The couple’s school choice remains private as an Oxfordshire admissions team stays watchful
A preparatory school in Oxfordshire has written to parents amid growing rumours that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s children, Archie and Lilibet, could soon be joining its classrooms.
With the new school year approaching, the private school addressed the speculation in a letter obtained and verified by HELLO!.
Parents were told that, “despite the gossip” about the Sussex children potentially attending, “no application” had reached the headmaster’s desk as of September 1.
The letter added that the admissions team remained “ever vigilant”, leaving open the possibility that the children could attend in the future.
It was recently confirmed that both children have secured places at a British school, although the Sussexes are keeping its identity private for security reasons.
Archie is expected to enter Year 3, while Lilibet will begin Year 1. The couple’s decision comes as they prepare to spend an extended period in Britain after six years living in the United States.
Education expert Grace Moody-Stuart, of the Good Schools Guide, previously suggested that the siblings could attend the same school. She said the move would already be a “massive culture shock” for children who have grown up in America.
A co-educational preparatory school in the countryside could help ease that transition, she suggested. Moody-Stuart described such schools as generally less academically pressured and more “freestyle” than the educational environment Harry experienced himself.
