So, Eton it is. To most of us it’s an alien world of seriously weird uniforms and eye-watering school fees. Does anyone else have around £63,000 a year to spare – approximately twice the average national salary?
But Prince George isn’t just anyone. He is our future king. And his parents who, make no mistake, dote on him have decided – after extensive research – that Eton College is where he will be happiest as he embarks on the next stage of his education.
So much, I hear you say, for the modernising monarch in waiting; the William who has kicked out tradition by insisting on putting family before duty, selling off part of his Duchy of Cornwall and refusing to live in a palace or castle. Here he is, sending his son to the poshest school in the country, one that is steeped in tradition.
The answer is simple. William and Catherine fervently believe that Eton, in the shadow of Windsor Castle and close to their home, is where their son will feel safe and secure. We all want the best for our kids, and they’ve given a lot of thought to where George should go.
They’ve visited a number of schools, including co-educational places like Malborough College, where Catherine happily boarded and where her three children could have remained together, as they have been throughout their primary education.
But Eton is a world which William knows well and which saw him through some of the most difficult days of his life. As his parents battled over their failing marriage – and headlines screamed incessantly about the War of the Waleses – he found solace in his exclusive surroundings. It became his haven, his sanctuary away from the noise; the bitterness and the cameras which, by agreement, largely left him alone.
I remember watching him on his first day at Eton, at an arranged photo-call, looking shy but determined as he posed in his “civvies” – a normal grey suit – with his parents and Harry by his side.
Shortly afterwards, he’d changed into his black tailcoat and pinstripe trousers and marched defiantly past the photographers, smiling broadly. He looked at home. The following years at Eton are ones he now looks back on fondly. His housemaster, Dr Andrew Gailey, became one of the most important figures in his adolescent life: someone he could confide in during a period of extreme pain after his mother was killed in Paris.
So, it’s little wonder that he believes his son – who has the advantage of a stable and happy family around him – will thrive at Eton. Although he’ll board full time, the school ensures that the boys can go home every two or three weeks and their parents can take them out on Sunday afternoons. William and Catherine will also be encouraged to watch school sports, music or drama and take part in social events. So there’ll be plenty of chances to catch up with George.
Even so, I think this parting of the ways will be tough on both the Prince and Princess of Wales. They have nurtured their little family in a bubble of love, with as much normality as possible given the role they have.
Personally, I have never been able to understand why any parent would want to send their child away to school. But both William and Catherine enjoyed their boarding days, and George has recently been spending the odd night at his prep school. At least they’ve waited till he’s 13: William was sent to board weekly at Ludgrove School when he was just eight.
Of course there’ll be criticism about the choice of Eton, where young toffs call their teachers “beaks”, their lessons “divs” and their mid-morning break “chambers”. Does it make William look out of touch?
Well, it may do. I am in the camp who would have welcomed a break with tradition and a decision to keep all three children in a day school nearby. But I am not George’s parent. I don’t know how he feels about it.
What I do know is that it is every parent’s right to make what they believe is the best decision for their child. And I am not about to criticise William and Catherine, who I believe are exemplary parents, for having done so.
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