Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis are likely to be educated together in a co-educational school, a decision that could significantly reduce security costs, according to a royal commentator.
Currently, all three Wales children attend Lambrook School, which educates students until age 13. However, with Prince George now 11, Prince William and Princess Kate are considering where to send him next.
Royal author Ingrid Seward believes the couple will prioritize a “very rounded education” for their children and may opt for a co-ed school where all three can study together.
“I think he will probably go to a co-ed where all three of them can be educated together because also that cuts hugely down the security bill,” Seward explained.
She also noted that William and Kate are mindful of the costs to taxpayers when it comes to their children’s security. “I think Kate and William are very conscious of how much it costs the taxpayer to guard them… but they absolutely have to have security,” she added.
Unlike their father and uncle, who both attended the all-boys Eton College, the Wales children may follow a different path. Seward pointed out that sending them to separate schools across the country would be logistically difficult.
“To have three different schools in three different parts of the country, I think would be very difficult. I feel very sure that this is what Kate and William will want to do.”
She also suggested that William and Kate would likely want George to have a less rigid school experience. “He’s had a lot of formality in his young life, and I think they would probably want him to be certainly co-ed and just somewhere where he’s free.”
Eton College remains a possible choice, given its proximity to Adelaide Cottage, the family’s current residence.
Seward also speculated that William and Kate might consider boarding school, emphasizing the flexibility of modern institutions. “They can come home whenever they want to. They can come home at weekends if they’re not too busy playing sports,” she explained.
“Boarding schools nowadays aren’t like one imagines the boarding schools of old. I think it’s very much more flexible than the idea of these very strict sort of Tom Brown School Days.”
While Prince George’s next school remains undecided, Prince Louis, six, and Princess Charlotte, nine, still have a few more years at Lambrook before any changes.