harry behaved as if this position was somehow peculiar to him, goodness only knows!

Urmstongran Did you know there are over 100 boys at Eton paying no fees? I didn’t. They're not all "elite". Many are very normal, others are very rich. It's a complete mix. They are all clever though. I hope he can keep up.

I assumed many are normal income, all are clever.

His grandfather can afford tutoring for entrance papers if failure is feared.

Anniebach

George 6th had no problem being the spare

Until he found The Spare was required to take on the Top Job for which he was unprepared but did his very best and was very popular.

Louis has already been criticised in the press, Tiggy, unfortunately, which made me think that he behaves like any other normal little boy 🙂

The three children face a life of criticism as did Charles and Anne, William and Harry didn’t because their mother was perfect !

And George V1 had a very supportive wife, who helped him enormously, a real power behind the throne.

Unlike some royal wives who haven’t proved much support to their husbands….

I don't know, Queen Mary was of enormous support to George Vth, particularly through and after WW1. He allegedly greatly relied on 'Mays' advice. Prior to that the RF weren't so much on display so it's hard to say whether wives were supportive or not. The present wives are all supportive except of course the Duchess of Sussex who seems to have her own agenda. Even Fergie is supportive of Prince Andrew as are his daughters.

I suppose they have to be clever to get to Eton........the one noteable exception is a certain Boris Johnson.

Boris was a Kings Scholar at Eton, only awarded to outstanding pupils. He was extremely clever and excelled as a classics scholar at Oxford. Like a lot of brilliant people, he was however, and is, extremely disorganised and a stranger to discipline and detail, not good attributes for a P.M! A fact we are all well aware.of. However, to say Boris.is not clever is a complete misnomer.

Marlborough would be my choice if I was choosing for a child related to me. That’s is only because I feel those attending a co-ed school would be better off emotionally than attending a male or female only establishment.
Wouldn’t be too surprised if George and Lois attend Eton and Charlotte, Marlborough.

Apparently George wants to go to Eton wishing to follow in his fathers footsteps. He idolises his Papa and that is apparently what he wants . Also I guess friends will be going as well, which makes things easier. Perhaps Charlotte will attend Marlborough, with Louis following on to Eton.

SusieB50

I would have liked to have seen him attend a day school and not a boarding school. Maybe he will as Eton is near Windsor 🤞. Unless essential (armed services families and similar ) I think boarding children is never a good life experience. I have several cousins who boarded and not one had sent their own children away to school.

I totally agree. A vast number of Boarding School pupils suffer from Boarding School Syndrome which leaves them lacking in a number of ways and impacts their outlook/relationships for the rest of their life particularly if they were sent away very young.
I can't quite get my head around why if you have children, you choose to send them away. In my case Boarding School helped me escape from a chaotic life but most of my friends didn't have that problem. They do remain resentful about being sent away though, even the ones who said they wanted to go to Boarding School. It is a nonsense to expect a child to have the tools to make such a decision at the age of 11 and even worse if they are younger.

TiggyW, I think Charlotte’s current popularity is likely to continue. She has a good role model in her mother, who has a real ability to read any situation and work it well. Charlotte is usually well dressed, looks relaxed, smiles easily and responds well to crowds.
George will be king , the press cast him as shy, not as confident as his sister (shadows of Charles and Ann).

Louis needs care, which it seems likely he will get from his parents. The press started labelling him as a trouble maker (cute variety, Fidget, rebel etc. a couple of years ago. R at her in the way like his uncle Harry says he was labelled.

My impression is the inclusion of Katherine into the RF is the best thing that’s happened to them in a while