A major decision looms regarding Prince George this year\u2014where will he attend secondary school this fall?The two top choices are reportedly Eton College, Prince William\u2019s alma mater, and Marlborough College, Kate Middleton\u2019s alma mater.There is a surprising \u201cfrontrunner,\u201d a source speaking to Vanity Fair said.<\/p>\n
Prince George<\/a> is poised to have a big year in 2026. It not only marks the year he becomes a teenager\u2014he\u2019ll turn 13 on July 22\u2014but also the year he heads off to secondary school, a major milestone.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n It has long been rumored that the choice for where to send the future king boils down to either Eton College, his dad Prince William<\/a>\u2019s alma mater, or Marlborough College, where his mom Kate Middleton<\/a> attended. While Eton had reportedly emerged as the likely choice, a new report from Vanity Fair<\/a> refutes that, suggesting that it might be Marlborough after all.\n<\/p>\n Prince George, Prince William, and Kate Middleton on May 5, 2025.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n A big draw for Marlborough is that it is co-ed, meaning that George could continue to attend school with his younger siblings Princess Charlotte<\/a> and Prince Louis<\/a>, just as he does now at Lambrook. Eton is all boys, meaning that Charlotte wouldn\u2019t get to join her older brother at secondary school\u2014and it\u2019s well-known that the two siblings are close.\n<\/p>\n Vanity Fair\u2019s new report said that the Prince and Princess of Wales are thinking about options other than Eton for George\u2019s education. A source told the outlet, \u201cWhile Eton would be the obvious choice because it is on their doorstep and where William went, they are leaning towards other schools. I\u2019m hearing Marlborough is the frontrunner.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Princess Charlotte and Prince George on June 15, 2024.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n According to the outlet, William and Kate haven\u2019t totally made up their minds, and security for George \u201cis of the utmost importance to their decision.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cI genuinely don\u2019t think they\u2019ve 100 percent decided, but there is talk among the Marlborough set that they\u2019ve allocated a house for George and that security has been a big issue,\u201d a source said. An insider added that the Princess of Wales \u201chad a great time at Marlborough, and it ticks all the boxes. I think if they can, they would love for all three children to be at school together, which puts Marlborough as the top choice.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Royal biographer Ingrid Seward said that the public will be told of George\u2019s chosen school \u201clater on in the summer at the very last minute,\u201d and added that Eton wasn\u2019t necessarily William and Kate\u2019s top choice.\n<\/p>\n Prince George on May 5, 2025.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n Prince William and Prince George on May 5, 2025.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n \u201cWilliam loved Eton and did well academically, but I don\u2019t think we should assume George will follow suit,\u201d Seward told Vanity Fair. \u201cFor a start, we are seeing William doing things differently. He is mindful of costs and appearances when it comes to his family and the future.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m told William has voiced concerns about how it will look for George to be at such an elitist and expensive school,\u201d Seward continued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major decision looms regarding Prince George this year\u2014where will he attend secondary school this fall?The two top…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-439384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}