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Mylovelygreendress · 28/12/2023 21:11

@goodbyestranger why is it “ quite clear”? Have they given an interview ? Told someone at an event ?
Or are you guessing ?

Minutewaltz · 28/12/2023 21:14

@goodbyestranger why is it “ quite clear”? Have they given an interview ? Told someone at an event ?

I wondered that. Also, goodbyestranger why are you so invested in George being ‘average’ intelligence? You’ve mentioned it loads of times on this thread alone.

goodbyestranger · 28/12/2023 21:32

I'm not in the least invested in the kid's levels of intelligence. But if he doesn't get past the first stage of the Eton admissions procedure then he's clearly not showing much academic potential and that's absolutely fine. The world would be screwed if everyone was academically inclined. It needs a whole spectrum of people. Why are people so bothered that someone not destined for a future which requires any particular gift at all may not be suited to Eton? It's just not important. Except that some of the posters on these threads seem to take almost personal offence at even the vaguest aspersion cast in the direction of any member of the rf (Harry and Meghan the honorable exceptions). Even when it's not actually a proper aspersion (see above).

I'm afraid that I just find the clumsiness of the PR surrounding Kate and William very clumsy and this is just the latest example. Perfectly legal to be amused. Or not amused, if that's your preference.

Mylovelygreendress · 28/12/2023 21:41

Ok @goodbyestranger but could you perhaps explain to those of us with average intelligence how it is “ quite clear” that W and C want George to go to Eton ? I must have missed that statement. Or was it in Spare or Endgame ?

tiktokontheclock · 28/12/2023 22:06

goodbyestranger · 17/12/2023 15:30

The current head of Eton is certainly principled enough to refuse to make exceptions, if the tests (results just out) showed that a child, however titled, wouldn’t thrive.

Do you have children there?

It's eton, George's dad went there, it's whole platform is nepotism. Of COURSE george will get in. I'm sure the current head won't decline the future king.

goodbyestranger · 28/12/2023 22:15

It's not a single statement Mylovelygreendress. It's what MN threads would call drip feeding. Over a number of years. The kid is ten and his schooling is big on the parents' agenda.

My own DC have all finished their schooling tiktok. Do you know the current HT of Eton yourself, or have DC at the school?

tiktokontheclock · 28/12/2023 22:16

crumblingschools · 18/12/2023 10:46

@goodbyestranger you are pretty much telling everyone that George didn’t pass the initial test into Eton

My guess is she has a child there and wants everyone to know that it's VERY VERY hard to thrive there. But the truth is there are plenty of etonians who have attended simply by virtue of their surname

tiktokontheclock · 28/12/2023 22:23

goodbyestranger · 28/12/2023 22:15

It's not a single statement Mylovelygreendress. It's what MN threads would call drip feeding. Over a number of years. The kid is ten and his schooling is big on the parents' agenda.

My own DC have all finished their schooling tiktok. Do you know the current HT of Eton yourself, or have DC at the school?

I would never send my DC there, although they are at a lovely Indy. However HOW do you know the head so well? This is Eton FFS. They won't turn George down. They're probably courting W&K.

Mylovelygreendress · 28/12/2023 22:43

goodbyestranger · 28/12/2023 22:15

It's not a single statement Mylovelygreendress. It's what MN threads would call drip feeding. Over a number of years. The kid is ten and his schooling is big on the parents' agenda.

My own DC have all finished their schooling tiktok. Do you know the current HT of Eton yourself, or have DC at the school?

So you are backtracking ! W and C have never publicly made it “clear “ that they expect George ( or Louis ) to go to Eton . Their choices so far have surprised Royal watchers. There has been no drip feed .

stillavid · 29/12/2023 05:56

To go back to it being Marlborough or another co-ed - it may well be that is a major factor and Eton obvs is single sex. So nothing to do with 'intelligence'. Also, pretty sure Marlborough can handle bright children ;)

Roussette · 29/12/2023 07:53

But the truth is there are plenty of etonians who have attended simply by virtue of their surname

Gosh.. half asleep here and read that as but the truth is there are plenty of cretins who have attended simply by virtue of their surname and thought hear hear, a couple of ex PMs and a Chancellor spring to mind, plus other entitled idiots of course.

Don't care where George goes to school, it's hardly important in the grand scheme of things, is it?

goodbyestranger · 29/12/2023 08:37

I am not backtracking in any way shape or form Mylovelygreendress.

To be absolutely clear: I would put money on the eventual school not being Eton, and I would put money on the reason being that the kid didn't get through the admissions test and the current HT wouldn't make an exception. And that position (not making an exception) is absolutely proper and principled.

tiktok the fact that my own DC are at or beyond university level doesn't mean I can't know anything about education or various schools, or levels of school. Rather the reverse. I've been involved in education for a very long time. I'm not going to be explicit about what I might or might not know about the current HT on MN am I? Jeez.

goodbyestranger · 29/12/2023 08:47

None of my DC went to Eton tiktok. Four of the eight are girls anyhow. I don't have any real need or desire to big up Etonians either :) So that theory can bite the dust.

I just rather like the fact that a HT might act on principle if a child - regardless of surname - falls significantly short in the tests.

