Prince William and Princess Kate are ‘conscious’ of the potential ‘disruption’ that having a famous classmate can bring and they make a special gesture to help, according to an expert
Sharing a classroom with the future King is a pretty unique experience – and no-one is more conscious of that than the Waleses.
Prince William and Princess Kate are known to be very hands-on parents who often do most of the daily responsibilities that come with having a family themselves. Regulars on the school run, other parents at Lambrook School, Berkshire, where Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six, are likely pretty used to seeing the Prince and Princess of Wales pop up at school events at this point.
With this in mind, a royal expert has revealed that the future King and Queen are likely aware that their presence might come with a few disruptions. Richard Palmer told the i newspaper that William and Kate are “keen not to make life difficult” for their fellow parents at Lambrook, and will even sometimes indulge in things like requests for photos, that come with their high-profile as members of the Royal Family.
However, according to the expert, sometimes the interest generated by the young royals has caused some of the other parents to veer into inappropriate territory. “At Lambrook School in Berkshire, where all three children are pupils, discreet security is in place to protect them but that does not stop the occasional rogue photographer turning up or parent publishing pictures on the internet of George playing football,” the expert said.
The Wales children have attended Lambrook School since 2022 when the family left their palatial London apartment in Kensington Palace behind and moved to Windsor. Now, the Waleses called the relatively modest property of Adelaide Cottage in Windsor Home Park their home, and the children’s school is only 20 minutes drive away from the four-bedroom property.
Before attending Lambrook, both Prince George and Princess Charlotte were both pupils at Thomas’s Battersea, a day school which now costs parents up to £10,450 per term.
Lambrook caters to pupils up to the age of 13, which means in not too long Prince George will have to move on to a new school for his secondary education and the couple have yet to announce where they have decided on.
Marlborough College – where Kate attended – has been tipped as one of the couple’s first choices for their eldest son, in part because – as one expert has previously claimed – all three of the Wales children could attend the co-educational boarding school, which would minimise security costs.
“I think Kate and William are very conscious of how much it costs the taxpayer to guard them – guard not being the exact word – but to kind of give them the security which they absolutely have to have,” explained Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine. “To have three different schools in three different parts of the country, I think would be very difficult.”
Oundle School in Northamptonshire and St. Edward’s School in Oxford have also been reported as options for George to attend – as well as William’s school of Eton College reported to be a strong contender, which would be very close to the family’s current main base of Adelaide Cottage.
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