To think the Cambridges should send their 3 to state school

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Why not? They don’t need to get top grades to pursue careers and if they do turn out to be academic they can still be doctors and lawyers like other state kids.
They don’t need to mix well socially or learn the manners and etiquette. In fact they could probably do with mixing a bit more widely.
The beefed up security could help the new school in general as could their contribution to the PTA. Lots of state schools do Forest School and they could pay for extra sport coaching.
Sounds like a plan to me.

As you've raised M & H - might be worth noting that their house at Windsor has five bedrooms as opposed to four at Adelaide Cottage. You know, the house that they may use for around 10 nights this year!

And the house they pay a commercial rent for....so what's your point? They paid for its renovation and pay for it ongoing. Themselves. Not the taxpayer.

It enrages me that M&H are criticised , yet they paid back the renovation costs of £2.4m for Frogmore, yet K&W are off to yet another home after £5.6m paid out to bring KP up to what they wanted. They planned to be there for years, that didn't last did it...
Off to their 4th home all dressed up as a 'little cottage'

And Catherine and William are supposedly paying rent to the Queen for this fourth house. But who would know if that is true or not? Or if the Queen gave William the money to pay to her? So rent is meaningless.

I can't get angry about this we are thinking of sending DD to private school and we aren't millionaires.

I do think they are all free loaders that includes the Cambridges and the Sussex's. Catherine's never had a job so not exactly a role model for young girls. Meghan bleats on about ambition but happy to use her title she was a D list actress before and only got to where she is because of marriage.

Yes so normal they don't even have live-in staff poor things... because the nanny and other household staff are in the servants quarters. When they're in Windsor and not choppering to one of their other three houses, which do have live-in staff, of course.

Having an entire separate building just to house your staff is very very normal.

The staffers in the KP publicity department are certainly earning their money.

State schools are getting quite a pasting here.

Very eye opening.

Why???
Of most of you had the money, wouldn't you chose private education? If you say no, have you been around any or many of these top private schools?

This thread is goady nonsense. RF have shown more moral leadership and humanity over the pandemic than the partying Boris Johnson government ever did. The Cambridges are understandably doing their best to give some semblance of normality to their kids perhaps seeing how things have gone with Harry leaving the job. Nothing wrong with that.
And of course nobody in the millionaire RF should take up state school places that are funded by taxpayers. The RF do pay tax but morally they should pay for their own children’s education as they are doing, they have the cash for that.

It’s a good idea in principle. A few years at least should be manageable. I said when George was born that “state until 8” at least would have been nice. Can’t see it happening, though. So they should at least drop the “we are so normal” PR nonsense.

Many members of the Royal Family ignored the laws and guidelines around covid. How is that showing moral leadership?

The RF did not cover themselves with glory during Covid. They did very little during lockdown, didn't seem to take Covid seriously, didn't model good mask wearing, repeatedly broke Covid rules, and generally did the bare minimum.

Charles was criticised by the press over his behaviour when he first had Covid because he moved location twice (from Clarence House to Highgrove, then flying from Highgrove to Scotland at a time when Nicola Sturgeon was on TV explicitly saying "Do Not travel to second homes in Scotland") while actively symptomatic after having dinner with someone who tested positive, plus there was press criticism over him and Camilla "queue jumping" covid tests at a time when even some NHS workers weren't getting access to tests. The second time he had Covid there were concerns about him being around the Queen while infected.

Back in 2020 Will and Kate were widely criticised for posting pictures to their Instagram of them doing a screening and photoshoot with David Attenborough (with no masks, and obviously ignoring both the rule of 6 and social distance rules that were in place at the time), basically endangering a 94 year old national treasure just for a photo op.

It came out later that Prince William had actively lied when he stated that he did not have Covid when he actually did, and several royal reporters, even those who are usually obsequious, tweeted or wrote about what a misstep it was and how much anger and loss of goodwill he'd caused in the press.

All of them were frequently photographed attending events without masks, and often were clearly ignoring social distance guidelines. Will and Kate even visited a hospital without masks! Again this led to criticism in the press.

