The Princess of Wales’s former school Marlborough College has been chosen for all three of her children, according to insiders.
After months of speculation, they claim the choice is so likely that the discussion has even turned to where Prince George, 11, who would be the first of the trio to attend, will be housed.
A source at the £59,000-a-year Wiltshire school told The Mail on Sunday there had been a focus on which of the school houses on the 286-acre site could be assigned to Prince George.
Marlborough has six all-boys’ houses, six all-girls’ houses and four mixed houses, many dotted around the campus at the school or in the nearby fashionable market town of Marlborough.
Sources say that C1 House, an all-boys’ house for 59 pupils at the heart of the school in what is known as the
College Court, has been earmarked for Prince George for security reasons.
The Princess of Wales’s former school Marlborough College has been chosen for all three of her children (pictured together last year), according to insiders
Kate Middleton playing hockey with her sister Pippa Middleton (left) at Marlborough College
Marlborough has six all-boys’ houses, six all-girls’ houses and four mixed houses
The well-placed insider said: ‘Parents have been talking about nothing else and discussions have really ramped up in recent weeks but security is obviously a massive consideration. Prince George will have to be housed in an “in house” – these are the houses that are around the main quad of the school.
‘The “out houses” are scattered down the Bath Road, and these present more of a security risk as they are just big houses on their own and involve a lot more walking around which is the downside of Marlborough.’
C1 House has a royal history. It was once the home of the Seymour family, who moved on to nearby Wolf Hall, the inspiration for Hilary Mantel’s books. Lady Jane Seymour was the third wife of King Henry VIII.
The school’s alumni include poets Siegfried Sassoon and John Betjeman and more recently comedian Jack Whitehall and Princess Eugenie.