Mail: Princess Kate got her way, she’ll send all three kids to Marlborough

I might have to eat my words. For years, there’s been royal drama about the Princess of Wales’ indecision about where to send her children to high school/prep school. For the Windsors, the choice should have been obvious, at least for where to send Prince George and Prince Louis. Of course they would go to Eton, one of the most “elite” all-boy schools in the world. Eton is where Prince William and Harry went, and it’s where King Charles wanted to go. Kate has waged a public battle for years to send the kids to a co-ed facility, and I don’t think she wants them to leave home and go to a full-time boarding school. I always thought Kate was fighting a losing battle when it came to George, that William would get his way, and the establishment would get their way and George would go to Eton. But according to a Daily Mail exclusive, Kate won and George will go to her alma mater, Marlborough.

The Princess of Wales’s former school Marlborough College has been chosen for all three of her children, according to insiders. After months of speculation, they claim the choice is so likely that the discussion has even turned to where Prince George, 11, who would be the first of the trio to attend, will be housed.

A source at the £59,000-a-year Wiltshire school told The Mail on Sunday there had been a focus on which of the school houses on the 286-acre site could be assigned to Prince George. Marlborough has six all-boys’ houses, six all-girls’ houses and four mixed houses, many dotted around the campus at the school or in the nearby fashionable market town of Marlborough. Sources say that C1 House, an all-boys’ house for 59 pupils at the heart of the school in what is known as the College Court, has been earmarked for Prince George for security reasons.

The well-placed insider said: ‘Parents have been talking about nothing else and discussions have really ramped up in recent weeks but security is obviously a massive consideration. Prince George will have to be housed in an “in house” – these are the houses that are around the main quad of the school. The “out houses” are scattered down the Bath Road, and these present more of a security risk as they are just big houses on their own and involve a lot more walking around which is the downside of Marlborough.’

C1 House has a royal history. It was once the home of the Seymour family, who moved on to nearby Wolf Hall, the inspiration for Hilary Mantel’s books. Lady Jane Seymour was the third wife of King Henry VIII. The school’s alumni include poets Siegfried Sassoon and John Betjeman and more recently comedian Jack Whitehall and Princess Eugenie.

[From The Daily Mail]

The allure of Marlborough, for Kate, is that it’s close to Middleton Manor in Bucklebury. I remember reading some snide commentary, years ago, about how Kate went home often when she was in school and Carole was still very hands-on with Kate even when she was in school. Kate wants the same thing with her kids, and I’m surprised that she would even agree to ANY boarding school. There are other allures for Kate too – she would be able to send all three kids to the same school, which is very important to her. Kate is very anti-same-sex education and I think she worries about sending either son to an all-boys school. So did Kate win and how? I wonder.

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193 Responses to “Mail: Princess Kate got her way, she’ll send all three kids to Marlborough”

  1. FloridaWoman says:

    – Kate disappears and reappears with an eyebrow scar
    – Suddenly she is setting her own schedule, citing the mysterious disappearing/reappearing cancer
    – William seems to be bending over backwards for her in a number of ways, including filming the cringey video and allowing THIS choice
    – What does Kate have on him?

    • Andy Dufresne says:

      His extra marital affairs, possibly there is some anger issues/ abuse going on behind closed doors… things that have been insinuated about William for years but continues to get covered up because it’s William and the future king. He’s supposed to be Diana’s son, better than Charles. Stakes were high to expose anything bad about him.

      That’s why Kate has been getting her way. She has leverage with the help from Carole.

      • Jan90067 says:

        Does anyone else remember an article written last year, something to the effect of “If William commits a serious crime, can he be charged?” Ok.. found one of several, from FEB 2024: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1162393-what-happens-if-prince-william-commits-a-serious-crime

        I am very much thinking that new scar over and under her eye was the result of Incandescent Willie’s rage

      • Where'sMyTiara says:

        @Jan YES. And this is why I don’t believe the Schroedinger’s Cancer story for a heartbeat. And that man spent MONTHS being freaked that something was going to drop in the press. I think he started attending the footie games again when the deal was struck.

        Question is, would Charles stand in the way of Parliament if something did leak and it was shown that William had committed battery on her, forcing Parliament to take action?

        It brings me right back to the Treason Act of 1351. Per Wikipedia:

        “A person was guilty of high treason under the Act if they:

        1. “compassed or imagined” (i.e. planned; the original Norman French is “fait compasser ou ymaginer”) the death of the king, his wife or his eldest son and heir (following the coming into force of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 on 26 March 2015,[16] this has effect as if the reference were to the eldest child and heir);[17]
        2. violated the king’s companion, the king’s eldest daughter if she was unmarried or the wife of the king’s eldest son and heir (following the coming into force of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, this has effect as if the reference were to the eldest son only if he is also the heir[17])”

        It doesn’t specify in what manner, violated. Can any form of assault count?

    • A says:

      1.)Kate doesn’t want to work (with the exception being big set piece events, where she can be the star). 2. )William does not want to be over shadowed by Kate. 3.) If you send the kids close by Kate can still use the family first excuse (that she’ll probably be using till these kids are at least 21) and William ultimately gets what he wants!

      • The Duchess says:

        Well put. Willy doesn’t care if his son’s go to Eton or not. His top priority is keeping Keen out of sight and out of mind. We shall see how this plays out.

      • Nikki says:

        Kate will probably hope for one of her kids to marry and have a child at a young age so that by the time that Louis ages out, she’ll have a grandchild that she’ll be able to rinse and repeat “Family First”.

      • Christine says:

        This is really what I think is going to happen, Nikki. You nailed it.

        She has figured out how to kick the can down the road, for the rest of her life. There will always be a little kid that is more important than working.

        *shrug* I live in the U.S., I don’t have to pay for any of these people.

    • Interested Gawker says:

      Inquiring minds want to know…

    • Megan says:

      My tin foil hat theory is that Camilla knows her reign is short and she is benching Kate so she gets all the attention. In return, Kate gets certain concessions.

      • Nikki says:

        That’s certainly possible but Camilla doesn’t strike me as the compromising or conciliatory type. If Camilla wants Kate benched, Kate would be benched. What Camilla wants, Charles and the British media give her, no questions asked.

    • Dilettante says:

      It ain’t over till the fat lady sings.

    • StillDouchesOfCambridge says:

      I hear Charles will be resigning, so I presume that’s why george isnt going at eton. All of them will be doing as Kate wants or as william wants because they will be the next ones soon. Also means if the rumor is true, that harry and william might not see each other for charles funeral but maybe for another clown’s clownation. Let’s see if he’s really not going there invite him, or if that’s the reason why he was less hostile against harry the last months…

  2. somebody says:

    The big question is what does Will get in return?

  3. Ok if this then is true what the heck happened on December 28, 2023? Did something happen that nobody wants out there? Is she getting her way on this because of that? I thought the heir would follow in all the other heirs footsteps. Lots of questions about this!

    • somebody says:

      It wouldn’t be all the heirs footsteps anyway. QE was tutored and Charles went to Gordonstoun.

      • Yes that’s true but the heir usually does as his father and King says so she has something on dear Peg.