Will and Kate and Edward and Sophie got bollocked in the press for breaking Covid rules by attending some show as a group of 9 when the rule of 6 was still in force.

Having more moral fibre than Boris Johnson is a bar so low an ant couldn't limbo under it.

The RF doing the we’re struggling with home learning etc was another PR blunder similar to the CoL version re ‘normal’

They are extremely privileged and the attempts to downplay to every day levels just exposes it more and makes them sound irrelevant

just imagine them going to state school.
where would they park for drop off(seeing as they would need security). imagine the school plays where they would always get the lead parts. how would play dates work? how would they find a local school with room for all 3? my mind is boggled at the idea.

Nicola Sturgeon was on TV explicitly saying "Do Not travel to second homes in Scotland There is currently an ex SNP MP awaiting sentence for knowingly travelling to Westminster while positive with Covid. Her health minister travelled to her second home during lockdown. NS was pictured without a mask when she was required to wear one. I'm taking no lectures featuring the sainted Nicola

Utterly ridiculous, first it takes 3 spaces probably needed for someone who can’t afford private schooling. 2nd I can’t imagine how the school or parents would deal with the security and media intrusion.

My point is that Kate and William are paying a commercial rent, together with any modifications, but that doesn't stop you from criticising them! It's the same situation - why is it acceptable for M & H but not W & K?

KP is their office and business base, obviously with space for them to stay over and entertain when that is necessary. Apparently the little Scottish house was largely used by them when they were at uni, and is now let to others. Anmer is obviously their holiday home, that they both love. Sadly, it's too far from London to use as an everyday home, particularly when you consider that they will be working for the rest of their lives. No retirement at 70 for them!

They're very lucky, but they're senior working members of the Royal Family - I wouldn't expect them to be slumming it!

Same way that I haven't seen a copy of the bank statement showing M & H have paid back what was spent on Frogmore. We're told something - we then choose to trust it or not.

OK. So you don't believe them
Even though it was show in the Royal Report.

My point is that Kate and William are paying a commercial rent, together with any modifications, but that doesn't stop you from criticising them! It's the same situation - why is it acceptable for M & H but not W & K?

I don't understand your point at all. You are totally ignoring the £5.6M bringing KP up to what they wanted because they were going to be based there.

Feasibly they could give their private school fees to 3 kids that would benefit more.

No one has addressed the security issue at private schools. Again all the private have extensive playing fields and grounds which are easily accessible. Their latest school is 52 acres. How is that risk being handled do you think?
Other posters have said that private schools don’t have terrorist connections or are basically just less dangerous. I would argue that dodgy Russians/ Middle Eastern and other moral corrupt sorts do in fact send their kids to private school.
How are the royals being transported from school currently, what’s the difference?

A village state school is secured for safeguarding.Maybe pictures are a risk but the kids at my local village primary don’t bring phones to school ( if they even have them). Parents would be sued if they leaked pictures. There’s not many opportunities anyway.

The whole point of play dates etc is to meet “commoners”! Having money doesn’t make your child a different species. They will meet non fee paying kids at Uni ( how did security work for Wills there?) I so the social l aspect would be fine.

And they are still using KP. They haven't changed the rules of engagement by disappearing from the working Royals, they're just working in a way that is more effective for their family. Isn't that what every single MNer would do if they were able?

I wasn't the one questioning it.

And Catherine and William are supposedly paying rent to the Queen for this fourth house. But who would know if that is true or not? Or if the Queen gave William the money to pay to her? So rent is meaningless.

It will come out later, so I don't think the RF would lie.

And the Belgian Crown Princess Elisabeth left UWC in Wales to take up a place at Oxford.

What?

You said this
Same way that I haven't seen a copy of the bank statement showing M & H have paid back what was spent on Frogmore. We're told something - we then choose to trust it or not.

That is questioning it surely? Or are you using it as an example ? I have no idea, I'm totally confused. It was in the Royal Report so yes they did pay back the Frogmore renovations. If you don't trust the royal report, that's not trusting what the RF release in official papers.