Why Prince William and Kate Ended up Choosing Eton: 'George Was Always Going to Stand Out a Bit, but Not a Huge Amount'

Inside the successes and struggles of the generation before Prince George as future King commits to Eton

Prince George will enrol at Eton College this September, Kensington Palace has confirmed. The eldest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales, who celebrates his 13th birthday in July, is set to join Britain's most prestigious all-boys boarding institution. Annual fees at the school stand at approximately £63,000. The young prince will reside at Manor House, the same accommodation where both his father, Prince William, and uncle, Prince Harry, …

Why Prince William and Kate ended up choosing Eton: 'George was always going to stand out a bit, but not a huge amount'

King Charles was the first Prince of Wales to not be educated by private tutors and instead attend school, marking a shift in royal education that continues today.

Prince George ‘has always wanted to follow in his dad’s footsteps’ at Eton

Last week, Kensington Palace announced that Prince George will attend Eton, starting in the next school year. It was a three-year ordeal to come to that decision, as the Princess of Wales threw everything she had to somehow force George to go to a different school. Kate lost that battle, and it’s super-interesting to me that she failed at maybe her sole passion project in the past three years. As it turns out, Prince William always wanted George…