Gordonstoun
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Sep 10, 2026
JessicaHOST
So my personal belief in terms of, I don't know, because I wasn't there, but I believe that William probably wanted George to go to Eton because he went there and he loved it.
JessicaHOST
But he never would have like, you know, it wasn't like Philip and Charles with Gordonstoun.
JessicaHOST
He wasn't like, you have to go here and that's it.
JessicaHOST
I think he was open-minded, but he, you know, in his heart, he probably wanted him to go to Eton.
Hugo VickersGUEST
They won't particularly bully him for what he, for being that.
Hugo VickersGUEST
Whereas when Prince Charles went to Gordonstoun-
Kinsey SchofieldHOST
Oh
Hugo VickersGUEST
... all those things happened, you know? He said that the nice people didn't want to be seen sucking up, so they held back, and other people bullied him.
Hugo VickersGUEST
And you know, there's one particular author I very much dislike who's actually gone on record as saying when he used to play Prince Andrew in Gordonstoun, he used to take great pleasure in kicking him.
Hugo VickersGUEST
He subsequently wrote a book about him in which he did exactly the same.
Kinsey SchofieldHOST
Oh, my gosh.
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Hugo VickersGUEST
And I think no English newspaper will dare take any pictures of him walking along the high street.
Catherine RyanHOST
Well, I have to think what the uniform costs are on top of the annual fees.
Catherine RyanHOST
It was Charles, he went to Gordonstoun, did he not? Went to the boarding school that, that he hated.
Catherine RyanHOST
Um, uh, but Eton it is for the, for the new, uh, prince.
Catherine RyanHOST
Gosh, the one that we didn't touch on, um, we talked about the King laying out the sort of way things are gonna work formally f- with Harry and Meghan returning, but has anyone known whether the two brothers have touched base? [laughs] That's, that's incredible friction in that relationship, isn't there?
Kate Mansey and Roya NikkhahHOST
So that was sent up to Gordonstoun, then later on returned to the chapel.
Kate Mansey and Roya NikkhahHOST
But Charles's experience of education was quite different.
Kate Mansey and Roya NikkhahHOST
He was sent off to quite an austere background at Gordonstoun School up in Scotland.
Kate Mansey and Roya NikkhahHOST
Didn't seem to enjoy the kind of rufty-tufty nature of it, not like his father, who loved his time there.
Kate Mansey and Roya NikkhahHOST
So it's really interesting to see the kind of evolution of-
Sean CoughlanGUEST
And all the cultural baggage that, that, that, you know, that comes with it.
Adam FlemingHOST
And we're on speculation.com again here, but I just think, is it, is he going to Eton because that's just what royal sons and heirs to the throne do? Is he going to Eton because that's where his dad and his uncle went? And actually, his grandfather went to Gordonstoun and has sort of suggested that he hated it.
Adam FlemingHOST
So while it's a family tradition to go there, and the alternatives have got a bad rep in the family.
Adam FlemingHOST
Is it that Eton provides...
Sean CoughlanGUEST
Probably.
Sean CoughlanGUEST
Although historically, the royals didn't go to school.
Sean CoughlanGUEST
You know, the, the, the, say, King Charles went to Gordonstoun, but I think I might be right, right in saying that before that, traditionally royals were educated at home, and that, that they, they had governors and governesses to, to do that kind of thing.
Sean CoughlanGUEST
So, um, but, but I think going to Eton is, uh, probably the most safe option they could have gone for, and there are all sorts of-- Before that was announced, there were all sorts of suggestions he might go to other schools, all private schools, actually, and no one seemed to-
Bobby CapucciHOST
"Prince Andrew once claimed he was given his infamous nickname Randy Andy after he was caught going into the girls' dormitory at his posh school.
Bobby CapucciHOST
The New York Du- the, the Duke of York claimed that the nickname stuck after the seemingly innocent incident on his second day at the posh Gordonstoun school in Scotland." So this guy is saying that he got the nickname because he was, you know, sneaking around on campus when the lights went out.
Bobby CapucciHOST
Mr. Creeper himself getting busy when he was young, huh? Practicing? Now, look, I'm just kidding, obviously.
Bobby CapucciHOST
You know, dude's in high school.
Bobby CapucciHOST
What does that have to do with you sneaking around and skulking about like you're Richard Ramirez? "I'll tell you exactly where it originated from.
Bobby CapucciHOST
It was my second day at public school,' he said.
Bobby CapucciHOST
'It was unfortunate enough during my early years at Gordonstoun not to realize the rules of the house, which is you weren't allowed in the girls' house.'" Oh, you didn't re- he didn't realize those rules either.
Bobby CapucciHOST
He had no idea.
Danielle SavreHOST
Yes.
Tessa BlakeGUEST
Um, so I went to the junior school to Gordonstoun.
Danielle SavreHOST
Mm-hmm.
Tessa BlakeGUEST
So Gordonstoun is a high school, and Aberlour House was the junior school.
Danielle SavreHOST
Mm-hmm.
Tessa BlakeGUEST
And we were there 'cause my, my mother's best friend had what they all used to say was she had a very good divorce, which is to say she had a lot of money.
Johnny VaughanHOST
[laughing] It's good.
Johnny VaughanHOST
Anyway, guess what Prince Philip, um, gave to Charles when he attended Gordonstoun boarding school in 1962?
Sunta TempletonHOST
Good grief.
Johnny VaughanHOST
Uh, he gave the, uh...
Johnny VaughanHOST
[laughing]
Sunta TempletonHOST
What?
Johnny VaughanHOST
What, did they get it transported up to Gordonstoun? Yes.
Johnny VaughanHOST
It says, Christ knows how they got it there.