      • TikiChica says:

        Correct. William did not follow the previous heir’s footsteps either, and neither did Charles (although Charles did follow his father’s footsteps).
        But Charles hated Gordonstoun and wanted to go to Eton.

    • Snaggletooth says:

      Yeah this one is a “holy shit” moment for me. She has something over him big time

      • EasternViolet says:

        My theory is the scar over her eye. William did that. Threw a cup of tea in her face or something.

      • Jaded says:

        I think he threw something more than a cup of tea, more likely a heavy object or a fist. This mess has DV written all over it.

      • Mayp says:

        My guess is that this is one last final big concession before the divorce is announced.

    • Becks1 says:

      As others have noted, Eton isn’t really a Windsor tradition. It was a Spencer tradition so Diana “won” in that regard (although Charles was apparently on board bc of how much he hated Gordonstoun.) Maybe that set up a precedent in William’s mind for the mother choosing?

      • Snaggletooth says:

        I would be more willing to hand wave this all away as nothing if they hadn’t had a briefing war for years about this exact issue.

      • ShazBot says:

        I actually wonder if William even cares about Eton? The briefing could have been the courtiers and trying to make William make that choice, but maybe he is actually fully on board with all of Kate’s school plans and always has been.

      • Blujfly says:

        The Queen Mother wanted Charles to attend Eton (with his friends and many other boys he knew) but his mother allowed his father to choose. There was no royal tradition because they all had private in home instruction. But the extended family and aristocracy attended Eton and the Queen’s tutors once it became clear she would reign were from Eton.

    • Noor says:

      Goodness why go to Marlborough, if they can go to Eton, especially for George

    • SamuelWhiskers says:

      That’s been debunked as a Twitter hoax, it was started by a troll who claims Meghan faked her pregnancies.

      I think something for sure happened (possibly just the slow disintegration of a marriage) but there’s literally not an atom of evidence and lots of evidence against the idea anything specifically happened on 28th Dec.

      • Interested Gawker says:

        December 28 is the ‘Kategate start date’, not because of the veracity of that footage but because that was the first incident of intentional KP misdirection online. That it was posted by ‘a troll who claims Meghan faked her pregnancies’ makes that obvious.

      • Becks1 says:

        So…..because a troll posted something we have to accept that date as the start of Kategate?

        Too many people on here accept that footage as “proof” that William “did something” to Kate on that date and frankly I find it fascinating how its just been accepted as fact that “something happened on December 28 2023.”

        A troll posted a video on December 28. That’s all that happened.

      • Interested Gawker says:

        I mean the ‘start’ of Kategate as the earliest example of misdirection online to social media and yes, KP utilized a ‘royalist’ account for that and had a gambit to suggest Kate passed a note saying ’help’ to some sort of magician and rumors about Kate getting medical care in the States. The first was only noticed (and seized upon) by the terminally online interested in the royals, the second roundly ignored and the third blew up on Reddit aided by a TikTok account.

      • Ok so some don’t like the December date. Well then it happened in January where the public was lied to about what exactly happened. She had surgery but not cancer. Her husband visited once! She was supposed to be there for two weeks that was squashed too. She comes out a few months later with its cancer. Then we get the happy feminine hygiene product like video and then she misses more important stuff and is excluded from tiara duty and now she won’t be working as much. Something happened on a date close to December 28th and now we have her not being seen very often and she gets her way with George. There is definitely something up with this shame marriage and it is being covered up! Get over the date and look at what’s being sold!

      • Interested Gawker says:

        And consider that KP might have wanted that out there as ‘proof’ of why she wasn’t seen entering the London Clinic with a social media account they could deny having anything to do with. It wasn’t until Kate wasn’t seen leaving the LC with Cam and CIII proving the press was present that day that started the ‘why don’t they show her’/‘she didn’t wave to the public/‘OMG is she dead’ business.

        Tying that to DV happened later. Most people were arguing about ED and how often she was seen holding her stomach frequently in the run up to Xmas in the beginning.

      • Becks1 says:

        @SusanCollins I think we all agree that “something” happened – whether there was an exact date for it or not – it may have been a slow health decline (if we believe that she did, in fact, have surgery).

        but people on here have bought into the conspiracy theories as much as the derangers have bought into the anti-Meghan conspiracy theories.

        We have no proof that something happened to Kate on December 28 2023 so when you start out a comment saying “what the hell happened on December 28” there is going to be some pushback. We have no proof that KP utilized a royalist account or anything else. (Why would KP want to draw attention to the fact that Kate was going to the hospital on 12/28, something that would cast doubt on their later claims about a non-serious January surgery etc?) KP likewise wouldn’t want to put it out there that Kate passed a note saying “help.”

        There is so much else that we know happened (the car pic, the frankenphoto, the mysterious surgery, the bench video, the cancer that mysteriously disappears for Trooping and wimbledon, etc) that I don’t know why people still hyperfocus on a meaningless date.

      • @Becks1. I use the date because that appears to be the start of the whole thing . The surgery that wasn’t cancer. Something on or before that date was happening and they don’t want it known. I could say when she had surgery but that was so very near the December date. I will have to start with the day that will live on in infamy lol.

      • SamuelWhiskers says:

        I don’t believe for a second that KP are going round hiring mentally unstable Twitter trolls who routinely post horrendous abuse to both Meghan AND Kate and who seem determined to say anything possible to gain attention, and ordering them to post lies implying William hurt Kate.

        I’m sorry but that is just sci-fi territory.

        Why on earth would KP leak material actively damaging to themselves?

        Why would they give a troll such extraordinary power over them? (Since the troll would possess powerful knowledge and blackmail material.)

        Why would they choose to trust an anti-Kate troll?

        Why wouldn’t they just use one of their own bot accounts if they wanted to leak something?

        Occam’s Razor: a troll happened to see an ambulance convoy go by, and realised it would make great click bait. That’s all.

      • Nic919 says:

        To be clear the account that posted the video saying it was a royal convey heading from Sandringham to a hospital in London did not say anything about William abusing Kate. The tweet doesn’t even say who it might be other than saying he had a tip it came from Sandringham. This video posted on December 28, 2023 well before anyone knew of the surgery and it went unnoticed until the surgery announcement and then another account retweeted it. The account is clearly not pro Meghan and it is pro royals.

        KP isn’t the only palace here and the fact that the media has not referenced it at all, even to discredit it, is a campaign of silence similar to the kate and Carole car photo. Let’s not forget Camilla would have a motive to discredit KP.

      • SamuelWhiskers says:

        “the fact that the media has not referenced it at all, even to discredit it, is a campaign of silence”

        Why on earth would the media reference a random troll tweet no one except hardcore conspiracy theorists know about, showing something incredibly normal and everyday (a London ambulance) with a weird random allegation that only Americans unfamiliar with the geography of Britain fell for at all?

        The media might report on social media trends in a very general way but the media certainly doesn’t report on individual tweets, except from celebs.

    • Chrissy says:

      I always thought that Bill physically assaulted Kate hence the eye scar/ the months out of sight. I never bought the cancer thing which was as brought up to elicit global sympathy for Poor Kate. It was a used as a smokescreen to allow her to heal out of sight while Bill appeared as superdad – constantly seen doing the school run, taking the kids to soccer games and concerts while also avoiding any meaningful events work for most of the year. Add the AI generated frankenphoto and the fake garden centre run with a fake Kate, and all hell broke loose.

