Kate Middleton was left “heartbroken” after an “argument” with her husband Prince William over where to send their oldest son to high school, it was reported. Prince William wants Prince George to attend his alma mater Eton College when he turns 13. Kate Middleton is not at all happy with this idea, an insider told In Touch Weekly as the princess does not want Prince George to go to an all-boys’ boarding school.
Kate was “horribly bullied at her first boarding school, and can’t bear the thought of George suffering through that,” the insider claimed as per the report. Kate Middleton attended Downe House, an all-girls boarding school in Berkshire and later transferred to the coeducational Marlborough College. She wants to send her son there, the report claimed.
Eton College is located close to Windsor Castle and was attended by both Prince William and Prince Harry.
“Kate thinks sending George to such a stuffy, upper-crust institution goes against all of their efforts to modernise the monarchy,” the source told the outlet adding that Prince William and Kate Middleton have “argued” almost endlessly about sending Prince George to board at Eton.
“Kate long disagreed with her husband about sending him away, even though it’s tradition,” it was reported but the Prince of Wales has seemingly “won” the argument, with Kate Middleton “finally giving in”.
More about Eton College
The elite school was founded by King Henry VI in 1440. Its alumni include Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston and former UK prime minister Boris Johnson. Several royal family members have also graduated from Eton, including the late Queen Elizabeth’s first cousins Prince Edward, Prince Richard, and Prince Michael. Prince William was the first senior royal to be educated at the institution. Prince George, Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte currently attend the co-ed prep educational institution Lambrook.
