Insiders Confirm Which Prestigious School the Royal Kids Will Attend — & It’s a Surprising Break From Tradition

The new calendar year has only just begun, but the royal family is already thinking about what future school years will look like for kids Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6. The three will unsurprisingly attend a world-renowned school, but maternal ties and sibling relationships have allegedly led to a surprising break from royal tradition.

According to multiple reports, the trio will ultimately attend Marlborough College. (Don’t let “college” fool you, though. The boarding school — which is nearly $74 thousand per year — is for kids ages 13 to 18.) Mom Kate Middleton and her siblings Pippa Middleton and James Middleton both attended the prestigious institution, and they must be [at least somewhat] excited to know the kids are attending their alma mater. This means, though, that the young Wales kids will not follow in the footsteps of Prince William and Prince Harry — both of whom attended Eton College. Of course, Princess Charlotte would have been unable to attend the all-boys school, but her brothers could have been like their dad and uncle.

Come to think of it, maybe the royal family’s educational “tradition” is actually all about breaking tradition. Prince William was breaking royal tradition when he became the first senior royal to attend Eton. The decision also followed matriarchal lineage, since his mom Princess Diana‘s brother and father both attended the college.

But what’s happening now with the Wales kids? Insiders say discussions are already underway about where Prince George will live at Marlborough College. “Security is a significant factor, and housing George in one of the central ‘in houses’ near the main quad ensures greater control and safety,” one source said.

In the past, there were reportedly “heated debates” over whether the kids would attend Eton or Marlborough, but a source told The Mirror that King Charles III, Prince William, and Kate Middleton decided Marlborough was the best choice since the siblings would be able to attend together.

BBC Royal Correspondent Jennie Bond told OK it was a “wise decision” to keep the children together in school now (at Lambrook School) and going forward.

“It must have been a huge comfort for the three of them to be together at school when life at home was so full of anxiety,” she said, referring to their mom’s cancer diagnosis and treatment in 2024.

James Middleton has not commented on the supposed decision to send his niece and nephews to Marlborough College, but he was critical of the school in the past. He felt educators focused too much on “success, or being the best, or the top.”

“I was never in the [top of my class],” the dad of one said. “My sisters were, and they did very well and it worked fantastically for them in how they operated.

“But for me, it wasn’t like that,” he continued. “I was dragging at the bottom. It was a shame, in a way, that some of the things that I found challenging in my life were not picked up then because I think that could have gone on to help me manage myself … perhaps not allow me to go where I went to because I would have felt more accepted, not felt like perhaps a failure.”

We certainly hope Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis never feel like failures, and if those feelings ever do star creeping in, we know they have ultra-supportive parents who can hopefully convince them otherwise.

Before you go, check out these precious photos that prove Princess Diana’s commitment to motherhood over the monarchy.