  4. Beth says:

    My understanding is that because of everything that’s happened over the past year, Kate (and the Middletons) hold all the cards atm.

    • Dilettante says:

      It sure looks that way.

    • Jaded says:

      Exactly. That’s why the Midds started being accepted back into the royal fold and showing up at Ascot, etc. Then William disappeared for months on end with only the odd public event — remember him spaced out, blinking and off balance at an investiture early in 2024? He looked totally out of it. He’s aged 10 years in the past year and is still doing the absolute bare minimum. Both he and Kate appear to have been benched for many of the important appearances that he, especially, should be doing, so I think it’s a certainty that Pa and his Equine wife are in on the whole mess. The antipathy and coldness between William and his father at the Con-a-nation ceremony was as obvious as the nose on my face.

  5. Eleonor says:

    I think we might have underestimated Cathy.
    Maybe she has renegotiated everything, or she is closing her eyes even further to William infidelities. Who knows.

    • The Duchess says:

      It does appear she has won many battles this year, but why does she still look so miserable? She’s hardly looking like the cat that got the cream lately, even if her PR says otherwise.

      I think Baldy has compromised a hell of a lot to her ‘demands’, but I also think she has compromised too, and what she has compromised is costing her a hell of a lot more (emotionally and mentally) than it is for Baldy.

      If he can concede to what school his children go to (as if he gives a damn) in exchange to not having to deal with Keen at multiple events a month, he’s going to snatch the negotiators hand clean off.

      • Gwenny says:

        Maybe George didn’t test well on that placement exam last year? However, given his now and future position, Eton would take him no matter how poor a student (or test-taker) he may be.

    • Gracie says:

      There have been a lot of happenings that seem strange over the last year. I still think she was the one who finally had her own affair and something either very dramatic or not at all dramatic happened in response to keep her from flying the coop. School choice, work less, no oversight or pressure. She worked a deal for sure, regardless of whether the medical condition is real or not. She was coming off of a very bad year. Logic would say she did not hold the cards at all after her parents’ scandal and the royal racists. Something changed. William agreed to put out a PDA video, FFS! From stories of rural rivals and “throwing pillows at each other” and tension over kid school plans to everything Kate wants, she gets. 20 years of the opposite and all of a sudden a shift. It’s weird – I don’t think it’s DV but probably something normal people would not be embarrassed by but the royals are sensitive to.

  6. Beverley says:

    Kate looks like she has Slumlord Willy up against the ropes for now.
    But I won’t be surprised if Will comes back swinging.

  7. Brassy Rebel says:

    It appears there is a high price to be paid by William to extricate himself from this marriage. Lord knows, I’m no Kate fan, but I have to hand it to her on this one. And do they really call the houses outside the quad “outhouses”? That has a totally different meaning on this side of the pond. 😳

    • Jas says:

      Kate will be able to live at her parents’ home, be close to the children, and emerge now and then for the odd appearance and photo op.
      William will get to live like he’s single while keeping up the appearance of being a loving husband on public occasions.
      It’s a win for everyone.

      • Jas says:

        Oh, sorry. I didn’t mean to post a random comment here. I thought I was posting my own new comment.

      • Nic919 says:

        Buckleberry is closer to Marlborough and is only a 40 minute drive.
        Charlotte can also attend this school in a few years too.

        Also Buckleberry is mid way between Lambrook and buckleberry.

      • Tessa says:

        It depends on how long William can keep up the sham. I don’t think Kate has that much leverage.

      • Meredith says:

        Eton is walking distance to Windsor so I don’t think proximity is the reason for the choice. I actually believe that sending George into the toxic environment of an elitist, all male institution was a problem for Kate, and I can respect her for wanting to protect her sweet children from either becoming assholes or being bullied by some.

  8. Libra says:

    It’s the DM, people. Have they been known to lie? This is a fishing expedition hoping for a comment from KP.

    • Chloe says:

      Hhm idk. They go on fishing expeditions yes but KP has also been known the give them information. When would George start at a new school? Coming school year or the year after? I guess we won’t know for certain until KP either makes an official announcement or until the first school day. But I think that on this the DM might be right…

      • Becks1 says:

        I think this could be true because it just seems very plausible/likely, but I think its a little weird that they’re telling us what house he may be living in and where its located on the campus etc.

        Like if this had just been about them going to Marlborough – well okay. but the added information is just too specific and makes me wonder if the DM is trying to create a security issue and thereby force the Wales’ hand for Eton? IDK. But it just seems weird to me. “he’s coming here and here’s a map for where he’ll be living!!!!”

      • Gabby says:

        Agreed @Becks1. The housing specifics served up on a silver platter really has my bullshit sensor tingling.

      • SamuelWhiskers says:

        George is 11 and both Eton and Marlborough start at 13/14.

        The admissions process does start around two years before entry (generally – if the FFK wants to go somewhere, no school is going to turn him away) so if he is going to Marlborough then I’d expect them to be in the process of starting the application now.

        But the idea that any school is starting to put physical security in place now for a student who won’t be starting for at least two years is pure Daily Mail fantasy.

      • ncboudicca says:

        I agree with Becks: “IF” this was real news, the DM is repeating information that would classify as a security breach, I would think. There’s no way they’re naming a specific house 2 years ahead of when the FFK would theoretically be attending the school. Hell, makes no sense to publicize any decision about school choice right now. The British media’s constant focus on this topic is so odd to me.

      • Nic919 says:

        George will start school in September 2026 either at Eton or Marlborough. When they speak of security upgrades we are talking serious renovations which could easily take over a year to do. And with permits and applications for the work to be done, then this would exactly be when they start planning. They are likely sorting out which building can best handle the upgrades.

        Let’s not forget that six figure upgrades were added to Buckleberry in order for Kate to visit with the kids.

  9. M says:

    He’s 11. It’s a high school. There’s at least a full year before anything will be announced about his education. The Fail is just making stuff up again.

    • TQ says:

      US expat in the UK here. Kids here go to secondary school, i.e. middle school + high school, from the fall of the year they turn 11. There’s a universal ’11-plus’ exam they take for entry into selective and private secondary schools. They usually stay in the same secondary school until university (if they chose to go to university directly).

      • Becks1 says:

        Marlborough’s website says its for students ages 13-18.

        Downe House – where Kate went before Marlborough – starts at age 11 but that’s all girls.

      • SamuelWhiskers says:

        Brit here – secondary school IS high school (middle school is not part of secondary school) but public schools kind of do their own thing.

        Generally you start secondary school at 12 (turning 13) but in public schools it’s often a year or two later.

      • TQ says:

        I wrote simply to clarify for fellow Americans that what we Americans think of as ‘middle school’ (school for ages 11-13), which is generally 2-3 years, is included in most ‘secondary schools’ in the UK. Americans don’t usually go to ‘high school’ until age 14 or so, which is generally 4 years, and is preparation for university or further vocational training. It seemed a bit of cross-cultural clarification might be helpful.

