Within the royal family, Princess Diana’s legacy continues to resonate: its youngest generation is following a path she helped forge decades ago. Prince George, her eldest grandson, is just a month away from his debut at Eton College, where his father Prince William studied many years ago. However, the brewing royal tradition originally began in the Spencer family.
In Simon Vigar’s new book The Four Wives of Windsor, the author describes Diana as “the biggest changemaker” among the women of the Royal Family. “Then there was the choice of school for her sons. Going to Eton College was very much a Diana decision,” Vigar wrote. “Her brother and father went there, and of course, it was much closer to home than Gordonstoun, where Charles wasn’t happy anyway.”
