George’s education costs

I said pre Covid, I’d not judge what she chooses to do with her life just now, but I have to work as my work keeps others employed, cancer or not.

It’s a reflex spelling of my BF name, but I’m sure she wouldn’t be offended, she seems very nice. She’s a nice privileged, well brought up, wealthy woman, doesn’t mean I agree with her position.

The land could belong to the nation and be protected.

@HumberSquid protected from what?

Then there would be fucking uproar because "They can afford to send him private, how dare they take a state school place from a very able student who's parents can't afford it?!! And who is going to pay for the extra security for him and his school mates because now they will also be at higher risk too!!".

Yes, imagine the reaction on here.

£68 grand we are "funding"? Is that each OP?? I'd better get saving...

OP it won't make one jot of difference to any of our lives.

What land has been taken? You mean in 1337?
Stop spouting nonsense.

Others that spring to mind - Darius Guppy, Jeremy Thorpe, Lord Lucan and how about Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal (who killed about nine members of his family).

So you appreciate anyone suffering from cancer needs support? If you run a business, I really hope you are more sympathetic to your employees.
You are taking time off, being sick. Can the Royal Family not do the same?
It’s not Kathryn. It’s Catherine.

The king didn't write that speech. It was a collaboration between one of his aides, No 10 and the Foreign Office. He marked up the drafts by hand - but he didn't write it.

I'm more than happy to pay my penny toward the monarchy.

I agree. After all, Eton has turned out first class leaders like David Cameron, Jacob Rees Mogg and Boris Johnson so what could possibly go wrong?

I thought they might have used this opportunity to break away from Eton and send all three to the same school ie Marlborough.

Why, would you send yours there if you could afford private school?

Much better put than my cobbled together response.

I agree the work ethic was stronger in the older royals.

Apologies for copying AI but doesn’t this show that even Eton Headmasters are embarrassed by the sort of “men” they produce: The Former Master: In June 2023, former Eton master John Claughton publicly admitted regret in a letter to <a class="break-all" href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&rct=j&url=www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/eton-master-john-claughton-boris-johnson-tory-privilege-private-schools-8m0rsmfb2&ved=2ahUKEwiTq76n0oyVAxXmT0EAHUcJKlIQy_kOegoIAggACAAICBAC&opi=89978449&cd&psig=AOvVaw0ZOccFDfndDqY5iDpMOKKm&ust=1781729648375000" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Times that the school had "failed" to curb the sense of "privilege, entitlement and omniscience" in alumni like Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg, and Kwasi Kwarteng, whose actions had damaged the country. 1]
The Former Headmaster: In 2019, former Eton headmaster Tony Little stated at the Henley Literary Festival that the nation would have been "better served" had Boris Johnson, David Cameron, and Jacob Rees-Mogg not all been educated at the same school. 1]

Yeah right. I run my own company and happen to be off sick, but usually I work FT and run a home and manage DC. But glad you know the advanced search function.

I can assure you the level of engagements Kathryn did was not like the rest of us in terms of work - all in the public domain - pre covid and cancer. She works part time and lives in a privileged bubble, great, but I’m not keen on funding it.

Oh dear, citing some of the PMs who went to Eton has to be the school’s worst advertisement surely?

I don’t care where he goes, Eton does however have experience in keeping young Princes safe from the Media etc.

@UnPetitDunPetit S'attend un vol ?

All of history is like this. The USA was "seized" from the native Americans

Go back to 2019 - Precovid. She was not working that hard. Clearly many part time working women live a priveledged life, but I’m not paying them and fawning over their efforts.

I just think it’s outdated and they’ve fought tooth and nail to preserve their wealth, we however do t get the same breaks. Equalise things and let them live a more private life.

The point is that the Crown's wealth is built on lands and goods seized from other people. The land could belong to the nation and be protected.

Ok, let me rephrase, because the "lots of different ways to be clever" stuff is indeed true but it's so boring it's not worth the derail, and I'm now getting people giving me their life stories on What Is Clever (earning lots of money is an acceptable measure, apparently) and honestly I just don't care.

The Royals are not very academic. So despite the expensive educations, I wouldn't assume they'd pass the tests for selective grammar schools. Can we leave it there? I already have someone barking at me elsewhere that it's morally contemptible to put "smart casual" on a wedding invitation and if the internet makes me eyeroll any further I'm going to snap my optic nerves.

This. I suspect this is one of the securest education settings for him as he grows into adulthood.

Who knows, his father could become king during his school years.

And going to school with his generation of MPs probably isn’t a bad thing either.

If they can afford to send their son to one of the best schools in the world, which also happens to be their 'local' school, why on earth would they not do it?

And Eton is 'the real world'. Not the world that most people experience obviously. But the future king is not most people.

I would check out just how much money various alternative education providers get from government per year per pupiil who struggles with mainstream education they are not all people of integrity.
https://www.horizoncare.co.uk Much virtue signalling as Horizon rake in lots of money but are yet to really show proper success in the local communities.