      • LRB says:

        English private school education explained:

        Private Day schools go 3- 10 ( up to our school year 6) and then 11-18. Some of these schools now have some boarding facilities, some do not. Some are single sex some are mixed.
        State schools are mainly the same, some do not have a 6th form ( ages 16-18) and children move to ‘college’ which is not university, it is sixth form college.
        A few places still have a two tier state education system with grammar schools for which an academic exam must be taken – known as the 11+. Most areas do not and end of school year tests are taken (SATS)

        Public schools: these are the likes of Eton, Harrow and Marlborough.
        Children go to Prep school ( like Lambrook) until they are 12 – our year 8. They then take either scholarship exams or Common Entrance exams. They move to Public schools in the school year they turn 13. Our school year is September – August.

        If I am right George will be in school year 7 so will move to ‘wherever’ in September 2026. But I may be a year out not quite sure if he is 10 or 11.

      • Deborah1 says:

        @SamuelWhiskers – I’m British too. I started at an all-girls boarding school at the age of 11 back in 1961 after taking the Common Entrance exam as a 10-year old. Some boarding schools take pupils as young as 9. You are correct that there is no such thing as “Middle School” in the UK. It’s either Primary School from age 4/5 or Secondary School from age 11/12.

      • SamuelWhiskers says:

        No, middle school exists here in Britain, or at least it did when I was at school in the noughties. I attended a primary school, then a middle school, then high school.

  10. Tina says:

    Who knows if this is true but if it is honestly this sounds nicer than eton. It’s handy that all 3 can go to the same school so there will be overlap between the kids. To me this confirms Kate is mainly at her moms though. Eton would be closer if she was at Adelaide.

    • Becks1 says:

      So I think this is a good point – if Kate is full time at Adelaide, then Eton is definitely closer. But officially Eton is pretty strict when it comes to going off campus and boarding and visits home etc. Now of course those rules would all be waived for George (besides the boarding I imagine) but I wonder if on paper, Marlborough is more flexible so George would be able to come home (cough Bucklebury cough) more often?

      ETA I just looked it up and Lambrook is 45 minutes from Bucklebury but 15 from Windsor. Marlborough is about an hour 15 minutes from windsor and 45 minutes from Bucklebury.

      So it seems if the other two are still at Lambrook then no way is Kate at Bucklebury. The fact that Bucklebury is a half hour closer than Windsor to Marlborough doesnt mean a lot to me because they would probably use the helicopter like normal parents do.

      So maybe it is just the flexibility thing?

      • Jess says:

        “probably use the helicopter like normal parents do” has me cackling

      • Nic919 says:

        More likely they use the motorcade which lets them speed through the roads. If sophie gets one I bet the kids do as well. They have RPOs full time. Google maps is also timing for the peasants who have to follow the rules of the road.

      • BeanieBean says:

        All I know–thanks, Google maps!–is that Marlborough College has a mound on its grounds & a white horse nearby. Super cool! Maybe Charlotte or Louis will want to be archaeologists.

    • Deborah1 says:

      @Tina – Chances are Kate is not living at Adelaide Cottage. She could well be living with her parents at Bucklebury Manor (if rumours are to be believed) which makes Marlborough College the ideal choice for her kids as it keeps them close.

  11. Laura D says:

    If George is going to Marlborough then are they telling us (that even after all Kate’s coaching) the poor lad failed the Eaton entrance exam?

    • seaflower says:

      He would still be admitted even if he failed. No school will turn away the future king.

      • Laura D says:

        @seaflower – ITA BUT after making such a big deal about being the doting mother who couldn’t possibly attend her husband’s Blue Ribbon event because she needed to make sure her son was fully prepared for a nerve racking exam, it now seems they (W&K) needn’t have put the poor lad through it.

        If the choice was always going to be Marlborough then, the exam farce was really about two disgusting adults using their son to mask whatever the real reason was for Kate’s non-attendance at Earthshot. William says he’s different from his father but, using his children to manipulate the news cycle is definitely from the KCIII play-book.

      • Jais says:

        Yah, agree with this @LauraD, either way, George’s studies were given as a v specific reason for Kate not attending earthshot with William. Maybe it’s true but it didn’t have to be given. I do think they use their kids as convenient shields sometimes and that doesn’t sit well.

      • Unblinkered says:

        The reason for KM not attending the most recent Earthshot was Heidi Klum.

      • Nic919 says:

        The test was an assessment that you don’t study for. It was not an entrance exam but the media lied for KP to give a reason why kate was benched from Earthshot.

        George has not written the entrance exam yet. That will be sometime this year.

  12. Sunshine says:

    You all underestimate Kate at your peril.
    Just because she’s dumb, doesn’t mean she’s not cunning.

    • San Diego says:

      I agree with you about her being cunning but I disagree about her being dumb. She’s not dumb and she has the support of her family. She’s been in and around the family for 20yrs.. she knows how to play the game and she keeps winning where most have failed. Ppl keep underestimating her at their own peril and to be honest, William puts her and the children above everything else .

      • Beverley says:

        Peg puts KKKhate and the children above everybody else…except his current side piece.

      • Sunshine says:

        San Diego
        I agree with you. My comment is in relation to education. She can’t read or speak beyond high school level.
        But she is indeed street smart and adaptable.

      • Tessa says:

        Kate has lost. William is unhappy with her. Kate is not bright I think her mother aids enables kate.

      • sevenblue says:

        @San Diego, I mean yes she is winning in royal games, but what is her reward? A husband who looks at her with disgust in public, who doesn’t hold her hand when she tries publicly, 3 children looking scared in front of the cameras. Congratulations to her for her victory, but no one in their right mind would want the fake life she has. Diana didn’t.

      • San Diego says:

        @SEVENBLUE.. Kate’s advantage over Diana is William chose her. They at least have/ had affection/ friendship / trust for each other before marriage. Diana did not have the support of her family during her marriage or the institution. Diana was alone and the institution chewed and spit her out to the wolves ( the tabloids).
        Kate has support from all sides. She has her family making friends with tabloids, media writing glowing articles about her and ppl believing it. Her reward is she will be the wife of a king. The crown is hers when William becomes king. Also, her family is set. They have the connections for generations to come. At the end of the day, she won at whatever game her and her mother set out to play together.

      • sevenblue says:

        @San Diego, well someone should tell her then. She doesn’t look neither in peace nor happy for a long time now. Money isn’t everything.

        Will chose her, but still she had to ask her husband on their wedding day if he was happy.

      • Jean says:

        @sandiego you are definitely on the money! Whatever game Kate played she has won hands down! Wife and mother of Kings. Lots of fans in the British press and the white Brit’s and so called derangers….. she has it much better than most.

      • Nic919 says:

        Everyone thought Diana would be Queen until the separation too. A lot can happen before William gets the crown.

  13. Steph says:

    This is disappointing. I thought it was a day school. I just read Charles Spencer’s book A Very Private School. It was a memoir about his time in school starting at age 8. As an American the idea of sending a kid that young to boarding school has always been insane to me. He really drove home that it is.

    But if they are boarding, what excuses are they going to use not to work?

