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#22
03-22-2007, 10:51 AM
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#23
03-22-2007, 11:14 AM
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It was the time of my life. There still are many of these boarding schools in the Netherlands and Belgium.
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#24
03-22-2007, 11:56 AM
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Let's remember that this thread is to discuss the boarding schools of royals. If members who attended boarding school would like to discuss their experiences, they should do so in the Members' Corner. Thank you.
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#25
03-22-2007, 01:50 PM
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Prince Rainier III attended Stowe School in the UK. He attended a prep school also in the UK but I forgot the name. As the tale goes, he deplored his entire experience and spent the better part writing home to beg his parents allowance to go home to Monaco.
Prince Charles attended Cheam School, which is now Cheam-Hawtreys, a merger of two prep schools that were distinct in his day. As stated already, he went onto Gordonstoun. Don't forget about the school in Australia, Geelong, it was a boarding school, although I guess the kids were camping out in the bush, chopping wood, and kangaroo-watching -- or else according to Prince Charles in the Dimbleby biography, dodging headhunting clans....  oh well, the headhunters were in Papau New Guinea....As well as Riddlesworth Hall and West Heath, Diana attended a Swiss finishing school near Gstaad, Institut Alpin Videmanette (sp?) something or other. Prince Andrew and Prince Edward attended Heatherdown prep school and Gordonstoun. Viscount Linley also attended Heatherdown I think, but he went onto Bedales for public school. Apparently, Bedales is very artsy, I don't know. I just remember reading that his father hoped he would attend Eton, but he felt better suited in the freer environment of Bedales. The Earl of Snowdon did in fact attend Eton College. Captain Mark Phillips was a Marlborough man.
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#26
03-22-2007, 02:09 PM
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Andrew and Edward also had Commonwealth experiences
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03-22-2007, 04:18 PM
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"Together we did not love each other anymore"
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"You see: I love my parents. And my parents love me. But together we did not love each other anymore." The Prince had problems in accepting that he was the only guy in the Netherlands which had nothing to say about his own future, and that since the very minute he was born. And the Prince, who is a more laissez-faire, laissez-passer type of person, continuously clashed with his demanding and perfectionistic mother. So getting out of The Hague, away from the royal family, away from the prying eyes of the press, to a place where no one knew him was like a liberation for him. When he returned and assumed his military duties, he had found peace with his destiny and understood his mother's drive for perfection. Fantastic picture of mother and son, aboard of De Groene Draeck (The Green Dragon), the Queen's private sailyacht)
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03-22-2007, 05:16 PM
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Peter and Zara Phillips : Port Regis (Dorset?) and Gordonstoun Princess Beatrice : St George, Ascot Princess Eugenie : Marlborough College HRH The Princess Royal : Benenden School I think before Marlborough, Captain Phillips was at Stowe (unsure)? Lady Gabriella Windsor - Downe House Lord Frederick Windsor - Eton College (where did he go for prep school, anyone know? I know for pre-prep/non-boarding he went to Wetherby like the Wales boys).
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Chewster Castle * Peace & blessings * “... in the same way that landscape painters station themselves in the valleys in order to draw mountains... so it’s necessary to be a prince to know thoroughly the nature of the people, and one of the populus to know the nature of princes.” Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
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03-22-2007, 06:51 PM
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This is a very interesting thread. Does anyone know about Prince Philippe and his siblings and also Prince Felipe and his sisters, did any of them attend boarding schools? Last edited by Aurora810; 03-22-2007 at 06:56 PM.
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#32
03-22-2007, 07:11 PM
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I know Prince Felipe went to Lakefield College in Canada for a while. How about his sisters and the King?
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#33
03-22-2007, 07:20 PM
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I read in a book about King Juan Carlos that he had private schooling. But I'm not that up on it maybe someone else can help us out.
Also I forgot to ask about Denmark's RF and their schooling in my previous post. Anyone know? I'm getting a little confused what is exactly being classified a boarding school? Going off to college when one is a young adult in my opinion and at least where I'm from that would not be classified a boarding school. Boarding schools are usually for young ones(elementary, junior high, and high school age groups). College and university studies are completely different in my mind. Last edited by Lady Jennifer; 03-22-2007 at 07:51 PM. Reason: merged posts
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#34
03-22-2007, 09:06 PM
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Alright I did some research at wikipedia
For the Danish princes: Fred and Joachim both attended Ecole des Roches in Normandy for only a year. It said it was from 1982 to 1983 for both so they must have been there together. This isn't as easy as I thought it would be doing some research on this b/c I don't know a lot of the schools and whether or not there boarding schools. 
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03-22-2007, 10:39 PM
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03-22-2007, 11:19 PM
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03-22-2007, 11:58 PM
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Thank you for the reply Henri. I can understand that he would have been frustrated by this awesome responsibility. He does have a very different personality than his mother, but I do get the sense that they have a good relationship.
He does seem to have come into his own during his thirties. His interest and activity in water conservation seems to have given him a sense of purpose while he's waiting for his ascension. I think that marriage to Maxima has been the icing on the cake for him. They are a great team together.
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03-24-2007, 06:31 PM
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