Page 17 | Royal Children - Time for State school?

microplastic · 2024-07-17T14:45:03+00:00

Should the Royal Family children be educated in state schools? Why do they get to attend private schools on taxpayers money? Is this something the Labour government could push for?

PreviouslyBannedPoster · 17/07/2024 16:15

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OneBadKitty · 17/07/2024 16:15

School fees are a drop in the ocean compared to what the government spends on most things

mitogoshi · 17/07/2024 16:15

Security is a major concern, private schools tend to be smaller especially secondary schools which helps. Also there's lots of disruption if you have high profile pupils, there are well known people who have sent their children to state school and is has been a headache for school staff.

As for foreign royals, many of them are educated in the U.K.!

SparklyCyanNewt · 17/07/2024 16:14

cupcaske123 · 17/07/2024 16:10

Surely their security alone costs millions.

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Yes, it does but they would need security at state school so the public purse will pay either way. The move wouldn't save the public anything, more likely cost more due to the increased difficulty in providing security at a state school

Cangar · 17/07/2024 16:14

AgentJohnson · 17/07/2024 16:12

Surely security measures can be put in, More cost effective than the full cost of their private education.

I don’t think you understand how much good security would cost and how it would impact everyone who worked, attended and lived in the immediate vicinity of the school. Sending the royal children to ‘state’ school would be purely performative.

But it costs lots at private school too surely?

OneBadKitty · 17/07/2024 16:13

What a stupid post. You do know that the royal family have their own money don't you? They can afford to send their children to private school. Even Katherine's parents are multi millionaires in their own right.

cupcaske123 · 17/07/2024 16:12

Dorisbonson · 17/07/2024 16:11

I think we are a democracy?

Prince Charles should be the last king who is head of state and they should make plans for a President and elected 2nd chamber.

It's absolutely ridiculous that we have head of state determined by birth. We have been a couple of accidents away from Prince Andrew and Prince Harry becoming head of state... No fan of Blair or Johnson but at least we could vote them out.

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Hear hear

x2boys · 17/07/2024 16:12

I'm not a royalist and would get rid ofcthe royal family tomorrow if i could
But as others say say security would be massive
And what about the affect on all the other kids having to deal with crowds of people wanting a glimpse of the royal children ?

AgentJohnson · 17/07/2024 16:12

Surely security measures can be put in, More cost effective than the full cost of their private education.

I don’t think you understand how much good security would cost and how it would impact everyone who worked, attended and lived in the immediate vicinity of the school. Sending the royal children to ‘state’ school would be purely performative.

Dorisbonson · 17/07/2024 16:11

Precipice · 17/07/2024 15:47

There shouldn't be "royal" children at all. The UK should become a democracy.

I think we are a democracy?

Prince Charles should be the last king who is head of state and they should make plans for a President and elected 2nd chamber.

It's absolutely ridiculous that we have head of state determined by birth. We have been a couple of accidents away from Prince Andrew and Prince Harry becoming head of state... No fan of Blair or Johnson but at least we could vote them out.

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cupcaske123 · 17/07/2024 16:10

SparklyCyanNewt · 17/07/2024 16:09

I maybe wrong but I don't think the public fund their schooling just the security so the country wouldn't be financially better off. The Royal have income streams and money outside of their public funding. Plus Diana's estate left several million to each of her children.

Surely their security alone costs millions.

Waystation · 17/07/2024 16:10

OP - you are just being daft now!

SparklyCyanNewt · 17/07/2024 16:09

I maybe wrong but I don't think the public fund their schooling just the security so the country wouldn't be financially better off. The Royal have income streams and money outside of their public funding. Plus Diana's estate left several million to each of her children.

cardibach · 17/07/2024 16:08

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I say this every time a variant of this sad predictable answer comes.

He’d be elected, and could be unelected again, so it would have to be the will of the people rather than what he would love.
If he (or any other person you wouldn’t fancy as elected Head of State) had been born first child to royals he’d be king and we couldn’t do anything about it. It’s purely chance we haven’t got Andrew.

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 17/07/2024 16:08

High time we moved on from the entire ridiculous notion of a "royal family", then they could just do whatever every other privileged family does when it comes to educating their kids without the state having to fork out for a ridiculous security bill.

DinnaeFashYersel · 17/07/2024 16:07

3 reasons why this is a silly non-starter

In addition to the tax payer funding they also have enormous personal wealth so can easily afford to pay for it with their own money.

Security would be a nightmare

Its not for the government to tell individual parents where and how to educate their children.

PreviouslyBannedPoster · 17/07/2024 16:06

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LadyFeatheringt0n · 17/07/2024 16:05

They have family wealth independent of the Crown so its unlikely they'd wind up in state schools.

OhmygodDont · 17/07/2024 16:04

LadyLucksalot · 17/07/2024 16:03

The Belgian royal family and several other European royals send their children to regular schools. Low key, low fuss. Much better approach all round if you ask me. From what I can tell, most of them turn out well-rounded and personable.

Not what we can say about the current UK lot.

I mean lots of foreign schools don’t seem to have the amount of issues ours do.

maybe once we fixed the broken schools.

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microplastic · 17/07/2024 16:04

LadyLucksalot · 17/07/2024 16:03

The Belgian royal family and several other European royals send their children to regular schools. Low key, low fuss. Much better approach all round if you ask me. From what I can tell, most of them turn out well-rounded and personable.

Not what we can say about the current UK lot.

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newfriend05 · 17/07/2024 16:03

Tony Blair's daughter was turned down from lady Margarets precisely for the reason of security .. even if it didn't come from the Royal family pocket The Middleton family
Would pay for private

LadyLucksalot · 17/07/2024 16:03

The Belgian royal family and several other European royals send their children to regular schools. Low key, low fuss. Much better approach all round if you ask me. From what I can tell, most of them turn out well-rounded and personable.

Not what we can say about the current UK lot.

CurlewKate · 17/07/2024 16:03

I think it would be a great idea- but it's obviously completely impractical-sadly.

Frowningprovidence · 17/07/2024 16:02

I actually think it would be fine for. primary. The security could be organised. Lots of primary sites are pretty secure anyway.

I can't really get my head around itfior secondary. The other children themselves become a risk factor. A private school can control its intake much more easily.