    • sunnyside up says:

      One of my children teaches in a top Public school, (Public means private in this case.) Don’t ask! He also taught at state schools, he says that the attitude of the children is completely different. They do work. Obviously there are exceptions but I suppose when you are paying directly for education you value it more, well at least your parents do. State schools, some go up at 11 and some counties do have middle schools, and they go up at twelve. At least they did when my children were children.

  14. Afken says:

    All this talk of negotiation and deals when in reality I don’t think Kate had to work all that hard. All she had to do was remind William that he wants to be a middle class king. Marlborough is still an elected institution but it’s not as stuffy as Eton and if he wants to talk the talk about being modern and middle class, he needs to walk the walk. No Eton for George.

    • sunnyside up says:

      I wonder how much it matters, he has his job all lined up for him and the only qualification needed is to be the first born child of the heir to the throne.

    • CherryBerry says:

      He only wants to say they’re like middle-class, he doesn’t actually want to live like middle-class people.

  15. Honeybee says:

    I should not say this but Eton would be a good choice for George and Louise to avoid problems. Because they don’t want to involve in family drama. Secondly I don’t think students from these elite schools are brilliant. But certainly they make connections. But, if the boys ends up with kate like girl friends??? Malborough is where Kate middlebum started. Mooning to male students was what Kate accomplished there. As the George and Louise have titles, they may end up with manipulative grifter women like middletons, causing the end of monarchy. I don’t think Malborough is a good choice even for Charlotte.it is not a judgement about these kids. But my concern is about their future. Still this may happen in university, but at that time they will have enough maturity to understand their lives.

    • MaisiesMom says:

      Kate hasn’t caused the end of the monarchy.

      Seriously, if the institution can’t handle it’s future leaders attending a co-ed school with middle class kids then it deserves to die.

  16. HillaryIsAlwaysRight says:

    Good for her. I live near St. David’s school in Manhattan, the all boys private pre-K through 8 school that John Kennedy Jr. went to. Those kids are animals. They travel in packs yelling at each other, blocking sidewalks. They flood the near-by Duane Read (Walgreens by a different name) after school and trash it, throwing their belongings and bags of candy over the display shelves. The bags break and spread their contents on the floor. They shoplift and play tag, or bully and hit each other. Behavior that only white boys in khakis, blazers, and ties can get away with. I think a co-ed environment is better at deterring ‘boys will be boys’ behavior, and fostering a sense of social responsibility.

    • Steph says:

      @hilaryisalwaysright. As a lifelong Manhattanite and public school student, I’m going to disagree with you. That behavior is just white ppl sht. They get it from both their parents. These same parents who will keep them in the most expensive and elite private schools just to sure the rest of us couldn’t get into Stuyvesant.

      • Becks1 says:

        Yeah, the rich white boy behavior happens whether they’re in co-ed or single sex schools.

    • SamuelWhiskers says:

      Go read the stage play “POSH” by Laura Wade to see exactly what British public schoolboys are like!

  17. Lady Digby says:

    No wonder Kate was looking so triumphant at the Xmas day walk. Let’s hope that George was included in the decision making and that this is his preferred choice.

  18. Jais says:

    Let me see if I’ve got this right. Eton is v close to Adelaide cottage where Kate is said to live. But Marlborough is further from where she is said to live but closer to her mom’s house. Huh. Okay. Are we to assume Kate may be spending a lot of time at her mom’s house in the future as it will be close to the kids school?

    • First comment says:

      Yeah, it’s pretty confusing, isn’t it? Perhaps she doesn’t live in Adelaide cottage anymore and she lives with her parents. But where the children live? Windsor? Probably. I really don’t know.

      • Jazz Hands says:

        Star magazine’s cover feature the other week was about Kate and the kids living with the Middletons and William being unhappy about it. Maybe they really know something.

    • Nic919 says:

      Bingo. Buckleberry is mid way point between Lambrook and Marlborough college. It is more than likely that Kate has been at Buckleberry far more than the media admits. Including for that car ride with Carole.

      • Anonymous says:

        Isn’t Anmer Hall close to Buckleberry? Maybe Kate got Anmer, William has the KP Apartment, Adelaide and his eyes on Windsor Castle?

      • Nic919 says:

        Anmer Hall is in Norfolk close to Sandringham.

    • Barb Mill says:

      It could be that George does not live with Kate but he could go to the Midds and William deals with them when he needs to pick George up for some photo op.

    • Me at home says:

      But how does she do the sodding school run from Bucklebury, isn’t that the whole reason she’s unable to work?

    • Chrissy says:

      Where will she live when George is at Marlborough and Charlotte and Louis are still at the school they’re in now? Or will Carole be hanging around Marlborough doing the school run during that time? Hmmm!

      • Deborah1 says:

        @Chrissy – No need to do the school run for Marlborough College, it’s a boarding school.

  19. Amy Bee says:

    I thought William and the establishment were going to win this fight. This only bolsters my belief that after she was exposed as one of the racists, she demanded that some changes be made to her life as the PoW.

  20. Meredith says:

    I mean it is the Daily Mail, after all? I’m honestly going to be willing to believe anything could happen with this kid’s schooling. Until I see what uniform he’s got on for the first day to you could tell me anything and I’d consider one about as likely as the other.

  21. Lady Esther says:

    Well well well. Apologies to the poster whose handle escapes my mind atm who said that the images in Kate’s “cancer free” video of Kate in the driver’s seat and her mum Carole holding all the cards were telling. You were absolutely right!

    And credit where credit is due, I think Kate has always been very protective of George (why? hmmm) and may think Eh, what’s a few tiara events where I’m benched compared to this. It seems she wants him to 1) avoid Eton and its known problems 2) make sure he’s always with his siblings and is loyal to them first above all, like a real Middleton and 3) establish a Middleton “tradition” at Marlborough that is theirs apart from Royal Family traditions for the heir. I don’t think it’s so much that Kate was so happy there – I doubt she’s been happy for most of her life, unfortunately – but it seems a very aristo family thing to do. I’m sure Carole is thrilled…

    • Blujfly says:

      I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that Pippa’s eldest is at Lambrook or if he isn’t, the goal is to send him somewhere with Louis

  22. Cerys says:

    I can never understand the aristocratic tradition of sending children to boarding school. I’m sure there are plenty of expensive and good day schools in the Bucklebury/Windsor area that the children could attend.

    • Barb Mill says:

      I always thought it was because they didn’t actually raise their kids. They have nannies, they don’t dine with the kids and only see them breifly during the day.

  23. Blithe says:

    IF this is true, I hope this choice is genuinely a good fit for each of the kids as individuals. It’s hard to imagine that Kate can even guess at what type of boarding school might be a good fit for Louis as a 6 year old though. I hope Kate gets that the environment that made her happy decades ago might not be the best fit for each of her 3 kids as they mature, and develop interests, strengths, and friendships of their own. Even if this is a good fit for George, I wonder how Kate and William determined that having all of the siblings attend the same school is in their individual best interests.

    I’m hoping that this isn’t true, if only because Charlotte’s needs and Louis’s needs should be considered as much as George’s and Kate’s, when the time comes for them to change schools. This is particularly true for Louis, who won’t have much overlap with his siblings.

