Prince William and Kate may break tradition with school plans for Prince George

I love that. And I love this next one, Esther. Another historical quirk of the royal family. Tell us about how the palace staff changed the royal clocks. So all the clocks in the royal residences have to be changed back. Now that summer is over, the clocks are going back one hour. And apparently it's a task that takes 30 hours because there are hundreds of clocks to change. And every single clock in every single royal residence has to be changed, including the clock that Henry VIII gave to Anne Boleyn before their wedding. So that's an interesting fact. But there are so many ancient clocks in all the royal residences that have to be changed. And apparently it's a very arduous task. It takes many, many hours. But it's one of those traditions that come with being in the royal family, I suppose. While we're on a roll about royal tradition, it turns out that William and Kate may break tradition with George's education. What's proposed? Yeah, so it seems like only a few decades ago that we were even questioning whether children of the royal family should go to public school. Obviously King Charles and his siblings broke that rule. But Prince George, who's now at Lambrook School, he's going to be turning 13 in a few years. So obviously his education at that school will end and his parents are looking at other options. Now the expected school that he will likely go to is Eton because that's been the tradition with his father and his uncle. But actually there are rumours that he could go to Marlborough College, which is where his mother, Princess Catherine, attended. And he would be the first royal to actually finish his education in a co-ed school instead of going to a single-sex school like the rest of his members of his family. So it's quite an interesting transition. Obviously, back in the day, royals didn't even attend public school. They were all homeschooled. So it's been quite a transition over just a few short decades, really. Now Esther, it will surprise precisely no one that couples have differing views on money. Why are the Sussexes in the news about this precise issue? So apparently the Sussexes have different approaches to what to do with their money. So Prince Harry, after unleashing the bombshell sort of autobiography earlier this year, Spare, now he wants to focus more on family and charity work and he wants to funnel a lot of the couple's money towards that. I think we both know that they have made a lot of money given their shenanigans over the last few years. But apparently Meghan wants to actually focus on building up her brand. So there've been rumors that she could actually post or do sponsored posts on Instagram, which is something that influencers do. I wouldn't know because I'm not one of them. But apparently she could make up to a million dollars a post by just sponsoring any sort of brand that's willing to have her as a spokesperson. So it's going to be quite an interesting dynamic to navigate. Obviously, Prince Harry has stated that his focus is more on charity work and public service and focusing on his family. But obviously their brands are diverging as Meghan wants to kind of rebuild her own brand as well and sort of image in the public life. So it'd be quite an interesting approach. I suspect they spent a good amount of their money on security. So whatever spare change that they have, they should probably use wisely because I don't think the royal family are very interested in bringing them back into the fold. Hear, hear. Now, a fun one to finish with. A commentator this week claimed that Will and Kate's country house is haunted. Now noting, of course, that this is a show with a lot of royal commentary. Royal commentary has no bounds, does it, Esther? It does not. So apparently this goes back to someone who was born at Anmer Hall in Norfolk, Henry Walpole. He was born in 1558 and he was a renowned Catholic. He was responsible for building a local Catholic school in Norfolk and he was killed. He was assassinated some 40 years after his birth for not affirming that Queen Elizabeth I was indeed the head of the church. In 1970, he was canonized by the Catholic church and apparently his ghost now resides in the Prince and Princess of Wales' residence in Norfolk. So I suspect this story doesn't have much to it because I don't think his ghost would hang around there. I don't think he'd be very welcome. It looks like a full house. The Prince and Princess of Wales have three children so it's a party of five. If I was a ghost, I think I'd find somewhere a bit more peaceful. But like you said, royal commentary knows no bounds and the house could indeed be haunted. Who knows? It could be and even if it's not true, it's an absolutely fabulous yarn. Esther Kraku, as always, thank you so much for joining us.