Overview
- Kensington Palace has confirmed that Prince George, 13, will start at Eton College in the autumn term.
- Royal commentators say George sat and passed the standard entrance assessments with no reported special treatment, a claim attributed to experts rather than a formal statement from Eton.
- Reports from royal writers and commentators describe a family debate in which the Princess of Wales expressed reservations while the Prince of Wales favored his old school.
- Sources say George is said to be looking forward to the new challenge and that the family plans a quiet summer in Norfolk before he begins at Eton.
- Eton is a centuries‑old, all‑boys institution closely linked to Britain’s establishment and to William’s own schooling after Princess Diana’s death, a history often cited in discussions of the decision’s public optics.