To wonder if Prince George's body guards get bored spending every day at Primary school

[Butterfly98]

Firstly I'm assuming Prince George has body guards with him at all times including during school hours. Do you think after a while it gets a bit boring especially spending all week at a Primary school, I mean what do they do all day? I guess they rotate days with guarding other royals for some variety. Do the royals ever have any privacy to themselves or is there always someone standing guard outside the door (and listening to arguments!) even at home?

I know someone who used to do this for a very famous wealthy family.

and yes, he is a rugby playing 6 foot ex-royal marine and used to have to sit on the tiny chairs!!! 🤣

LittleKitty1985 - oh, that's a tough question. I'm not sure I can answer.

I dont know any other life, so I dont know if I would be psychologically different had I grown up in one place. If that makes sense

All I do know, is there are pros and cons to how I grew up. I am a little jealous of people who can say "I am from x" and I do get itchy feet every 4 years and want to move. On the plus side, I think I'm well grounded and I can deal with change really well. But I cant say for certain if this is due to my upbringing or if it just me! .

Sorry for derailing the thread

I do have a lot of respect for bodyguards. Their work is not easy.

They put thier own lives on the line for people they dont know, not related to and in some cases, dont particularly like.

There were bodyguards at my school for a girl in the year above me, which apparently caused a bit of an accommodation issue in an all-girls boarding school. I don't ever remember really seeing them around, I think they generally were outside the building she was in rather than the actual room.

Great images of big blokes in suits sat on tiny primary school chairs while random children present them with pictures they've drawn of them.

Yes, it must be much easier getting the ratios for trips out if you have a couple of CP officers there. I assume they would dress as teachers do (to blend in), possibly in games dept kit if of striking physiqe.

But I'm not sure I'd want my DC on that trip (as I assume they're armed and weapons loaded)

I grew up in a town with a very posh school. Royals from other countries used to go there and you would often see them walking about the town with a couple of hulking blokes following behind.

I too have a lovely image of a huge guy folded up into a tiny chair being presented with drawings or junk modelling.

Our local ‘posh’ school has 275 CCTV cameras and 2 full-time detectives. I imagine it’s a similar set up at Thomas’s

This is so sad. I feel so sorry for these poor children.

I’m glad we are rich enough to live somewhere that our children can go to school in safety. They just walk along to the village primary like everyone else.

What can these children possibly gain from this bizarre lifestyle ?

I don’t mean the royal family BTW, I realise they are a target wherever they go. I mean the parents who CHOOSE this for their children.

The DC of very wealthy parents are also a potential target wherever they go. There is money to be made from kidnapping.

Perhaps that is why they choose that school.

And the bodyguards going home at night with star stickers on their cheeks, Pritt in their hair and unidentifiable sticky stains on their trouser legs where little hands have grabbed them .

Not to mention the glitter at Xmas .

Perhaps that lovely lady who came out to shake PG's hand when he started nursery is really the Bodyguard! Lovely flowing pink dress (to hide her weapon) hair in a bun, and nice sensible flats, in case she has to run! It's always the one you don't suspect!
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A girl at my school became a pretty major celebrity while we were there due to being in a tv show, she got a lot of death/rape threats on the internet so we had plain clothes police around the school for weeks and some training on what to do if there was an 'intruder' after a stalker turned up on a moped. She didn't have her own bodyguards at that stage, I imagine she does now.

I wonder if prince George etc. Go on school trips or if they're not deemed safe enough?

Ilove you never know!
Admittedly, all my bodyguards were men, but there are more female bodyguards now.

My kids attended an International School in Kazakhstan. The local kids who went came from families who had made a lot of money from oil and gas - I once heard two 6 year olds arguing over who's daddy was higher on the Forbes rich list. Anyway, these kids would have armed bodyguards but they weren't allowed on school premises with their guns. As a result they would hang around in the car park ALL day dressed in suits with black ties, carrying fully loaded weapons.

All I can say is that most of them were ex- Russian army and took their jobs very very seriously. Not a smile nor greeting were to be exchanged. It was what they were trained for. I guess this would be the same for those who take care of Royal charges.

We didn't think so much about it at the time, it was just part and parcel of the life. Looking back, I'm glad it's not no longer part of our kids day to day.

I imagine all the hideous bugs you get when small children are mixing are an occupational hazard for any security officer mingling with preschoolers and primary age children all day. Plus nits.

I work in our local "posh" school and I'm not aware of any pupils with bodyguards.

I know we have a couple of children of celebrities, at least one minor member of a European royal family and obviously lots with parents who head major companies.

Boarders with bodyguards would be a bloody nightmare from a safeguarding point of view though!

minou123

I have, in the past, wondered if this is why the press make a biggish deal of the RF hunting - to show they're well versed in guns should it be required. I may have overthought this!
I do quite like the idea of Kate M producing a pistol from a concealed pocket in one of her many coat dresses though - she's definitely got the grit for it - that smiley persona isn't fooling me!!

I've often thought about this. In a class with primary children, helping out can be quite hands on and down at the level of the small children so how do you do that and do all the being alert stuff you presumably had to do? I can't imagine the Queen etc would be very forgiving if PG got kidnapped whilst you were helping a child wipe up the paint they'd spilled. But on the other hand, you'd really stick out if you were constantly stood upright doing the being alert stuff and not engaging with the children... although I guess they're used to that anyway.
It must be an exhausting job. A bizarre mixture of utter tedium and being constantly alert. I guess a lot are ex-forces where being on patrol/watch must be like that anyway.

Ilove 😂😂

I dont think you've overthought this, you maybe onto something. We were all taught how to use a gun and became quite good.

But I never went hunting or carried guns and only shot cardboard target thingys

You mean they don’t have SAS trained 5 year olds to blend in?
Would be interesting if they did, imagine handing the Glock round for show and tell.

From tiny chairs to an impromptu AMA this is my favourite thread on MN this week

Rslsys

I bet they're barred from talking to the young pretty teachers in case they get distracted!!

Love the idea of them having to sit in the reading corner all day and listen to incessant readings of Little Bunny Foo Foo