According to insiders, the Princess of Wales’s former school Marlborough College was chosen for all three of her children.
After months of speculation, they claim the choice is so likely that discussion has even focused on the location of 11-year-old Prince George, who would be the first of the trio to attend.
A source at the £59,000-a-year Wiltshire school told The Mail on Sunday that consideration had been given to which of the school buildings on the 286-acre site could be allocated to Prince George.
Marlborough has six boys’ houses, six girls’ houses and four mixed houses, many of which are spread across the school campus or in the nearby fashionable market town of Marlborough.
Sources say C1 House, a boys’ home for 59 pupils at the heart of the school, in what is known as the
College Court, is reserved for Prince George for security reasons.
According to insiders, the Princess of Wales’s former school Marlborough College was chosen for all three of her children (pictured together last year).
Kate Middleton plays hockey with her sister Pippa Middleton (left) at Marlborough College
Marlborough has six boys-only houses, six girls-only houses and four mixed houses
The well-placed insider said: ‘Parents have been talking about nothing else and the discussions have increased dramatically in recent weeks, but safety is obviously a huge consideration. Prince George will have to be housed in an ‘inhouse’ – these are the houses surrounding the main school building.
‘The ‘outbuildings’ are scattered along the Bath Road and these pose a greater safety risk as they are just large houses in themselves and require a lot more walking around, which is the disadvantage of Marlborough.’
C1 House has a royal history. It was once the home of the Seymour family, who moved 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.