    • Becks1 says:

      Would he have any overlap with George? They’re just about 5 years apart and Marlborough doesn’t start until age 13. Not sure how they handle school ages in the UK.

      • Blithe says:

        I’m not sure either. I also don’t know if grades (6th form?) and school leaving dates are more dependent upon exams than in the US. I was thinking maybe 1 year overlapping with George and a few years with Charlotte — with several years of Louis being there on his own. It’s not a bad plan if the school genuinely is a good fit for each of the kids, or has other advantages, but it seems odd to me to prioritize wanting the kids to be at the same school given Louis’s age, and how difficult it might be to choose an appropriate upper school for a kid who’s now a 6 year old.

  24. Becks1 says:

    I will say what I have said over the last year or 18 months of this – if William wanted George to go to Eton, he would go to Eton. The fact that he’s not doesn’t tell me that Kate “won,” it tells me that William wasn’t dead set on Eton for George and didn’t really care whether they went to Marlborough or Eton or somewhere else.

    But this article makes clear they’re boarding, which was something we heard was a strike against Eton – its boarding only. (the same sex argument is something else but I doubt that was a deciding factor besides Kate wanting her three kids at the same school.)

    So can we expect more work from Kate and William in a few years once they are no longer doing the hallowed school run?!?!

    But its also not like Marlborough is some bastion of “normal” people – its still elite, its still exclusive, its still extremely expensive – they may try to spin as “Kate wants to raise normal children” but I see this as “kate wants to replicate her childhood because she’s still stunted as an adult.”

    If this is about what school is the best fit for the kids, how can they declare that Marlborough is the best fit for all three considering Louis’ age?

    • Nic919 says:

      I agree with this. William is likely fine with a school where all his kids can attend, because the article makes reference to setting up security for George and they will do the same for Charlotte in a few years. It is easier for them to be at the same location.

      The choice of school is like a Harvard v Yale debate. Marlborough is very well known and elite too, especially as a girls school and now a co ed school.

      I think the key here is the closer proximity to Buckleberry where kate was rumoured to be staying during her recovery last year and probably still remains.

      The boarding aspect makes the school run excuse weak, but they will likely come up with something else.

    • ML says:

      Can we expect more work? We always do? They can hardly work less than they did in 2024?

      • Becks1 says:

        @ML LOL it was more of a rhetorical question but for your likely equally rhetorical question about them working less than 2024 – I mean…..we might think they can’t work less but they can always surprise us…… 🤣🤣🤣

      • Me at home says:

        The Fail ran not one, but two, articles yesterday aimed at lowering expectations about Kate’s return to work. The comments are a hoot, with almost everybody save the odd staunch royalist saying it’s past time she returned.

      • Becks1 says:

        @MeAtHome – someone else in the other post also mentioned the comments being against Kate. What I want to know is – have there always been that many anti-Kate comments and the DM has just moderated/deleted them, and now is letting them through, or is there a growing uptick in anti-….I dont want to say anti Kate. Maybe anti laziness? anti-royals?

        But either way its interesting – either the DM wants the negative comments out there, or they are increasing overall.

    • Unblinkered says:

      I’d wait to see what actually does happen. All kinds of things may be given as exclusives now only to prove radically different.
      Where George goes may prove very interesting indeed.

  25. somebody says:

    It would be nice to think that George won and that he picked the school and that Charlotte and Louis will be allowed their own choices.

    • Becks1 says:

      That would be nice, wouldn’t it? That’s something that’s been missing from this discussion for sure.

      When I went to private high school, I applied to several and when I was accepted, the choice was mine based on what school I thought was the right fit. Same for college. My parents had influence of course (especially when it came to the tuition prices, LOL!) but the ultimate choice was mine.

      Here it seems this is Kate vs William and not “what school is best for George.”

      • Lucky Charm says:

        @Becks1, I wish every parent was that thoughtful. My sisters and I went to a private high school. Our parents decided which one we were going to attend, and that was it. By the time my youngest sister was a sophomore she was allowed to change schools to attend the one she wanted, not a choice given to me or my middle sister.

    • ML says:

      Apologies, Somebody. When I wrote my comment, yours wasn’t visible. ITA.

    • Jais says:

      While we now know that Harry and William weren’t close, it would be nice if charlotte and George are, so maybe he liked the idea of going to a school that charlotte can also attend. Whether that’s the truth or not idk but it would be nice if it were.

      • Blubb says:

        Beck’s: when I read some mail articles on Camilla sometime ago, I noticed: moderated comments, all praise for Camilla. Not moderated 👀 many critical ones, even in the fail.

  26. ML says:

    “C1 House has a royal history. It was once the home of the Seymour family, who moved on to nearby Wolf Hall, the inspiration for Hilary Mantel’s books. Lady Jane Seymour was the third wife of King Henry VIII.”

    Anyone else here see the musical Six?

    Was George allowed to choose? This might be more a combination of factors: W not dead set against a different school than Eton, K preferring a co-ed school, and where G felt most comfortable.

  27. Mrs. Smith says:

    Eh, I’m ok with this? Eton just seems to turn out a steady stream of as*holes, so maybe it will be a better experience at Marlborough with all three kids together? Also, it’s convenient for K and W: K and Carole get the kids everyday while W flits around doing who knows what in privacy.

  28. Bitsycs says:

    I once read in a Bachmann book a quote about how parenting is a reaction to your childhood – you replicate what you liked and you do the opposite of what you didn’t. I think William hated a lot of his childhood, even if he overall had a decent time at Eton and I think Kate enjoyed her childhood. I think this drives a lot of their choices – both the BS ones and the ones that seem mostly normal. I do think they are both lazy and useless to be clear – I just think a lot of the parenting choices come down to Kate likes her parents, her siblings and had a childhood she looks back on with fondness and William is the opposite.

    I also think the idea that Kate is somehow ridiculous for always going home when she was at Marlbourough is hilarious. I guess I’m just a normie, classless American but not wanting your kids in boarding school or wanting them to be able to be home or them wanting to be home seems relatable to me. It’s the second most relatable thing about these people (who I can’t stand). The first is hating Sandringham Christmas which sounds like my personal nightmare. I have had all of two Christmases where I wasn’t with my mom’s side of the family in my entire life – one was covid and one was this past year when my cousin (her mother hosts) had a baby right before Christmas. The Windsors seem like a huge group of unlikable brats so while I think K/W are big babies who are useless and contemptible, these two things (Christmas and wanting their kids close and together) they do seems fine to me.

    • Becks1 says:

      But then the kids don’t have to go to boarding school (and neither did Kate, she actively chose to go to a boarding school.) If she wants them home with her or they want to stay home with her, they can. No one is making them go to boarding school.

      Same thing with the Sandringham Christmas – maybe William hates it, but Kate actively chose that family with those traditions. She knew where her Christmases would be spent so the idea that it was a surprise that Sandringham Christmases were horrible (which I agree, they sound horrible) is kind of silly.

      No one made Kate marry William.

      • Me at home says:

        Kate actively chose the crown, over 10 years. She didn’t chose Sandringham and probably thought she could negotiate that and other things (like work) away.

