Why is Prince George not going to secondary school until after he turns 13?

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I saw this article in the DM saying Prince George is currently boarding at Lambrook "ahead of moving to his secondary school in September". He turns 13 in July so the thought occurred to me - why is he still in primary school? Should he not have started secondary in 2024 when he was 11?

Do you think we are seeing a repeat here with Harry and Meghan supposedly treating Lilibet as a golden child ? Should Harry know better based on what you say?

You seem to be of the opinion that it's just a bit of turning up and ribbon cutting. You obviously don't know much about many of the endeavours that Charles was and still is involved in. To suggest a person who carries out this role - and successfully - has no skills is naive at its best. Take for example Charles visit to Trump recently. He wowed them and it's not an easy task . I recall the education that the Queen asked for when it became apparent that she would be Queen. You have a low opinion of the " job" so it's unsurprising you don't see the challenges of it.

So you know he wrote his speech himself.. or was it someone else who was talented and did it for him 🤔

There were many aspects to the State visit - hence I assume why the previous poster used the word 'visit' not 'speech'.

KC3 has built up a lot of diplomatic capital over the last 40-50 years.

KC3 has built up a lot of diplomatic capital over the last 40-50 years.

He is at a point where he has been in public life longer than many people who are in office today have been alive.

You know he didn't ?

I don’t understand why it’s possible to understand what’s going on with those posters, but not to extend the same to the people who lived in the stately homes.

i don’t understand why it’s not possible to understand that there are happy and unhappy, functional and dysfunctional families from all backgrounds and incomes.
Of course some families from stately homes will be unhappy and some won’t.
Unless you think (or maybe hope) all upper class/rich families are unhappy.

I don't see a shred of evidence to support that theory. From everything we’ve seen, Harry and Meghan appear to be highly present, loving parents running a rather normal, functional household. Having been a direct victim of that specific institutional cruelty, Harry is aware of the lifelong damage it causes... it’s highly unlikely he would replicate the very system he sacrificed everything to escape. If anything, the children remaining within the institution face a far greater risk, simply because the monarchy is fundamentally built on elevating the heir at the expense of the younger siblings and using the younger kids as scapegoats while cleaning the heir misgivings. That said, I genuinely hope Catherine is doing the work behind closed doors to break that toxic cycle for her own children.

Well, I’d be happy to- if the trillionaire’s children were what this thread was about!

Well we do know they have lots of staff and a comms team so its more likley he didnt write it himself.

Of course Charles didn’t write the speech solo.

He would have had to practice that for weeks, it was uber polished, he didn’t stumble once in speaking for a full 30 minutes, he had all the timings absolutely spot on with humour and making some incredibly pertinent as well as contentious points.

I’m not any fan of Charles in general, but he did a magnificent job and you can be sure he put in a huge amount of work for that single 30 minute speech which gained him worldwide acclaim.

King Charles III: The core sentiments, tone, and delicate phrasing were Charles’s own, reflecting his personal views on issues like NATO, Ukraine, and climate change.
Sir Clive Alderton: The King’s private secretary and a highly experienced diplomat, he was instrumental in helping Charles ensure the tone was appropriate and sensitive issues were addressed smoothly.
UK Government & Foreign Office: Because it was an official state visit, the speech had to undergo multiple approval stages with the British government to align with UK diplomatic objectives.
Aide Team: Buckingham Palace aides, including deputy private secretary Theo Rycroft and director of communications Tobyn Andreae, worked alongside the UK Embassy in Washington to refine the text

To be fair, even I gave credit to KC for his speeches in the US. Of course he didn’t write them, but I’m sure he had a hand in it. And his delivery was impeccable. Not sure that one pretty spectacular instance justifies the whole panoply though!

She wouldn't be Queen Mother, she would still be Queen Catherine

Queen Mums proper title was
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

Her daughter also being Queen Elizabeth they needed something to make a difference between them.
Queen Ann? (I think that was her name) King George the 5ths wife, was just that Queen Ann, not Queen Ann the King's Mother or Queen Ann the Queens Granny.

If George married a Catherine then they'd need to come up with something most likely King's Mother, but the odds of him marrying a Catherine and there being two Queen Catherine's is remote.

Ah guessing ...

No. Just understanding how things work.

Charles didn't write his own speech, but he was heavily involved in it from the start.

This was widely reported at the time. I'm not sure why we're suddenly trying to rewrite recent history.

How King Charles’s speech was written – and how to read it | King Charles III | The Guardian https://share.google/FG7vMdxXTozb9sXO9

The rewriting of history seems to be the suggestion that he wrote every word himself……

So were you....

But I didn't post on a thread claiming that he wrote it all himself. YOU claimed he didn't write it and I just queried your post . 🙄 like pulling teeth ...

Queen Mary, George V's wife.

I am sure H and M love both their DC however it cannot have escaped your notice that the number of photos posted of L vastly exceeds the number of A .
I am also not sure I would call them “ highly present” given the number of times one or both of them are away in other countries leaving the DC at home.

Thanks 😊

I was thinking Ann but really wasn't sure. I knew it was definitely a short name and definitely not Elizabeth.

So how many times in a year is she away from her children? Have you done the math?

I did a quick check she did 4 trips in 2025 that were public knowledge a total of 15 days with Canada being the longest

So thats roughly 4% of her year away from the children which means for 96% of a year she is with her children.I think that makes her highly present in their lives.

What's your threshold then % wise or number of days that would make her highly present for you....

Now that would have been awkward, a queen consort and queen dowager with the same name. Queen Mother in Law wouldn’t work, we would have to use the Dowager but in the title then.

Counting internet photos of young children to guess a family's dynamic is wild. They have withheld photos of both kids to give them a normal childhood away from the tabloid press and post in their own length, maybe the other kid doesn't even like taking pictures, many other issues. Shifting the argument to criticize them for traveling for work just shows you're determined to find fault no matter what. Leaving l kids at home in normal routine while you go on a short business trip is standard parenting for millions of working professionals. It seems the original point was abandoned because it didn't hold up to basic logic, now wanting to attack normal stuff to try to find a fault and take out attention from the proper reigning royal family.