George’s education costs

[Honest23]

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

Reported to be £68000 a year at Eton.

If we become a republic tomorrow they will still be extremely wealthy and can do things to make themselves more wealthy without the criticism of being a public servant.
well also still pay for their security.

I emphasise the main thing for me is the taxpayer is not allowed to know how much the costs for the security of the RF are. I am not saying they should not have it - it should definitely only be for the inner group, though.

To add to this - Harry and his family are now coming to the UK next month. I hope that will go well. It is just that this also means they must have come to an agreement for their security to be paid for by the taxpayer - at least for this visit. How much will that cost?

I genuinely hope that Charles will meet up with his grandchildren - he is an extremely rich man and can and should easily pay for this.

Indeed. The crux of the issue is that Andrew isn’t the iceberg. The corruption and poor judgement extends throughout the family,
yet we are expected to respect and subjugate ourselves to these people. Elizabeth, the ‘untouchable’, is implicated here too. I do wonder how different things would look if this had come out before her death and the coronation.

Members of this protest group have been done for similar offences in the past.

Well no-one got 'done' on this occasion which suggests the protestors' actions were deemed to have stayed the right side of the law.

“Republic have had their members arrested and released without charge. Vicars arrested for a passing comment . Protesters arrested for holding up a blank piece of paper
Not to forget the official statement released from the Windsors calling Virginia a liar -when they had known for decades about Andrew and Epstein . I believe that act was abuse of power
Republic has protested that trooping pantomime for years. The Windsors chose to put the children in that ridiculous carriage and parade them in public.”

Look @Ukisgaslit - Liberty has been defending certain groups for years and Human Rights lawyers have been getting foreign criminals off the hook and allowed to stay in this country. And now we have a massive backlash via the Right Wing in this country, which is extremely scary for a lot of us. Unfortunately certain groups doing certain things actually on the opposite end of the spectrum are inciting those on the far right too, indirectly.

My child and his autistic friend (who was wearing a lanyard) was properly accosted by animal rights. You do never accost a child wearing a lanyard!
As I pointed out, both Public Order Act and the general offence of assault have a subjective element to it. That is just how the law works.
Obviously I was not there nor do I know Kate personally nor do I know whether she is taking this further or not or has been told to just ignore it. Nor who was booing etc.

But pretending that all these far left activists across the spectrum are not harming the general public like my DS and his friends making the country worse by giving rise to the far right indirectly, it is completely disingenuous.
I hope Liberty is defending some of the idiotic teens directly incited online by social media to engage in dumb far right protests too and those being done for online hate too. I get that “violence” is never acceptable but neither is any form of intimidation of children or anyone else vulnerable for that matter.

Well yes, they're so wealthy that if we became a republic they'd still be wealthy.... and?

I'm not sure about the 'doing things to make themselves more wealthy' - they might just find people weren't quite so interested in them or indulgent of their shortbread if they weren't royal.

They own land don’t they, they would be able to make full financial use of it.

Im just saying that if we become a republic tomorrow then George will still go to Eton with security. That won’t change.

I just don't see how that's an argument, though. You can think something is wrong and still understand there's no easy fix. Although I'd perhaps
start with not parading about incredibly privileged children (why weren't they at school anyway?) in a golden carriage, in the arrogant and unchallenged assumption that the proles will wet themselves and grovel at the golden wheels of their superiors.

What kid goes to school on a Saturday? State school kids certainly don’t.

YouGov suggest 62-64 per cent of the population support the monarchy.
So that is more than any political party by far.
23-25 per cent prefer an elected head of state. Why should the minority dictate what the majority want? And I bet a lot of the elderly love seeing the children. It’s a feel good for many.

What does the DATA show on net economic benefits or loss? What's the thing with the crown estates?

Oh fair enough, my mistake. I stand by the rest, though.

No you are not the one who has made a mistake - you are right they do go to school at Lambrook - which includes Saturday morning lessons and the afternoon for sports.