      • bitsycs says:

        I think she liked boarding school well enough but also liked the flexibility. It’s like college to me – I have friends who only grew up an hour away from our university and they went home a lot more than I did but they loved it and want their kids to attend too. But they also liked the option to pop home with minimal fuss here and there. I think people have opinions about what they enjoyed and often project it onto their kids or identify it as a defining part of their childhood. One of my closest friends from coed private k-8 went across the river to another state we bordered for an all girls private school high school. I went to the coed private high school the rest of our class attended. Now she lives in our hometown and despite our other close friend (and basically her bestie since birth) being a teacher at the coed school and that girl’s husband being the principal at the coed school, she sends her daughter to the all girls school. It was a dealbreaker for her because she really loved her time there. Despite the option of all boys schools, her son is going to the coed one the rest of us went to. I just think it’s not all that deep on the why. People replicate what they liked.

        I also think there’s a difference in assuming married life will be one way and it being another. Maybe she thought she’d enjoy the trappings of Sandringham. Isn’t Meghan the only fiancé who went there prior to being married? I have never gotten the impression that Harry or William prepared their spouses particularly well for the reality of the firm either.

        I also think all of this leaves aside that William is petty and vengeful to everyone but esp his family and I think he drives some of this too. Maybe Kate is ok with some of these things but William isn’t.

      • Nic919 says:

        Kate grew up in the UK and with the endless coverage of royals she’s can’t pretend she was unaware of Sandringham traditions. I know few believed that Meghan didn’t google Harry, but Kate’s been surrounded by royal coverage from the day she was born. And with the Charles and Diana saga when she was a kid, she would have learned more negative stuff about the family without even trying. If she truly thought she could marry in that family and change in a way Diana couldn’t, then that’s simply delusional.

  29. SamuelWhiskers says:

    George won’t start school for at least two years, the idea a school is putting visible security arrangements in place for something years in the future is laughable.

    This is either Kate/Carole planting stories to try to create a narrative and get their own way, or the Mail just making up stuff.

    • Jais says:

      Or the opposite. Harry once said that once future plans were leaked to the news, those plans got dismissed. Maybe someone planted this to prevent this plan from taking place. Idk it’s messy. Hope these kids go the school they like.

      • Interested Gawker says:

        “once future plans were leaked to the news, those plans got dismissed”

        That’s a good point.

      • Magdalena says:

        Sorry Jais, I said something similar below before I saw your comment. But I do agree: they leaked it to cancel Marlborough as an option. Even if Kate’s sources are leaking it to make it seem “inevitable” – they way they kept describing her as the inevitable to tie her to William so securely years before the engagement – they’ve effectively provided ammunition to the Eton proponents.

      • Becks1 says:

        I said above that I wondered if this was about forcing the Wales’ hand for Eton – but I wonder where this is coming from. Is this about Kate’s side trying to present Marlborough as a fait accompli so there is no pushback in the press re: Eton? Is this another side trying to force a change of plans?

        at the end of the day, does anyone really care that much where these kids go? I mean we’re here talking about it, lol, so we care, but I think we all only care for what it represents in the power struggle between W&K. I dont know anything about the schools besides what I’ve heard, so I have no idea if Eton or Marlborough is a better choice and they’re not my kids so at the end of the day its not my decision. I imagine most people feel the same.

        Basically I dont think anyone is going to riot in the street if the kids go to Marlborough or another exclusive boarding school.

        So why are we seeing this play out so publicly like this?

      • Jais says:

        Interesting question. Why are we seeing it played out so publicly? William and Kate claim to care so much about their kids’ privacy so why all these leaked stories about their schooling? Is the press using the conflict as a proxy for something else? Or are the parents playing games by leaking this info? I have no idea.

      • Blithe says:

        I’m guessing that this is at least partly about publicly portraying Kate as being an active, involved, on-the-job caring parent. She gets to spend the next few years purportedly having opinions about schools and post-early-years matters, which justifies how she’s spending her time. Between her health issues and parenting 3 kids in school, she has no time for patronages or ribbon cutting. While I hope that the needs and preferences of each of the kids will be considered when it comes time to actually choose upper schools for them, I wouldn’t be surprised if stuff like this is being put out there so the tabs will have something to write about for the next two years. Otherwise it’s stale, limited stories about the Sussexes, and stories about what Kate and William have decided not to do.

  30. Vuyelwa Ncube says:

    Go Kate I guess 🤢 Poor kids

  31. Libra says:

    Recently the RF was on the balcony (,Trooping the colors?) When a lip reader said William said to Kate, “you won ok?” Could this be it ? Assuming it’s true.

  32. Mads says:

    Something explosive happened in December 2023 and shifted the power from William to Kate and the Mids.

    The Mids had practically been cut loose after the Party Pieces collapse and the signs were there that the Wales’ marriage was over, with William openly displaying utter contempt for Kate and visibly flinching whenever she attempted to touch him.

    Now, the Mids are once again in the Royal Box at horse racing events and William is agreeing to appear in the ridiculous videos put out by Kate. Then we’re getting briefings implying Kate has “won” on the school issue and Becky English at the Fail has written another piece in full support of Kate prioritising her family and not “The Royal Family”.

    To outflank William and the institution is wild. Whether it’s a comprehensive win overall or a major victory in an ongoing battle remains to be determined.

  33. First comment says:

    I have many thoughts on this, if it’s true: firstly, I don’t think it’s a matter of winning for Kate. William is probably OK with this for many reasons, mostly because all the children would be in the same school (no matter the age gap between George and Louis). Secondly, this decision reinforces the idea that the children are pretty close to their maternal grand parents (remember the letter Louis had where he thanked his grandmother for playing with him?). They are probably their main care providers along with the nannies as I found it hard to believe that Kate is capable of caring for them judging by her behaviour and appearances the last years. I don’t doubt her presence in their lives but her capability to care for them. So, the logical step would be to choose a boarding school near their grand parents house where probably Kate spent the last year. After all, there’s Charlotte’s cries when she saw her father with a beard. Obviously, William isn’t constantly present for various reasons, least of which is also his deteriorating appearance that nobody talks about. Something or many things are rotten in the Wales household and they are trying not to disturb the children lives more. I hope that’s the reason they chose this school.

  34. fwiw says:

    Wouldn’t it be nice if William remembers how the Eton environment encouraged him to ignore his younger brother, and he doesn’t want that for his own kids?

    I think he loves his kids and they love him, no matter the state of the marriage.

    Unlike when William was at Eton, Liz & Phil are not just across the river in Windsor to spend Sunday afternoons tutoring a grandchild on the history & duties of the monarchy. George could spend just as much time with Chuck even if he went to a US prep school.

  35. EasternViolet says:

    I wonder though… George will be starting what we in North America understand as “Middle School”. Mom probably worries about bullying, which isn’t at all uncommon. He seems like a sweet and sensitive boy, more like Charles as a kid, than William. By the time he is in High school he might be able to request/make the case to board there… who knows. Middle school seems young to me to ship a kid off to live pretty independently from ones parents. Honestly, it sounds like the better decision for the kids in the end, which is what everyone ultimately wants anyway.

  36. seaflower says:

    I don’t buy the kids all going to Malborough. The men in grey will pull a bait and switch, they have too much vested interest not too. Eton is where future PM’s etc go to. They will want Geoge at least where they can mold him.

