Like Prince George who is starting at all-boys Eton College in September, I began full-time boarding at a single-sex school aged 13. I remember spending my last summer at home before embarking on a very distinctive new chapter. But what stands out even more are those first few weeks of boarding school.
A core memory is bursting into tears as I had lunch on my first day in my new boarding house, the day before term officially started, with my Mum sitting next to me and an older pupil opposite, chatting away about life as a boarder, trying not to look awkward as I silently cried. This was to become...
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