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?

They won't be bored- primary schools are hilarious! Unless you're the teacher..

Often we don't have bodyguards in school, even for the children of celebrities. (I won't say where I work...) so that they can live as normal a life as possible. If we do, then they are at the entrances/exits rather than in the classrooms with us. I'm yet to have a bodyguard actually in my classroom. Could be fun though, if and when it happens I'll make them join in!

It's such a posh school I'm imagining some separate staff room and loads of body guards for all these important children sitting around drinking tea until they hear it's "their child" that needs something to happen for!

In reality though, I can't imagine they need to be in the classroom, it'd be to disrupting for everyone. Surely the child is safe in one room if it had been properly checked before children arrive, I'd have thought the whole school would be.

Do you think the guards covertly size up the kids and parents and provide Kate and Wills with info of which friendshops to cultivate: “Edmund seemed like a hot prospect and sympatico, ma’am, but he’s a covert hair-puller, ant-squisher and nose-picker. I’d discourage that friendship. Lawrence, on the other hand, seems solid and decent.”

From what I have read the royals get one bodyguard assigned to them, and they stand outside the door when in class and follow them when walking around. At home they have security outside the palace.

My DD says that there are armed bodyguards at her uni who stand outside the actual Halls or Resudence room doors at night. Must be awkward if they see an array of late night visitors.

It’s just so funny when you think about it isn’t it! This little boy that needs constant guarding because one day he will be king of our country. I love it. Imagine teaching someone knowing one day they will be your king or your children’s king. It’s fascinating.

Little bit different to the royals but Chelsea Clinton has two non descriptive looking security guards in jeans, tee shirts and converse with backpacks following her everywhere at university. They occasionally got a video camera out of a backpack and filmed the room.
Other than that, they just tried to blend in to the student vibe. They were young and did fit in.

Greybasket presumably they had to pretend to study or actually study?

Wanted: strong body guard, must be young, fit, prepared to study art history and have relevant A levels to fit in. Needs to have a high boredom threshold, an interest in the appearance of doors and be able to shoot --but not too often- Must also be prepared to work with younger siblings and have a specialist knowledge of making hadron colliders from toilet roll tubes and glitter.

The bodyguards didnt come into the classroom. I only saw them on the way to/from school. The poor guys had to listen to my unrelenting chatter

"Mary took my glitter pen without asking"
"Peter said I have a big nose. I dont have a big nose, do I?"
"What do you call superman with a bad tummy? Pooper-man. Ha ha ha ha ha"

Thinking about it, I feel quite sorry for them now

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

I have met some of the Uk royal protection officers and yes they do take their job very seriously. But they carry their guns very discretely and are smiling and pleasant - having good social skills is one of the job requirements. They need to be able to build a trusting relationship with the people they look after, so that they accept the officers judgement.

DC sent through central London private schools so bodyguards were not unknown - often referred to as "drivers".

I occasionally chatted to one whilst his charge was swimming. He was very pleasant, with some sort of military background He was always careful positioned so he could see both the girl in the pool and people coming in and out of the leisure centre, and I doubt he missed much. He said he got on well with staff, and particularly the Head, at the girls prep school, but that though he was present at every sports day, concert etc, many of the mums blanked him. But then you don't talk to staff! He once muttered something about how he wished they would all hurry up in the changing room (a standard complaint) as he had to take the girls dad to the airport at 5.00 the next morning, so it seemed a pretty full on job. I think both parents travelled a lot so he de facto spent a lot of time with the girl. He said he would miss her when she went to boarding school.

I heard that a local spectacle was Abramovich children leaving nursery school. Car pulls up outside, two men go in and physically carried the small child out. I did not hear about them being followed from class to class. The boy used to take the train to secondary school, albeit with two body guards nearby, and whilst a friends daughter went to some sort of awards ceremony with one of the girls and the Abramovich provided a limo (with picnic) to take the girls from one building to another rather than have the group walk outside a short distance.

There was a boy in DDs year who had "a driver". Again I doubt the bodyguard went to lessons, but he did pick up nice lunches so the boy and his friends could eat in the limo as an alternative to school dinners. DD thought that was cool, but never got invited.

The seriously rich kids were not envied. A lot of planning was needed to give them a "normal" life. The average teenager could work out that freedom, and not being at risk, was more valuable.

They won't be bored- primary schools are hilarious! Unless you're the teacher.

I teach Reception and can agree wholeheartedly; life in my classroom would be hilarious for any adult watching. For me it's occasionally like herding drunk cats, the wind gets them in a frenzy like nothing on earth and on hot, sunny days past 1pm it's pointless doing anything but going out into the gardens with books and bug catching kits. I'd love to teach a member of the RF, though, because at Reception age they're genuinely the most loveable things on earth.

Nillynally Primary schools are hilarious especially if you're the teacher.

I wouldn't have thought the bodyguards would be shadowing him literally in class. Have a similar experience to a PP and knew many royals and ambassadors who lived this way (not British ones admittedly but there was a risk of terrorist attacks or kidnap so security was taken very seriously).

Many (about 50) years ago, my Best friend from school came to my 6th birthday party, complete with 2 large black (this is relevant) bodyguards. Turns out little girl was the daughter of a, currently in-exile, African King.

They each searched our 2 bedroom house and then one stationed themselves outside. Both refused a cup of tea or peace of cake in case they were poisoned.

10 minutes later the Police arrived as a neighbour (we know it was you Mrs H) had complained that there was a Black man in the street!(God Bless 1970's suburbia!!!!)

Mrs H blanked my Mum from that day forward and would make loud racist comments every time we passed her.

@FudgeBrownie2019 herding drunk cats is the most accurate description of Early Years that I’ve heard in a long time!

I wonder if security gets the same bugs etc we all get from our kids from primary school. I bet the security guard isn't paid the same £40,000 that is the fees for George and sister combined at their school

My cousin worked in an International School in Zurich. All hell broke out one afternoon when a boy spontaneously went home with another boy for tea. Forgetting to tell his security guards. It was a funny sight apparently watching burly ex Russian army men in black rushing around trying to find what had happened to their charge.

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That story is a great start to my day

Fundgebrownie Oh, the wind - drives the whole of KS1 insane.

I'd rather have wet play than a very windy day!!

😂 love the drunk cats description of reception year and the image of 6 ft burly men sitting on tiny chairs covered in glitter!

*piece of cake!

Bet they are really good at phonics.

I remember once being at Blenheim horse trials and a Saudi prince was there observing as they were training up an Olympic team. He and his team mates wandered around the shopping area and every now and again one of them plonked a hat or something from a shop on the bodyguard's head. One time it was a ladies fur hat, the next time a riding hat, it was very funny. The next day he was having a romantic picnic with a beautiful blonde sitting on a picnic blanket with the poor gooseberry bodyguard sat next to them! They couldn't have drawn more attention to themselves! Zara Tindall, on the other hand, was just wandering round with everyone else.