George’s education costs

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Who here would honestly happily contribute to George’s education costs?

Reported to be £68000 a year at Eton.

You have a completely different political system in the USA , with an executive president .

We will have a figurehead president. No political power.

Can we pin that info somewhere? Who can be arsed to keep correcting the ‘I don’t want president Trump!’ every time that deep misconception is used to defend the current parasites .

@SanctusInDistress only 5% of people pay inheritance tax. So your point is?
More money is taken from income tax, capital gains tax and stamp duty.

This.

We aren't paying for it. They are paying for it from their income on the duchy of Cornwall estate.

I’m not sure how his education is being funded, but if it’s public money then yes I’d much rather my taxes be used to fund the education of our future head of state and to fund his security than most of the stuff the government spunk it on.

I wish him all the best when he starts year 9

Not sure that the PMs thing is in its favour. If I ran the school which had produced Cameron and Johnson, I would be trying to keep it quiet.

The king owns the land and his ancestors granted it to people who in turn sold it to others...but as I said technically the king can remove you from the land. In modern life this is done by means of compulsory purchases

Haven't RTFT but it seems Daddy will still get to punt the school run excuse for not doing anything much.

Bit of a result.

By "correct topic," I assume you mean correct forum?

AIBU is unfortunately a dumping ground that undermines the other forums.

Pretty sure Charles and Diana had one bad A level between them, Harry is not academic by his own admission and I seem to recall William got ABC at A level, which isn't bad but would be a disappointment in a selective grammar school.

And where do you think they got their money and all the Dutchy of Cornwall lands exactly? A gift from God?

Can't understand why the OP is getting a hard time over this. Seems a reasonable thread topic to me. I don't think it's costing the public any more than if he went to a cheaper school. His parents will fund it from their budget. Whether this budget is too big is for another thread. Money aside, I don't think it's a good idea. It's time the monarchy moved with the times and stopped following ridiculous traditions. There must be other schools that can provide enough security while providing an experience more in keeping with the real world.

We have students at our school who come from a disadvantaged background, with parents who have not achieved. So you are saying they are not clever? Just because your parents didn’t bother getting A levels, does not mean you are not extremely clever. Thank goodness we have faith in those students. Just listen to what you are saying.

Do Eton actually charge the royals for their children's education?

Something happened 700 years ago. Doesn't bother me. I hope George has a good education.

It dates back to 1337. Your point is?
let’s hope it’s protected, rather than grabbed by developers or foreign investors.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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