told Hello! magazine<\/a> about a chat she had with Harry at London\u2019s WellChild Awards last week.<\/p>\nThe singer, 38, said: \u201cHe asked about how we were settling back in and was genuinely interested in our move home. He\u2019s just very warm and down to earth, as always.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe Harry will move back, too. That would be nice. He was saying how wonderful the schools are here and how important community is for children.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was nice to share that with him because it\u2019s exactly why we felt drawn to come back\u2014 for the kids to grow up surrounded by family, friends, and a strong sense of belonging and most importantly in a safe environment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now, an old schoolfriend of both Harry and William\u2019s exclusively tells me: \u201cIt\u2019s no longer strictly necessary to put your kids\u2019 names down at birth, but Harry has put Archie down. It\u2019s fair to say he had mixed feelings about the school when he left, but looking back on it, he can appreciate the good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another old schoolfriend told The Royalist: \u201cFor William and Harry, Eton is really the only sensible choice when it comes to British schools because of security. There are so many high-profile and politically exposed kids there that the whole school has ridiculous security provisions already. It\u2019s seven day boarding, lots of kids fly back and forth at the beginning and end of term, so why shouldn\u2019t Archie? The school certainly wouldn\u2019t be prejudiced against him. Statistically, you have to imagine Eton would be a hell of a lot safer than an American school thanks to their gun laws.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the past, families rushed to register their sons at Eton within days of birth, ensuring a place on the so-called \u201cEton List.\u201d The practice was abolished in the 1990s, replaced by academic selection. Today, boys typically register around age 10 for an IQ-style pre-test, followed by the Common Entrance exam at 13. The school is highly competitive, with estimates suggesting only around 20 percent of applicants secure admission.<\/p>\n
Harry has spoken candidly about his own mixed experiences of boarding school. In his memoir Spare, he recalls Ludgrove, his Berkshire prep school, as both harsh and comforting. Birthdays were \u201ca huge deal,\u201d with cakes and fierce competition for the seat beside the birthday boy. His mother, Princess Diana, often tried to soften the separation, once smuggling Starbursts into his socks and advising him: \u201cYou can be naughty, just don\u2019t get caught.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harry\u2019s team initially brushed off the query in vague terms. However, after publication of this story, a spokesperson for the Duke said: \u201cPrince Harry has not put his son\u2019s name down for Eton, nor does he have any plans to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eton College has been approached for statement.<\/p>\n
Venal Sarah Ferguson Groveled to Jeffrey Epstein, Her \u201cGenerous and Supreme Friend,\u201d Just Weeks After Denouncing Him as a Pedophile<\/b><\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been working on the story above all week, so when I heard yesterday that a major Fleet Street splash was brewing, I feared I\u2019d been scooped. As it turned out, the Mail on Sunday and Sun on Sunday were chasing something else: Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, revealed to have sent a groveling email to Jeffrey Epstein just fifty days after publicly denouncing him as a pedophile.<\/p>\n
Ferguson told the Evening Standard on March 7, 2011, that she \u201cabhor[red] pedophilia\u201d and vowed she would never speak to Epstein again, calling his $19,500 bailout of her debts a \u201cgigantic error of judgment.\u201d <\/p>\n
Yet on April 26, 2011, she emailed Epstein to apologize for \u201cletting him down,\u201d praising him as a \u201csteadfast, generous and supreme friend,\u201d and stressing she had been \u201cinstructed to act with the utmost speed\u201d to safeguard \u201cmy career as a children\u2019s book author and children\u2019s philanthropist.\u201d She insisted she had never used \u201cthe \u2018P word\u2019\u201d about him.<\/p>\n
Epstein was convicted in Florida in 2009 of soliciting prostitution from a minor and procuring a child for prostitution.<\/p>\n
In the Mail on Sunday\u2019s \u201cworld exclusive,\u201d Ferguson admitted sending the emails but claimed she acted under legal advice after Epstein threatened to sue her.<\/p>\n
A separate email, dated January 22, 2011, addressed to \u201cmy dear, dear friend Jeffrey,\u201d appears to thank him for assistance as she faced debts approaching $6.5 million.<\/p>\n
Epstein\u2019s $19,500 payment in December 2010\u2014arranged by Prince Andrew\u2014covered unpaid wages owed to her former PA and formed part of a broader effort to stabilize her finances.<\/p>\n
The revelations will intensify pressure on King Charles to side with Prince William, who is said to want the Yorks entirely severed from royal life. William was photographed looking visibly uncomfortable as Andrew approached him at the Duchess of Kent\u2019s funeral last week. As reported previously, William believes Charles erred in allowing Andrew back into the fold, just as he has with Harry.<\/p>\n
Andrew Lownie, who will be joining me on my Substack channel live at 4 p.m. EST Sunday to discuss the latest revelations, in his new book Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, detailed William\u2019s long-standing hostility towards Andrew, including accounts that the Duke of York was deliberately rude to Kate Middleton when she first entered the royal circle. William, fiercely protective of his wife, has never forgiven it.<\/p>\n
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Copies of the biography “Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York” by Andrew Lownie about Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson. HENRY NICHOLLS\/AFP via Getty Images <\/p>\n
The contrast between Ferguson\u2019s March 2011 public statements and her private correspondence in April 2011 is stark. On the record, she told the Evening Standard: \u201cI personally, on behalf of myself, deeply regret that Jeffrey Epstein became involved in any way with me. I abhor pedophilia and any sexual abuse of children and know that this was a gigantic error of judgment on my behalf\u2026 I will repay the money and have nothing ever to do with Jeffrey Epstein ever again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Privately, she assured Epstein: \u201cYou have always been a steadfast, generous and supreme friend to me and my family\u2026 I did not, absolutely not, say the \u2018P word\u2019 about you\u2026 I was broken and lost. I shut down and ran away. So please understand\u2026 I write this from the truth of my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the Duchess said last night: \u201cThe Duchess spoke of her regret about her association with Epstein many years ago, and as they have always been, her first thoughts are with his victims.\u201d<\/p>\n
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