Prince George is set to switch schools for a rather peculiar reason steeped in royal tradition, an expert has claimed.
Prince William, 40, and Kate Middleton, 39, are understood to be looking into moving the boy prince from his south London school to another close to Kate's parents in Berkshire.
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And rather than being down to any issues at his current educational institution, royal watcher Duncan Larcombe says the change in surroundings is down to a long-standing royal tradition.
The royal expert told OK! Magazine that putting junior members of the Royal family in separate schools is standard practice for their parents.
In fact, George's dad William and Prince Harry broke this tradition when they went to Wetherby Preparatory School and Eton College, he says.
The royal commentator said: "William and Harry broke the mould by going to the same school, but if you look at The Queen's children, they were all schooled separately.
"And, of course, William and Harry wouldn't have gone to the same school if one of them was a girl.
"Kate had a traditional co-ed education but it seems to be almost par for the course with the royals that they don't pile all of their children into the same school."
He suggested that William and Kate would want their children to "have different experiences as they grow up" because as royals they are likely to "experience different types of people".
"It's as much about the people they meet growing up who will be their friends for life," he added.
He also suggested that another motivation for taking him to Berkshire as part of the "Middleton framework" would come in bringing him "closer to the grandparents on both sides" — and would suit the Cambridges personally as they are "country people at heart".
