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Princess Kate ‘hands on’ with school sports days & events for George, Charlotte & Louis despite other mums ‘staring’
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SHE may be the future Queen but Princess Kate puts her role as mum before all else, according to a royal expert.
The dedicated mum-of-three is said to be “hands on” when it comes to being present for Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six.
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Currently all three of Prince William and Princess Kate’s kids go to £7,000-a-term Lambrook School near Ascot, Berkshire.
Speaking to Fabulous, Ingrid Seward shared: “According to the other mums at Lambrook she turns up for sports days, she turns up for special matches, and she's a very hands-on mum.
“Sometimes she goes with her mother Carole. And obviously William goes when he can. “They often go altogether.
“Obviously the other mums are all googley-eyed to see [her].
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“Obviously she gets stared at when she's there.”
Ingrid, who is Editor-in-Chief of Majesty Magazine, said that life for Princess Kate as a senior working royal is “very organised.”
She added: “It wouldn't be ‘oh gosh! I've got to go to make some cupcakes, for the sports day’.
“It would all be very organised because she has to be organised.
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“It's not like an ordinary person.”
Although Princess Kate frequently does the school run herself, from their nearby Windsor home, Adelaide Cottage, she does have help available if she needs.
Ingrid added: “There'd be chauffeurs, or there'd be her mum. So everything is within a radius for her.
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“I think Lambrook's been a very good setup.
“It's a wonderful school, and the fact that they can go home at night must have been very important this last year.
“Children get very concerned about their parents when they're not well, and I think that it would have been an absolute blessing to have to be halfway between mum Kate and grandmother Carole.
“I think they also could easily be picked up by Carole and go back to Bucklebury, or go back to Windsor.”
Lambrook is a co-ed preparatory, that started in 1860 and allows part-time boarding.
It scored 'excellent' in its most recent Independent Schools Inspectorate.
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George's school move
All eyes are on where Prince George will be going to school next year, as Princess Kate has done numerous viewings of prospective locations.
While Princes William and Harry went to single-sex elite school Eton College, Kate’s school Marlborough College is said to be being considered.
Ahead of the big move from Lambrook School, Princess Kate has also looked round two prospective elite London schools in December.
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The Princess of Wales first toured round the £10,000-a-term, "boldly academic", single sex University College School (UCS) in Hampstead after term ended for the festive break.
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The same week, Kate looked round co-ed Highgate School, located two miles away, which was closed for a “special VIP visitor”, according to the Mail.
Other options for George are said to be Oundle School in Northamptonshire and the elite St Edward's School, also known as “Teddies” - which boasts Oppenheimer actress Florence Pugh as an alumna.
Will Prince George go to a state school?
ROYAL pros have discussed the possibility of Prince George ditching an education at Eton College for time at a state school.
Speaking to royal reporter Bronte Coy on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive, royal experts Richard Palmer and Katie Nicholl spoke about the significant decision looming for Princess Kate and Prince William in regards to Prince George’s schooling.
Katie acknowledged the Waleses’ desire to shake things up, as she claimed: “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 logger heads 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.”
Meanwhile, Richard Palmer chimed in: "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.
“I think Katie’s right, it’s second nature for people of their social background to send their kids away, clearly if George is at Eton they’re just around the corner, but I think what tends to happen is that the kids themselves don’t want to be going from home every day because they’re not then really at the heart of the school community.
“You want to be a boarder, so I’m guessing all of the kids will end up boarding, even if they go to schools very close.”
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