Princess Kate is losing her battle to keep Prince George from getting shipped off to a snooty boarding school — and palace insiders fear the thought of being separated from her first-born son may be too much for the fragile cancer survivor to endure.
A royal source reveals that future monarch Prince William, 43, wants his 12-year-old heir to be educated at William’s alma mater, Eton College, and insiders expect Kate’s hardheaded husband will get his way … and George will be sent to the school in September 2026.
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“I think Kate is really sad because she doesn’t want him to go away,” the source says. “She’s very nervous, and she wants to spend more time with him.”
In 2024, the Princess of Wales, 43, revealed that she was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer after planned abdominal surgery, but she was in remission following chemotherapy.
However, insiders are concerned that skeletal Kate could still be grappling with the effects of her grueling treatment.
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The palace source predicts that George’s absence from the family’s quaint home at Adelaide Cottage in Windsor will “take a toll on her physical health. She might feel guilty in a way. The past few years have been filled with a lot of lows because of her illness, and I’m sure she just wants to be with her family as much as she can. When George goes away, she will not get that chance, and she undoubtedly will not be happy with that.”
Courtiers also fear that Kate may be overcome with worries for George’s safety.
“In this day and age of social media,” explains the expert, “she is concerned about George’s privacy, and since he’ll be away at school, she won’t have eyes on him. That will most likely tear her apart inside to know that she’s not there to protect him.”
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Making matters worse, insiders say the couple’s 10-year-old daughter, Princess Charlotte, will also likely enroll in a boarding school two years after George, and their youngest, 7-year-old Prince Louis, may follow in their footsteps!
“If Kate is not close to George or any of her children,” says the source, “it could cause a lot of anxiety for her. And she doesn’t need to be dealing with anxiety right now.”