School experience for William's children

[Zippedydoobaah]

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!

Fhs, it’s pretty obvious that what op Is asking is how the life of royal pupils in general differ from the life of ordinary people at school? This applies equally to Wills and Harry as it does to George. If her very general questions breach any rules then I am sure Mumsnet HQ will step in.

Oh dear. First you say your post wasn’t accusatory and that you didn’t imply anything untoward and then you go and imply something untoward again!

Op isn’t interested in the private lives of school children per se, she is interested in how royal children navigate ordinary life.

Oh dear?

I do think it is down to parents to decide what information is put out about their children - royal or not. My opinion. That is all.

I am also choosy who I converse with on here. Sometimes more so when a person’s first post under a user name is accusatory in itself.

I don’t subscribe to arguing for the sake of it.

For me that isn’t what a discussion forum is about.

Dressed as dinner ladies.

You know what ? I don't think she is really.

George was often in Battersea park zoo when he was alot younger but not for many years

He had secruity with him and you werent allowed to take photos.

I should hope not

Surely they shouldn't be talking about any students? That would be an invasion of their privacy.

@Zippedydoobaah Eton College has a FB and insta account with short clips of the boys.

What was the question though? It's not really clear to me.

That’s kind of the issue, isn’t it? Chelsea Clinton’s security were clearly supposed to blend in as fellow-students in that they were young enough to be plausible and casually dressed, but the ‘built like a house’ and ‘talking to your collar’ thing gives it away.

I suggest you read the OP then.

Oh go on, please tell us what you think my intentions are. I've been on here 20+ years and I've only started to understand the Tattle threads about Mumsnet. Some posters are literally unhinged!

Are you saying I am unhinged?

Not sure if you’re the poster on the first page name changing @fuschiaproudparrot but I interpreted it the same way as the OP and I was a bit taken aback to say the least.

I actually reported the post as I thought it crossed a line but evidently MN did not agree.

@zipitpls

To the best of my knowledge, people can’t change names mid thread (once they’ve posted under one name).

I believe troll hunting is definitely against talk guidelines though. I would imagine insinuating that someone has name changed may fall under that umbrella.

You are best reporting it if you have concerns rather than accusing someone on a thread.

You're right, the system doesn't allow user name changing mid thread.
Plus you're right about troll hunting as well!

I interpreted it to mean being nosy. That’s all.

I find the word unhinged to be highly overused. Because of overuse it’s lost all meaning. Well, now I interpret it to mean “I don’t like you and want to rile you up and make you feel bad.” But it doesn’t really work anymore.

I don’t like the term unhinged either. Especially when used in a sweeping statement.

It is a tired insult suggesting that people must be ‘mad’ for holding a different opinion or challenging something and is almost always directed at women. See also hysterical. And ‘are you quite well?’

Shame really.

I was about to say the same, it's become very common on MN and is just a way to shut down conversation and makes it personal. Instead of challenging the argument, a poster will use "unhinged" to insinuate that the person attacked isn't fully in charge of their faculties. It's really very unpleasant.

Absolutely. And I know some truly mentally unwell people. It’s sad as all fuck and goes well beyond posting on an Internet forum.

Yes, good point.

My children go to international school overseas and some of the children have bodyguards who sit outside the classroom so I wonder if Eton is the same. The school has guards and armed police too.

It’s strange how you get used to security. I am friends with diplomats from a certain country and they have armed security wherever they go. Not a life I would like to lead but I suppose they are used to it.

Yes, I suspect you do, and the children will get used to it as well. It just becomes part of life.

I think you can on the app; no troll hunting intended or otherwise. I honestly don’t understand the response if she’s not the poster on the first page.

As I say, I did report it as to me it was insinuating that the OP had an inappropriate interest in children and I thought that was out of order. I still do. But MN don’t agree, so 🤷🏼‍♀️