  37. Magdalena says:

    Still not buying it.

    Remember what Harry said? If they’ve put this into the public domain and some “insider” is providing all of this detail, right down to which house George will be living in, I can’t see the palace(s) ageeing to him going to Marlborough. The allure of Eton is that people (usually) know how to keep their mouths shut.

    I’m going to guess that Kate/Carole has still been pushing for Marlborough to give her some semblance of control over the children, and William and his people have pretended to agree but decided to shut it down by publicising as much as possible about Marlborough. They’ll no doubt say that the leaks compromised George’s security. Isn’t that what they did with the “South Africa move” by H+M, to scupper it – leak it to the press after the QE2 had given the green light?

    • Jais says:

      Yes, @magdelena, we are wondering the same thing. It would fit the pattern of what they’ve done in the past. Guess we will see bc it is still a year or two away.

    • Nic919 says:

      It certainly sounds like the Middletons briefed this story to make it look like a win for Kate.

  38. Over it says:

    I don’t know what he did , but I do know it was enough to get her what she wants for a very long time. It is also enough to get her parents back into the elite circle. And Kate a get out of work for life card.

  39. Maja says:

    All these boarding schools have their bad scandals. I wouldn’t send a child to these schools where they are at the mercy of other children and sometimes very dodgy teachers day and night. Welsh children have parents and grandparents who have time, they have family friends. Whether these boarding schools promote community or ultimately only allow bad things to happen is not something I would decide for my child.

  40. VilleRose says:

    Couldn’t it be just down to what George prefers? Not going to get into details but I switched schools a few times and almost all were my choice except for one.

    I just assumed George will go where he wants to go. I’m sure he’s been visiting different schools and he should decide based on the visits where he feels most comfortable. I thought there had been articles mentioning he had been visiting different schools? Now I don’t put it past Kate or William to try to influence him heavily towards their preferred choice. William for Eaton and Kate for Marlborough. And whichever school George picks, that parent will feel like they “won.” Would be funny if he chose a school neither of them attended though. I would just hope he’s not being forced to go to a school just because Kate wants him there.

    • Beverley says:

      Somehow I just can’t see how the underage heir to the British throne would be given his choice of schools. Can’t imagine that’s an option for George.

    • sunnyside up says:

      Last thing I read on the subject was that he wanted to go to Eton. Mind you, he could go there and still live at home.

  41. Athena says:

    I don’t blame Kate for not wanting to send her sons to all boys boarding schools in England. The Earl Spencer himself recently discussed the sexual abuse he suffered at Eaton.

    • Becks1 says:

      No, that was at the school he went to before (whose name escapes me now), not Eton .

      • Deborah1 says:

        @Becks1 – Maidwell Hall in Northamptonshire. Charles Spencer was sent there at the age of 8 and it is where he said he was abused. After that he attended Eton College.

  42. Izzy says:

    I guess this was the concession in exchange for her not going to tiara events anymore? I guess the separation negotiations were more successful than we thought.

  43. Blujfly says:

    The Wales children are being raised by two people with no sense of honor or duty and being sent to Marlborough will only reinforce that. I see decades of George similarly whining about not being able to play private landowner and having to appear in public for things that aren’t just sports games, just as William and Kate did.

    • Jes says:

      I am ok with them divesting themselves and their children of these “honors” and “duties”— only truly made real once they no longer receive funding from taxpayers. Being born into this life and scrutiny seems wrong altogether.

  44. BeanieBean says:

    Maybe George failed his Eton entrance exams? No shame in that, but maybe that’s why. If this is even true, of course. Grain of salt & all that.

    • sevenblue says:

      I don’t think Eton would reject a royal, especially the heir. That school is more than academy success, it is about connections.

  45. Penny says:

    For those not in the UK, our government has just introduced VAT on school fees for private education. People are removing their children in droves because they can’t afford the fees any longer.

    My cynical head says this might be Marlborough College marketing dept trying to replicate the ‘St Andrew’s effect’ when it was rumoured W would be heading there.

    • Miss Scarlett says:

      I agree that this is someone pushing the Marlborough agenda. All prior articles I’ve seen are that Marlborough has become too nouveau riche, and the Waleses were looking at other options that were more establishment/old money.

      I’d be shocked if George goes there.
      I’m actually betting on Eton and then when its charlottes turn, Eton goes co-ed tbh. There have been a few articles about the pressure eton’s been getting to go co-ed, and they’ve said theee hasn’t been a good reason before, but they would always consider it. I’d wager that losing George just because it isn’t co-ed is a pretty good reason.

  46. Libra says:

    No way is she living with her parents at Bucklebury. There would be security vehicles all over the place and everyone in the village would know. Hard to keep that a secret when there’s no attempt at being discrete. Someone also said an ambulance is also in stand by when the children are there

    • Blujfly says:

      The UK press has either agreed to not report when there’s evidence they are there or been ordered not to report it. We have countless stories from the horses’ mouths of their many Bucklebury trips with no reporting.

    • Nic919 says:

      Kate was there instead of Anglesey and the media didn’t report that either. So she could easily be there, as was suggested during the recovery post surgery when no one had seen her, and no one dares report on it.

    • Miss Scarlett says:

      Kate has lived there off and on for years, including with the children.

      I actually think that James’s story about Alizee meeting WandK in the kitchen there because they were just happening to stay there for the weekend was really when Kate took the children there for awhile. I think Alizee met Kate in that sort of situation but not William. Kate also stayed there indefinitely while William was in Wales, and Kate only popped into Wales when William was off duty. No military wives ever saw her.

      Then apparently after charlotte and before Louis, they were living separately for awhile (I guess during the rose situation), and Kate and the kids were living with her parents. I gather it’s likely similar to what’s going on now. I cannot imagine that either of them is living at Adelaide with the dolphin carvings in the master bedroom. I think that place is a ruse.

  47. Blujfly says:

    This is a tremendous invasion of George’s privacy with the details about where he will or would live and that of all 3 children, times undoubtedly as pointed out above to run bc public school fees are all over the news. Will the Wales object to it? We will know rather quickly whether William has any spine left against the media, because 2014 William would be on the phone with lawyers already.

  48. Renee says:

    Remember 2024 Wimbledon, Middletons sat front row in royal box
    2024 Royal Ascot William was very chummy with the Middletons.
    2024 William had a meeting at MI6🤔🤔😲😖😟
    There is a cover up

  49. Sarah B. says:

    I am just glad Harry and Meghan are gone and took their kids. Can you imagine the level of outrage from the British Media that they would have received for sending their children to a school with a 59,000 year tuition?! I mean they lost mind about the cost of Frogmore Cottage renovations. They would have been screaming from rooftops about taxpayer money. If Harry and Meghan had sent their children to state school; the British Media would have been raging about them taking a spot away from the poor children in Britain. I am so glad no one knows the name of school that Archie attends. I am sure if the British Media knew, we would know the cost of the tuition and the names of any other celebrities’ children that attends with him.

  50. Flower says:

    I think Kate’s getting her way was also largely aided by Charles Spencers book.

    It would be awkward for any Royal to attend after that.

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