Well I hope William and Kate got fined then 😂

Thousands of people turn up to watch, a personal choice of theirs. I wouldn’t go but why should it be stopped because someone else doesn’t like it. If you don’t like it don’t watch. Like someone else said, the majority support having a monarchy are their opinions not as important as yours.
I also wouldn’t watch a presidential parade which might be what we might get instead. I’m not a fan, but it’s part of our culture. Not everything has to be cancelled because a minority doesn’t like it.

I’m sorry this is just nonsense .
Yougov polls prove nothing .

The UK population has never been asked if we wish to continue supporting this mob of Andrew protectors to the tune of half a billion a year !

What happened to your son’s friend is terrible and I agree that sunflower lanyards should always be respected .

That incident has precisely zero relevance to protests against the monarchy and repeated attempts to link the two are very …unconvincing.

I know some elderly people have a parasocial relationship with the Windsors - they’ve been brainwashed for a life time . However that does not give them the right to stop legitimate protest against the monarchy’s coverups .

In fact if you or they are genuinely concerned about children and young people you should be grateful to those willing to keep highlighting the Andrew / Epstein scandal .

I am sorry to disappoint you. My post is a rant written with the aim of playing up to what I and others believe to be the purpose of the OP: provoking negative comments about the monarchy. Like you, I would not describe myself as a monarchist but I would rather a monarchy than a presidency. The speeches King Charles gave in the US earlier this year could not have been given by a president.

However, the extreme wealth, secrecy and privilege need to change. My mum, not a stupid woman, was a royalist, in awe of the QEII and quite unable to see the monarchy objectively. She was beside herself when I said that revising for my O levels was a better use of my time than watching the Silver Jubilee.

Start a petition for a referendum @Ukisgaslit then and see where it gets you! Or stand as an MP with that as your sole cause.

But in the mean time, YouGov is generally pretty accurate and consistent on the Monarchy issue.
And this country is not up for a referendum after the last one I don’t think. And more worryingly, if there is going to be a referendum it looks more likely to be one to leave the European Convention on Human Rights so any aggravating behaviour giving them more fodder to that effect is really ill advised. It is not what most sensible people want.
We just want to live in peace, with good policing, good NHS and good education for our kids and a pension one day. We want to feel safe on our streets and not mobbed left right and centre by anyone putting their deluded cause (whatever that may be) above keeping the peace for us all.

This is all very distasteful.

It’s worth pointing out that regardless of the Duchy etc the Prince and Princess of Wales are independently wealthy enough to educate their children as they choose. William inherited from his mother - Diana coming from an ancient and longstanding wealthy family in its own right. Kate and her siblings were educated privately - perhaps a family trust for educational purposes - and many wealthy families have and do the same.

I really can’t see that it’s any of our business.

I always laugh when people say how much Eton is.

you should see the price of independent Sen schools.

one of mine was £70,000 a year (day) and the other £130,000 (residential )

both these Sen schools were funded by LA due to their statements (would now be ehcp’s) - was about 10 years ago - so same schools would be even more now!

eton is a bargain in comparison - though might not have met my kids needs

Distasteful 😂. None of our filthy plebby business, is it? We should just keep giving them money and not ask crass questions.

Well booing at young children is not going to be upping support for your cause from 24% now is it!

He knows others from his existing school and he will be local to home for exeats (as someone mentioned). Culturally, (whether we agree with it or not) he has already been in the prep school sphere attending Lambrook. If he can manage it there, then Eton is fab. It is more like going to university at 13 than school, as they have to be so independent and industrious. He will develop rapidly there and that’s what we would like for our future king, surely? They are also used to managing high profile kids who need security too, so I’d say it is a good shout for him and very much what everyone expected?

I didn't boo them, and I don't particularly think it was a good thing to do. I can understand why it happened though, and think the RF should have a think about the way the whole thing looked to many.

But don’t you understand that they have private wealth? I don’t think how they spend it is any of your business. Yes, I find your tone and language distasteful.