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.

WhitgreenNcandle I think this was talked about ,but a bit too far to come home at WE maybe ,Interesting to see where Charlotte will go of course

“People protest because they have a different view to you. They see privilege and injustice. You can’t just stop them protesting because they don’t agree with you!”

People aren’t peacefully Protesting anymore! They are booing and accosting etc and some are throwing fire bombs and intimidating others.
My son felt assaulted by those animal rights activists. Assault is in the right of the beholder.
This needs to end.

And @Peacewillcome - typical “poor George being used” left wing bollocks from you. I hope you teach your DS the privilege of being born into a free country with free state education where he can become pretty much anything he wants to be. Except a royal. Now live with that. It is hardly something to cry over.
Most of the billions of children in the world would absolutely love the privilege of living in the UK and would not be whining about not being as privileged as a royal.

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Some of them have been on normal active service with the Services but there has to be a balance between letting them do something ‘normal’ with all the security issues and doing the usual ‘Royal’ duties where the security processes are tried and tested.

I do know there are two schools of thought as to how useful various Royal’s active Service duties were.

I've often wondered if anyone would notice if they did no Royal Duties for six months or a year.

I don't want to judge his parents and think that wherever they choose, there'll be criticism. I am really disappointed that he'll be boarding though. Really hoped the mold would have been broken here, for him and his siblings. Boarding can be really damaging but often the effects aren't realised til mid-life. I think their decision about boarding may be very influential to so many others, too.

As far as I understand it, the charitable sector in England plays a crucial role in many spheres. The royal family leading by example there means other rich and privileged people partake and donate. Even normal people in this country give a fair amount to charity, we do.
There are millions of people who have benefited from charities where the State has failed them. It is extremely naive of Big State Republicans to think the State is somehow going to plug all those gaps. They won’t. There would be even more poverty etc.
It is best in life to focus on what you do have compared to the majority of the rest of the world rather than hating on those better off than you. Better for your mental health and more likely to translate to success in life as well.

Booing royal children is disgraceful. They know children are vulnerable and impressionable. Nobody has a right to try and indoctrinate someone else’s children in their ideology. Our children go to school where the curriculum is carefully checked by the DFE and we know what they are taught. We also know what they consume online etc if we are parenting them in a certain way. Other adults never have the right to accost and indoctrinate our children with their views. They can educate their own children as they wish.

Remember Covid ?
After making a complete ARSE of himself ( ‘it’s just a cough’ laugh laugh ) William and co ran to their palaces.
They did disappear .
No one noticed.
No one cared.
Nothing happened .

Well nothing except drs, nurses , delivery drivers , supermarket workers etc continued to run the country as they always have done. Many risking their lives .

The vast majority of posters are absolutely fine with the tremendous wealth of the royal family. But not Elon Musk... isn't this hypocritical?

You have reminded me ... yes, the palaces. I don't quite understand why - because there are all the royal ones and they are in London, Windsor, Edinburgh - but where did Charles go? Not Clarence House, not Sandringham, not Highgrove, not the Isle of Scilly, not even Balmoral itself. No, Birkhall.

I’d better buy a few more packets of biscuits then, or he’ll be short.

I wonder if Charles will wonder on his death bed if it was all worth it?

Actually, I have been thinking about this. And I think the Protesters, we the Public should all have the right to lodge complaints against certain Protest Groups and should be allowed to provide evidence, peacefully.
Happy for them to Protest. But we should all get a right to complain about the Protesters that infringe on our rights to peaceful enjoyment of Central London too and whatever event or where they go. And if there are enough complaints from the public with evidence, certain protest groups need to be restricted permanently to cordoned off areas. I think that would be fair.

Exactly this. Thank you

And the attempted narrative that those wanting answers and transparency from the Windsors are ‘far left’ is just flailing around for something to throw and is nonsense.

Let’s be honest- no one would really want their children to have the life that George has. His parents are wealthy and they have picked the school they felt best for him weighing up lots of factors including security.

There will be lots of private and boarding schools that couldn’t manage the security either because of the site structure. My daughter goes to a school that has boarding- that school would never pass the security requirements as it is an open site, has the public in for swimming, gymnastics, swimming etc. I really do think that is going to be a massive factor for why they’ve chosen Eton. They might not have had as wide a choice as people think.

Certain groups cordoned off ?
These would be the certain groups that you disapprove of I take it ?

Why not follow your line to its full big brother conclusion and organise a daily two minute hate?

We could use surveillance on them (like in East Germany), only allow printed literature that revises history, and free shots of Victory Gin?

No, all groups that have been offensive to a certain amount of the public following complaints to a regulatory body.
I found booing the children really offensive. It is on camera. If enough of the public agree, they would be reprimanded and cordoned off. Only fair in a democracy. Everyone has the right to protest peacefully but the general public have the right to live in peace too, without assault and offence. So it would be by majority complaints, all professional.
I wonder why some of you do not like the idea of that.

“We could use surveillance on them (like in East Germany), only allow printed literature that revises history, and free shots of Victory Gin?”

Haha, ironic since a lot of protests are now directly funded and encouraged by the likes of Iran and Russia to undermine our country. And everyone with half a brain knows this.

Booing is peaceful protest. Rioting isn't. One is legal. The other isn't. It doesn't matter whether you agree with protesters, they have the right to peaceful protest. It is a cornerstone of our democracy. You may prefer a Royal Family born to rule over us that we all have to bow and scrape serviley to, but at the moment there are checks an balances that allow us to express our disapproval of worthless parasites..

No, children are vulnerable and have a right to a peaceful family life. Booing at them is unacceptable. It’s unacceptable in our football club too. It is basic common sense. Protesters who cross the line need to be punished for it.

if you were at an event with your children and they were booed, I can only imagine your response.
the Royal Family are loved by many worldwide.
The usual brigade of protestors are looked upon by many as worthless to society, far too over indulged and lazy.

I don't monetise my children and parade them to maintain my right to unearned benefits. Anyone who uses their kids for their own profit is scummy, whether royal family or influencer. I judge the deadbeat parents far more harshly than the protesters.

“You may prefer a Royal Family born to rule over us that we all have to bow and scrape serviley to, but at the moment there are checks an balances that allow us to express our disapproval of worthless parasites..”

I am quite indifferent to the Royal Family. It is the structure we have.

I am not indifferent to the Protest Group Republic. They really crossed a line and should be fined, admonished etc.

There are lots of these activists around that interfere with my right to peaceful enjoyment and family life too. If they do not interfere or get in my way and everyone’s way and they are actually peaceful, I have zero issues with them.
However, the general protests happening all over now are no longer peaceful or like that. Plenty are agitators and are also then encouraging the far right riots.

So rather than protecting us from lack of equality they are fuelled by wrong actors and they are making this country less peaceful. So it needs cracking down and some ground rules set, especially as regards children.
If the politicians are too chicken and the police are wasting valuable peace time, then let the general public complain their way out of it where it crosses the line. There is no arguing with that one on a democratic level. It is not state sanctioned. It is public policing common sense and it being regulated. Just like TV gets regulated if it crosses a line.

Trooping the Colour is celebrating their grandfather’s official birthday, you know the grandfather who has cancer. Like all families, they have a right to a family life.
And the Protesters disrespected that. It is unacceptable.