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Eton or Etoff iMessage group, Daphne’s iPhone
Daphne Basset created the group
Daphne:
What senior schools are you all thinking about
Penelope Windsor:
My eldest is three I cannot stress enough how much I am not thinking about it at all
Anthony Wales:
We haven’t decided boarding or not
Kate Wales:
But we don’t have to why is this a group discussion
Sophie Kent:
With love and respect, we intentionally live far away from all of you
Colin Windsor:
I know you put too much time into that group chat name
Daphne:
Alright rude
Not sure if you all missed it, but I have three daughters. One is attached at the hip to Lottie, one is attached to Elsie.
Kate Wales:
Dammit she’s correct
Penelope Windsor:
Fine I’m listening, but begrudgingly because I’m barely out of the newborn phase
Daphne:
That’ll do
Anthony Wales:
Back to my point, we haven’t decided
Colin Windsor:
Is this locking us into a decision that we might regret in a decade
Benedict Kent:
There’s a lot of things you might regret in a decade
My Love:
I made a spreadsheet I’ll just share that
Kate Wales:
Please and thank you
Daphne:
We still need to discuss this
Colin Windsor:
Why are there FORTY SCHOOLS on the spreadsheet
Daphne:
Not all of them are a consideration
Penelope Windsor:
Then take them off?
Daphne:
What if one of you felt strongly about one of these schools
Sophie Kent:
As someone not involved and not wanting to be involved, I think the consensus of the group is apathy because it is not their problem yet
Penelope Windsor:
She gets me
Anthony Wales:
There’s schools Kate and I have loosely discussed that aren’t on the spreadsheet
Benedict Kent:
What could possibly be missing this feels like every private school in the country
Kate Wales:
Don’t say it
Anthony Wales:
Well if Daphne’s going to bring it up
Colin Windsor:
Just so long as you don’t say a French boarding school
Benedict Kent:
Pretty sure that would be treason
Anthony Wales:
Not France blimey
Gordonstoun
My Love:
Scotland?!
Daphne:
You made my husband use an exclamation point I hope you feel good about what you’ve done
Anthony Wales:
I feel fine
Sophie Kent:
I’m very curious what is motivating you to ship your children as far away as possible
Penelope Windsor:
Ditto. Do you not like your children?
Kate Wales:
You’re both annoying
Anthony Wales:
Edmund is perilously close to understanding the weight of his future, and we feel a detached boarding school far away from any of it would be freeing for him
Colin Windsor:
Didn’t our grandfather hate that school?
Daphne:
Our great grandfather loved it so could go either way
Kate Wales:
It’s actually much reformed in recent decades. For starters, it’s coed now. I refuse to send Edmund to an all boys school
Sophie Kent:
Only took 45 minutes but we got somewhere in this discussion, good job team
Daphne:
Are you set on boarding then?
Anthony Wales:
Most likely, are you leaning towards a day school?
My Love:
We’re considering it.
Kate Wales:
Also would like to say that we only have two kids and we’re quite on board with sending them to different schools. Have no strong feelings either way.
Penelope Windsor:
Good for you. We are not.
Colin Windsor:
Aren’t we?
Penelope Windsor:
Our children will go to one coed day school, anything else feels a hassle
Sophie Kent:
Amen to that
Daphne:
This is exactly why you’re here
Because I do not think any of us will live through attempting to separate Cari and Elsie
Benedict Kent:
They’re three
My Love:
Spoken like someone who lives in Windsor
Kate Wales:
Are you two fine with separating your girls? If you are this is a non issue
Daphne:
I don’t know! It feels like such a big thing to commit to already! That’s why we’re here!!!
Colin Windsor:
What does Lia want to do?
Anthony Wales:
I know that at age 10 the girl’s mother demanded she be sent to boarding school, against her own mother’s wishes, so I’m sure she’s already got a plan
Daphne:
There’s nothing wrong with knowing what you want