School experience for William's children

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I'm not a royalist by any means so forgive me if this is common knowledge. I saw that George has moved to Eton and it made me wonder how normal of a school experience William and Kate's children have? I know many on mumsnet have dc at Eton or at least they say so so is George just an ordinary pupil there? Does he have a security guard around him at all times? Do the teachers/pupils have to call him by a title? Does he always get picked in games for the best positions because of who he is? In primary school (I know they aren't at the local infants' school, not sure what it's called though) can they go for play dates to their friends' houses or to the local park to play football after school?
Before anyone replies "who cares" work is very quiet at the moment!

No, I wouldn’t want it either. I’d definitely rather be Pippa - super rich husband, and can do what she likes!

"Tertiary' or 'Terts' for short.

Eaton is a good choice because while he will be the most high profile pupil everyone there is as wealthy as they are ( if not a lot more wealthy) lots if foreign royalty and kids from high profile families that will also have security arrangements . The staff will not be allowed to behave starstruck and will be treating him the same - no getting out of detention or extra marks on tests

as a parent id be dying for a holiday sleepover

i wish those kids well - they have had a mum with cancer, peda uncle shamed snd a life of service which may not be of their choosing for the rest of their lives

a life with zero privacy every fart comented on endlessly

Yes of course they go to parties - they get invited to all the parties!!!! i do wonder what their parties are like ?? they cant take a punt on a random entertainer or magician and get sandwiches from Morrisons like we did

does everyone sign a nda ?

George doesn't HAVE to be King if he doesn't want it. He is the epitome of being groomed though, but obviously not in the bad sense that we often read about.

Gilded cage is right.

Runter.

As my username says, i live in Eton (the town not the school!) and honestly, he will just get left alone. The school is situated across the town, they have to cross roads, play in open fields, cycle the roads to Dorney Lake, shop in our little Budgens... he will love the relative freedom.

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Britain is blessed with a world class reputation for education. People from all over the world send their children to school here. This includes numerous very famous people’s children, such as European royalty, presidents of commonwealth countries, pop stars, film stars, etc. George won’t be the only child with a famous family and the teachers will treat all children, whether rich and famous or on bursaries, just the same.

Does he always get picked in games for the best positions because of who he is?

I managed to nominate my very unsporty self as netball 'centre' by pure fluke one unenchanted school morning and have never regretted anything so hard in my school life.

Far better not to constantly run and be the usual unsung goal attack/defence while chatting with the oppo as the game raged very far down court 🏀

Good luck to him if he's inadvertently being run ragged.

I hope he clues up.

I came across an X post recently which reminded me of the timings of life events that were happening when William was at Eton. He is on record as saying he enjoyed his time there, and being grateful to his housemaster, Dr Gailey, and it seems to have provided some stability and routine for him over a tricky time.

He went to Eton at 13, in September 1995, in the middle of the War of the Waleses. While both parents attended his first day for photographs, they had already been separated for 3 years.

A few months after he started, in November, he sat in Dr Gailey's office to watch his mother's Panorama interview. His parents' divorce was finalised during that first year.

He turned 15 as he finished his second year. That summer, his mother died. When he went back to school after the funeral, there were hundreds of letters of condolence from his school mates.

Eton gave him some independence, while being close enough to Windsor that he could visit his family.
He took part in all the standard school things - lessons, sports, clubs. Eventually he also became a house captain of games and was elected as a senior prefect.
He also had weekly visits with the Queen for tea on Sundays.
I suspect that routine gave him some sense of normality over a fairly turbulent time, as well as him finding friends at school who are still close to him today.

I hope George has a similarly successful time there.

In this case, it's not quite clear what the question is.

Isn't that the life of protection officers on any job? Just hanging around outside a building and waiting?