Royal Children - Time for State school?

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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?

You'll need to start a revolution then. Even if this country was given a vote( never going to happen), when it came to putting a cross in a box to abolish the monarchy, the majority of people would decide to keep them.

It's hardly going to need a revolution. The monarchy are very popular with the over 65s and least popular with young adults. How are you so sure we won't have a referendum?

It is a democracy. What you mean is a Republic, with an elected head of state. Who would you choose?

I suspect people will just become more and more apathetic about them, and theyll just limp along with no one taking any notice. I don't think William looks like he's someone who will put the work in unless he absolutely has to.

The Royal Family will not be abolished yet, but it is coming. Probably after Anne and Charles die and Queen Elizabeth starts to feel like history. William shows no signs of wanting to do any work beyond football matches, mixing with celebrities and attending film premiers. It will reach a point where most people support their abolishment.

Well, we are a democracy so we do have to wait until the majority want change.

But to get the government to even propose a vote you'd have to have a party who are prepared to follow through on a very costly and lengthy process to convert our current parliamentary system to a different one. The role of the Crown is woven through so many parts of British life that it will take an army of committees and millions of pounds to convert the system.

Bonus is that once it's done it's done but it would be the work of years, maybe decades to fully convert to a Republic - making Brexit look like child's play.

So until it's an incredibly popular choice with a big majority of the public, no one is going to have the stomach for it.

In 2019, you’d likely have had boris Johnson as our head of state. In 1997, post Diana’s death, it would have been Earl Spencer. Both loved in the moment by British public. Our creaky out-dated method is mothy, but tested.

Even if the RF were abolished and we became a a Republic there will ALWAYS be people who can afford private education - in a school or in the home.

As I pointed out upthread, what can you do about the inequality? Ban Public Schools? Ban private tuition? Ban parents home educating?

How can you "level the playing field" without becoming Tyrannical??

Well private school didn't do Harry any good did it, he's as thick as shit.

@Bazinga007 that is a horrible way to talk about a real person.
It is true that the academic achievements of the Royal family members tend to be low. But you reveal what you really think of people with low educational achievement with what you say.

Why? What point are you actually trying to make here? If youre in favour of abolishing the royals, then just say so, and I'm with you. But what does this actually accomplish?

It would never happen... but I'd love to see what would happen in our local school if it suddenly had to educate the royal children...

I wonder if the toilets would still be trashed daily? If the classroom trashers would be tackled (literally)? Or maybe the 70% of the school that's been closed since September 2023 due to RAAC/asbestos would be miraculously rebuilt and opened up again?

I don't begrudge anyone anything... but my god the state of state education is a disgrace in this country. It's grossly unfair how many, many kids just don't stand a chance of getting a good education.

'Republic's' not biased at all. Where are their figures, and where does that £345M come from? If it's from the Crown Estate, that belongs to the sovereign, it does not belong to the taxpayer. It is loaned to the state at the start of every reign and reverts to the sovereign on the death of the previous monarch (the sovereign never dies).
I don't think you read anything I wrote. The Crown Estate (this is the sovereign's own property - see above) provides what is now known as the Sovereign Grant, which pays for all the RF does publicly and for the upkeep of places like Buckingham Palace (which is owned by the state, not the king, and is an office more than a residence). Everything else they have comes from their private fortunes (which are large but not enormous). It's the security that costs us individually £1.50 a year. Seems a bargain, much cheaper than M. Macron or Mr Biden.

Charles is a billionaire.

The security does not cost us £1.50 a year though. That is simply the cost of the sovereign grant. A small amount of the overall expenditure.
The Sovereign Grant does not include the cost of security for the royal family.

Ridiculous. And petty.

What has it got to do with you where they educate their children? Would you like someone to start a thread about where you should send yours? This may be news to you, but the Royal children are not yours, and being a taxpayer doesn't mean you get a say.

NO and the schools they attend are not paid for by the taxpayer. Nor are private schools funded by tax payers. In actual fact Britsh parents pay for 2 lots of education, private and state and they dont get the state payment refunded. And I can assure you that it's not a given that parents who send their kids private are snobs. You get snobs everywhere, including in state schools. The RF have the right to send their kids to whichever school they want. It's none of your business.

The taxpayers pay for everything. The Duchy was supposed to pay for everything, that is why they were given the money from it. But they took that, and asked for more.

Links to show evidence this is the case please.

Also which Duchy are you referring to - for which royals?

"The duchy was created with the express purpose of providing income to the heir apparent to the throne;"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Cornwall

Royal Children could become a target for a multitude of reasons, besides their security would need to be off the scale.

I don't think it would ever happen because a state school education could not prepare them for their future.

Just to enlighten you .. we ARE a democracy!! 🥴🙄🤣😅

like it or not they are a very wealthy family and kidnapping blackmail threats would be extremely difficult to control without some form of gatekeeping.
again like it or not due to their family history and wealthy they need a tailored education that balances future safety, and future mental health, the need for employment income is probably unnecessary for a few more generations.
a six year old couldn't and shouldn't be in a position where classmates beg him for money or be blamed for events out of their control.

The tax payer does not pay for their private schooling, so they have every right to spend their money how they wish. And the UK is a democracy, if the monarchy ended tomorrow, we would still have a Labour government and nothing would change.