Prince George and Princess Charlotte are both studying at the Thomas's Battersea in London Borough of Wandsworth. Prince William and Kate Middleton's firstborn is already in Year 2, while their only daughter just started in September last year. However, despite their stay at the expensive school, they are reportedly urged not to have best friends for this good reason.
The Cambridges' eldest son is about to finish his time in Lower School and will be moving up in the Middle School. His sister, on the other hand, only started her studies and excited about the thought of joining his brother.
Thomas's Battersea is complete with a lot of features. It has a theater, gymnasium, ballet room, pottery room, two libraries, Astroturf, and a rooftop playground. Although Prince George and Princess Charlotte are third and fourth in line to the throne, respectively, they are reportedly treated just the same as other students.
Hence, they have to follow the school rule. In line with its strict rules, kids here are not allowed to have a best friend, even if they are the children of the future king and queen consort. In an interview on ITV's Loose Women, British journalist Jane Moore talked about this rule that the school imposed. She said that it is a "great little school" that focuses on kindness, and it has an amazing pastoral care.
"There's a policy that if your child is having a party unless every child in the class is invited, you don't give out the invites in class," she added, per Marie Claire. "I think [it] is quite a good thing as you don't feel excluded."
In Thomas's Battersea, there are signs everywhere that asked everyone to be kind. That is said to be the school's principle. Hence, it doesn't encourage to have a particular best friend, as it wants the kids to be friends and kind to every child there.
According to Express, Thomas's Battersea focuses on seven major areas of learning. It is composed of personal, social, and emotional development and also included communication and language, physical development, literacy, maths, understanding the world, and art and design.
Prince George and Princess Charlotte's school believes that the early years' foundation state is vital in instilling positive disposition toward learning. In the early years, children will play and explore; make choices and learn; be creative and solve problems; form a good relationship; and be safe, secure, and happy.