Angrycat2768 · 29/12/2023 09:07

I mean, it's always a possibility that Eton want him to go there regardless of his results but W&K are looking at alternatives. Doesn't mean Eton would in any way turn down a probable future King if they didn't pass the entrance exams.

Mylovelygreendress · 29/12/2023 09:19

So we still don’t have evidence that it is “ clear” that W and C want George to go to Eton. Just speculation from someone who has no more inside information than those of us with average intelligence 🤷‍♀️.
My own opinion for what it’s worth is that the 3 DC will all go to the same school . It will save money on the thorny issue of security plus they can support each other .
But unlike @goodbyestranger i am not willing to put money on it because like that poster - I don’t know !

SecondUsername4me · 29/12/2023 09:21

Why do we need "evidence" and "confirmations"? At some point he will go to a school, and we will all know then..it's irrelevant to us all anyways.

Mylovelygreendress · 29/12/2023 09:24

SecondUsername4me · 29/12/2023 09:21

Why do we need "evidence" and "confirmations"? At some point he will go to a school, and we will all know then..it's irrelevant to us all anyways.

I don’t need evidence however the poster insisted it was clear that W and C wanted George to go to Eton but refused to say how they knew that .
As I have said before some of the speculation about a 10 year old child is unnecessary and unpleasant and the suggestion that if George doesn’t go to Eton is because he isn’t clever enough is nasty .

OutwiththeOutCrowd · 29/12/2023 09:28

Don't care where George goes to school, it's hardly important in the grand scheme of things, is it?

I am pretty sure George wishes everyone thought as you do about the matter Rousette!

I do feel sorry for him. It can't be fun being the offspring of the Nation's communal posh relatives and getting gossiped about on such a grand scale, particularly about schools, as some people see getting an education as an Olympian pursuit and judge accordingly.

Minutewaltz · 29/12/2023 09:46

particularly about schools, as some people see getting an education as an Olympian pursuit and judge accordingly.

In George’s case on mn - or indeed any school age member of the Royal family - it’s an opportunity to a) point out repeatedly that members of the RF are stupid and b) all Etonians are thick (because some politicians that posters don’t like went there).

derxa · 29/12/2023 09:53

Minutewaltz · 29/12/2023 09:46

particularly about schools, as some people see getting an education as an Olympian pursuit and judge accordingly.

In George’s case on mn - or indeed any school age member of the Royal family - it’s an opportunity to a) point out repeatedly that members of the RF are stupid and b) all Etonians are thick (because some politicians that posters don’t like went there).

Absolutely correct.

Angrycat2768 · 29/12/2023 14:24

Minutewaltz · 29/12/2023 09:46

particularly about schools, as some people see getting an education as an Olympian pursuit and judge accordingly.

In George’s case on mn - or indeed any school age member of the Royal family - it’s an opportunity to a) point out repeatedly that members of the RF are stupid and b) all Etonians are thick (because some politicians that posters don’t like went there).

I would not say all Etonians are thick, but many do seem to be engendered with an astronomical sense of entitlement, arrogance and disdain for others. It is not a great starting point for a school that is grooming our future leadrrs, whether that be Heads of State or politicians- peopke who are meant to be working on our behalf if this is the case.

goodbyestranger · 29/12/2023 14:28

Of course not all Etonians are incredibly thick. Did anyone say that or even imply it? Where on the thread did they do that?

goodbyestranger · 29/12/2023 14:43

Mylovelygreendress why do you keep saying I know nothing? How would you know I know nothing? You are simply not able to quantify what I know, it's not knowable to you. I know quite a bit about quite a few things actually, both to do with education and generally.

I don't understand why you are so adamant about all of this anyway unless of course you're a member of the KP comms team with the rather lowly job of policing MN!

W and C have never publicly made it “clear “ that they expect George to go to Eton

I think all you can mean is that you haven't read or heard that it's been made clear over recent years. Very hard to prove a negative. I happen to think it's been made extremely clear. You may not think the same because you haven't read or heard the same info. But that's not the same thing as it not having been made clear - simply that you've missed it.

ANightingale · 29/12/2023 15:10

I do feel sorry for him. It can't be fun being the offspring of the Nation's communal posh relatives and getting gossiped about on such a grand scale, particularly about schools, as some people see getting an education as an Olympian pursuit and judge accordingly.

He can always abdicate when he's 18 and get a min wage job somewhere and a lovely rented room in a HMO.

Angrycat2768 · 29/12/2023 15:49

ANightingale · 29/12/2023 15:10

I do feel sorry for him. It can't be fun being the offspring of the Nation's communal posh relatives and getting gossiped about on such a grand scale, particularly about schools, as some people see getting an education as an Olympian pursuit and judge accordingly.

He can always abdicate when he's 18 and get a min wage job somewhere and a lovely rented room in a HMO.

Yes. It's entirely the fault of his family ( as well as Royalists who are so desperate to keep a Royal Family) that people are so interested in his education. He is not just any 10 year old. He is a 10 year old who will be presented to us as Head of State whether we like it or not, or however suitable he is as an adult. Just like all celebrities whos kids are offered up for public consumption the Wales kids know thst the small amount of scrutiny they get will lead in the long run to huge benefits for them.