PullTheBricksDown · Today 09:19
Lunde · Yesterday 22:10
TBH Charles should have never sent Harry to Eton given his limited intellectual abilities. Another school would have been a better option and given Harry the opportunity to grow up without relying on William to take care of him.
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This is one of those things though which only emerges through hindsight. Imagine making the decision at the time, in the wake of Charles and Diana's separation, and then her death, to send Harry to a different, less elite school apart from his brother? It would have been seen as harsh, intellectual snobbery, cruelly removing Harry from his main support. No way it could have been done, even though now, almost 30 years later, some upsides to it can be seen.
It's great with hindsight - as I know from my own children and their schooling. For the RF, sending the boys to Eton would have been a way of making their youth more normal (in upper class circles) than previous generations. And they probably thought that Harry needed to be with William - though that didn't work out too well. (But so many siblings I know didn't want to be associated with each other at school - a sad situation, but very normal and not usually a cause of trauma!). And with Windsor castle (and Granny) just over the bridge, you can see why the RF thought it was the best option.
But I agree that Harry couldn't make use of what Eton had to offer. Despite the jibes of it being the world's most exclusive comprehensive school, the pupils there are very academic and the masters' expectations would be in line with that, so unintellectual Harry was never going to thrive.