George’s education costs

[Honest23]

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

Reported to be £68000 a year at Eton.

Yes, of all the costs the taxpayer has to bear re the royals, education is one I resent the least. I want a future monarch to be well educated. Easier and therefore more cost effective to put security in place there too.

I am assuming you can fly a helicopter?
Would you say the same thing to our wonderful men and women flying in the RAF?
William also flies Air ambulances… so that’s not a worthy job either?
He helps run a multi million pound company, and is about to sell some of this off to build affordable homes.
Stop being so bitter and think about how you contribute to society.
I really hope you are more talented than pilots!!!

Dead easy to fly a helicopter. You just pull that stick in the middle.

Zero evidence for the tourism line .

I don't think William or Kate work all that hard. Relatively few engagements and mostly fun things like Ascot or football matches, that is not really 'work', like cutting ribbons and visiting factories. They want a glamorous celebrity life and rather than a life of duty. Note all their glossy cards and family photo ops.

Nothing like Princess Anne or Charles, who are much older.

I'd say William and Kate have a good deal, and if George follows in their footsteps, so will he.

Surely they will be paying from Prince William's Duchy of Cornwall money.

I’m afraid based on your post you’re not much of an advert for the benefits of private education.

No, I would not, but then I don’t exploit my child for my own gain. It’s no different to the Beckhams. The kids are there to perpetuate the system that supports their family. So shame on their parents for allowing this but that’s the choice they have made.

It's the same as I pay for my own kids so I guess I don't resent contributing to Prince George's education as our future king. Is there a link to click on @Honest23?

No one is paying for Prince George other than his family. They pay full tax at 45%, that data is freely available.
I am no longer a royalist but I don't like people with blinkered views making up nonsense on social media.
We have access to free education and funded universities. I'm a council house kid who wanted more. I worked hard and made a high end life for me and my family.
The royal family are between a rock and a hard place, don't envy them. It's not a great life.

Right.
Also dead easy to be a numpty.

@countrylife00

This is off topic but that claim re William is not justified

1. He does not own that land and the farmers he’s evicting have expressed distress at the loss .
2. It is not exactly as it appears . William may well be evicting farmers ( low profit for William ) in order to build rental properties ( high profit for William) . The whole suggestion lacks detail and scrutiny
3. If William were to donate millions freely I’d have no issue. He isn’t ( no proof of the 7 million in tax either - it was a journalist’s guess) But we do know that William does not pay all the tax that is due .

@Peacewillcome do you not think sometimes they don't take their children because a direct threat has been made? On this subject I know a bit about it.
The king went forward on a visit last month to save his son going. He's nearly 80 and he'll suck it up to save his heir. Who wouldn't, I would.

Where did you expect him to go, Grange Hill?

Honestly Heir to the Throne goes to Eton. It's such a non-story.

Where did you expect him to go, Grange Hill?

😍😁😆

Now I've got the theme from that show in my head (showing my age here!) and I know I won't get rid of it all evening!

I was being sarcastic.

This is not a cash grab. You know it.
The money will be reinvested to generate low cost housing in 5 areas.
Farmers are being offered their farms to buy. What an amazing opportunity.
If only others would do such wonderful things.
I know you are struggling to be kind, but go on , give it a go. It costs nothing.

Polling companies are accutely aware of the importance of question phrasing, they are accutely aware of the variance of polling in specific localities - hence the challenge around the Gorton and Denton by-election because of the geographical and population differences.

What you're really mad at is that the statistically valid polling doesn't match your views

Billy Idle and Doolittle will cough up for it I think.

Best comment. Made me laugh

@smallglassbottle my own children went to independent schools. Minor ones. Ones where we cut our cloth accordingly. Was it worthy it , Absolutely. Why would anyone not try to help their kids have a better start in life?

I'm sure the local comp is actually fantastic .It would be anticipated by his family that he attends a good school.

And OP is nowhere to be seen…

I wouldn't assume he'd meet the grades. Despite their expensive educations, the Royals aren't that clever.

That said, surely it was a given he'd go to Eton. That's literally what the place is for.

I was going to say something like this.