Prince William and Kate Middleton divided over Prince George's future: 'Great shame'

Prince William and Kate Middleton have been divided over where their eldest son and heir to the throne, Prince George, 11, will attend school next year. All three of the Prince and Princess of Wales' children, including Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six, currently attend Lambrook School in Berkshire.

While Lambrook has given the children a sense of security while Kate has battled cancer this year, the couple will need to decide where George will go to school once his time at prep school has come to an end. King Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry all attended boarding school, and it has long been believed that this is what George will also do.

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William wants George to go to Eton, just like he did, however, Kate is not on board and would prefer he attends a co-education school like Marlborough College in Wiltshire – where she and her sibling went to school.

Kate and William may break royal tradition for George

Vanity Fair's royal reporter Katie Nicholl appeared on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive and shared, "Over here in the UK, there is a natural progression that you go at 13 to your next school and in the case of William and Harry, that was Eton."

Katie shared that while it's highly likely that George will attend Eton, where William "thrived", Kate has always loved the idea of the children attending a co-ed school like Marlborough.

"Kate’s own experience was going to school with her brother James and her sister Pippa," Katie said. "There’s always the option that they could go to Marlborough.

"I think it’s less the boarding element, because Kate boarded and loved it, William boarded and loved it, and I think they think that’s part of the making of their children becoming young adults."

Katie added that William and Kate have a strong desire to shake things up within the monarchy, saying, "I think the big question is, is it going to be Eton and following in tradition and obviously George going to an all boys’ school, or will they break the tradition and go to a co-ed?

"I don’t think they’re at loggerheads and I’m not dressing this up as a row, but it’s a big decision they’ve got to make. They’ve been around to see the schools and I guess at some point we will know what they’ve chosen to do."

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Katie continued, saying, "I think there's no doubt that it will be a boarding school."

Fellow royal reporter Richard Palmer added, "Personally, I think it’s a great shame that our future head of State doesn’t actually go to a state school. And I think it would be fantastic if that were to happen."

However, Katie added, "I think the greatest breaking of mould would not be a state school, as much as I would also love that to happen, Richard, I don’t think it will, but I think if it was Marlborough, that would be a breaking of the mould and would of course enable them to be together, the three children."

If George does attend Eton, he can come home on the weekends as it is only 10 minutes away from Adelaide Cottage.

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