The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will not make the decision to send George to boarding school until their children’s personalities develop further, a royal expert has claimed.
William and Kate have been studying Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis at home at their Anfol Hall home in Norfolk during the coronavirus pandemic.
However, with many children who have already returned to school, the royal couple faces difficult decisions about their children’s future.
Now Ingrid Seward, editor of Majesty magazine, has revealed how Prince William and Kate are “carefully” weighing decisions about the future of their children’s education.
She said to Ok! magazine that the duo are “modern parents”.
Kate and William have a difficult decision about whether to send George to a school boarding school (Image: GETTY)
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will not make the decision to send George to boarding school until their children’s personalities develop further, a royal expert said. (Image: GETTY)
With the royal couple involved in a number of different mental health campaigns and charities, they are likely to take a more thoughtful approach to how their children will be affected by any major lifestyle changes.
The source said: “I think they will wait to see how children’s personalities develop and take into account whether they would be happy to live away from home or not.
“Having experienced terrible trauma in his own childhood, William is very attuned to his children’s mental health.”
He noted that parents could be particularly aware of children’s different personalities.
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Prince George is described as “a shy little boy”, meaning the Cambridges can wait to send him to boarding school. (Image: GETTY)
While Princess Charlotte “seems very confident” and “would suit the shipping environment,” the royal expert fears things may not be the same for George.
Ingrid commented that Prince George is “a shy boy” and compared him to his grandfather, Prince Charles.
Ingrid also revealed that Kate can “feel more secure” if Prince George goes to boarding school where she can be “hidden” and “have more freedom.”
The expert said that schooling may allow the heir to the throne to be “highly protected from external dangers.”
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William and Kate have been studying Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis at home (Image: GETTY)
Prince William and Kate reportedly weigh “very carefully” decisions about their children’s future education (Image: GETTY)
The royal expert went on to say that the public has “gotten used” to royalty breaking with tradition.
Therefore, it would not be a great shock if the duke and duchess decided to keep their children in day school.
Prince William was just eight years old when he became a full-time guest at the Ludgrove School in Berkshire, where he seemed to be thriving.
Kate also attended boarding schools, including Downe House, a boarding school for girls in Berkshire, which she left after two terms at Marlborough College.
Royal family tree (Image: EXPRESS)
But while both parents of Prince George thrived at school, this has not been the case for all members of the royal family.
Prince Charles attended the Cheam School in Hampshire and then Gordonstoun in Scotland as a child.
Later he called the experience “disastrous”.
Prince George is currently a student at Thomas’s Battersea, a £ 6,158 cohort per term in South West London, where he can stay for another seven years.
The expert said Kate can “feel safer” if Prince George goes to boarding school. (Image: KENSINGTON ROYAL)
Both Marlborough and Eton £ 13,556-a-term accept full-time pensioners from the age of 13.
Friends previously said the couple is deliberating a “less traditional” educational path for the future king than previous heirs.
Meanwhile, Princess Charlotte is also attending Thomas’s Battersea, but although Thomas’s Battersea has resumed classes for the five-year-old reception group for the five-year-old Princess Charlotte, she is unlikely to attend without her older brother, according to royal biographer Katie Nicholl.
Six-year-old Prince George’s Year 2 class remains closed in the gradual reopening of the elementary school.
