Prince William and his wife are said to be facing a "dilemma" as they split over their son George's education.
As reported by the Daily Mail, William wants their 11-year-old son George to attend Eton College, but Princess Catherine prefers other options.
“It’s the talk of the school, and of the parents,” a source told the Daily Mail.
Prince William and his brother, Prince Harry, both attended Eton, an all-boys boarding school that has been associated with the British elite for centuries.
Eton is the traditional choice for young royals, but the Waleses have other options. They have also toured Marlborough College in Wiltshire, Kate's former school, and two schools in London's affluent Highgate suburbs.
Unlike Eton, Marlborough is co-educational, so George could attend the school together with his siblings.
Meanwhile, the Princess of Wales is said to be impressed with the theater department at Highgate School, the Daily Mail reported.
One factor weighing in Eton's favor is distance. Eton is a short walk from the family home at Adelaide Cottage in Windsor, while Highgate is 30 miles away in London.
The Prince of Wales is said to favor Elon, where he excelled in academics and sports, but the school's intimidating reputation could weigh on the family's decision.
William's brother had a miserable experience there, as he recalled in his best-selling memoir Spare, saying that it was "heaven for brilliant boys, it could thus only be purgatory for one very unbrilliant boy.”
"The situation became undeniably obvious during my very first French lesson. I was astounded to hear the teacher conducting the entire class in rapid, nonstop French. He assumed, for some reason, that we were all fluent," he wrote.
Prince William and Princess Kate share three kids: Prince George, the eldest, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. The children all attend the same prep school in the Berkshire countryside, Lambrook School.
Prince George, who turns 12 in July, is the second in line to the throne, making his education a subject of keen public interest.
Prince William, the heir apparent, caused a stir recently by dropping the royal family's longtime attorneys, in a move seen as a bid for independence.
Adding to the intrigue, William recently hired the attorneys his late mother Princess Diana used in her divorce from William's father, King Charles.
"William wants to do things differently from his father and wants to be seen to do them differently," a source told the Daily Mail.
