GB News issued a major royal breaking news alert live from Ascot racecourse, halting regular programming for an update on the future of Prince George. Royal correspondent Cameron Walker reported that Kensington Palace released a short statement confirming the young prince will attend Eton College in September.
Breaking News from Kensington Palace
Speaking live from the races, Walker said: “We’ve had some breaking news in the last few moments from Kensington Palace, regarding our future king, Prince George of Wales, the oldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales. The short statement from Kensington Palace reads: ‘Kensington Palace can confirm that Prince George will attend Eton College in September.’ That news just coming in from the royal household in the last few moments.”
Details on Prince George’s Education
Walker noted that the decision was not unexpected among royal observers. “Eton College, the most prestigious school, arguably, in the country, educating 20 prime ministers and of course George’s own father and uncle, Prince William and Prince Harry.” He added that the annual cost is £63,000, and Prince George will board full-time, as Eton does not allow day pupils or weekly boarding. “He will be boarding for that entire time,” Walker explained. “Prince William hinted at this a couple of weeks ago during a radio interview, saying George is occasionally boarding at his current school of Lambrick, but this is going to be full termly boarding, so he’s not going to be home for a good six, seven weeks. He’ll go home for half term.”
Security and Taxpayer Costs
The correspondent raised concerns about security costs for British taxpayers. “The only question mark there is, is about security and the cost of security to British taxpayers,” he said. “Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, two boys, one girl – Eton College only accepts male pupils, which means Charlotte has to go somewhere else when she is 13 years old and goes to senior school. Which means that the police have to decide a level of protection that Eton College is going to get, as well as whatever school the Prince and Princess of Wales decide to send Charlotte to. Is that going to be an extra cost for the British taxpayer, because the Prince and Princess have decided not to send George to a co-educational school?”
