The Princess of Wales has toured two elite north London day schools – sparking rumours Prince George could be educated at one of them.
Kate, in remission from cancer, was seen at £10,000-a-term University College School (UCS) in Hampstead just after it closed for the Christmas holiday.
The same week, Highgate School – only two miles away – was also closed for a ‘special VIP visitor’ – said to have been the princess.
Her alma mater, Marlborough College in Wiltshire is understood to be the favoured option for her elder son when he departs Lambrook School in Berkshire in 18 months.
However, Kate and Prince William might be eager to consider other choices.
Prince George, 11, attends co-educational Lambrook with siblings Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six.
Kate is believed to be inclined to keep them together. And Marlborough, a £59,000-a-year co-educational boarding school, could take all three.
According to reports, Prince George has already been promised a place and a house has been set up for him. According to reports, it is the greatest choice for his security needs.
A source said while a day school in north London would be an ‘unexpected choice’, events of the past year might also have changed the Waleses’ priorities.
‘With the year Catherine has had, she may well have thought to herself that she wants to soak up every drop of George’s childhood and tuck him into bed herself each night,’ the source said.
However, it might not be a surprise, either, if the school visits were related to Kate’s work with the Royal Foundation. One of Kate’s first official engagements after her chemotherapy ended was an Early Years meeting at Windsor Castle in September.
It is a subject close to her heart, and she has said she takes ‘great joy’ from her work.
Why would you have children and then send them away to school? You cannot raise a child if he/she lives away from you, and time is too short anyway.
Having a child and then sending it to school has always baffled me. When your child lives far away, how can you raise him? Our time together is already brief enough.
Of course, you can Facetime them every night. See them on weekends and holidays. Let’s face it: It’s not like they’re shipping them off to Colditz.
Sending royal children to a day school, in my opinion, conveys a very positive message. While some students do enjoy boarding, it’s not for everyone, and parents are no exception. Why shouldn’t their kids attend a day school and grow up at home?
But then Kate and William might want to be seen as hands-on parents without truly being hands-on.
In my opinion, these schools are extremely expensive, and when parents have spent thousands of pounds on their education and the child is aware that they must do well in school to gain admission to a prestigious university, it is a terrible burden for them to bear.
Whether you support royalism or not, these small steps are a positive step towards modernising the monarchy, and these parents will do what is best for their kids, and with good reason.
Individuals who send their children away to school are simply byzantine. Like arranged marriages, top hots, the workhouse and monarchies – oh, did I really say that out loud? Good for me!
Eton and schools alike don’t offer what modern-day students and a prospective king will need in today’s world. So many things have changed and the old boy network is becoming outdated.
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