TALK OF THE TOWN: Royals agree on new school for Prince George

Rumours have been swirling for months about which senior school the Prince and Princess of Wales will choose for young Prince George.

Now I hear the Royal couple have at long last agreed on their choice, with a well-placed source telling me ‘all roads lead to Eton’.

Although William and Kate were spotted looking around a number of top schools, Eton and rival Marlborough College were clear front-runners. 

Eton – the alma mater of Prince William, where fees are more than £63,000 a year – is conveniently near the family home in Windsor.

Meanwhile, Kate is known to have flourished at Marlborough, and the co-ed school would allow Princess Charlotte to join her elder brother, right at Trooping the Colour last week.

But now insiders tell me there is a ‘smugness’ emanating from Eton about a forthcoming announcement. ‘It was like, ‘I know something and the people at Eton know something, but I’m not going to tell you’. That was after William and Kate visited Eton,’ says my source.

George, 11, is currently at Lambrook School in Berkshire, as are both his siblings, and is not due to start anywhere new until September 2026.

Last week, this newspaper revealed two pupils there allegedly sexually assaulted another on a school trip. The Royal children were not involved, and their parents were not thought to be aware of it.

Is Kate no longer a Foot Fighter fighter?

Actress Kate Hudson was said to be furious with Foo Fighters rocker Dave Grohl after he betrayed his wife – and her best friend – Jordyn Blum by fathering a child outside their marriage. 

So it could have been very awkward when Hudson, left, crossed paths with the musician and his wife at London’s River Cafe. 

But a fellow diner tells me it was all hugs and kisses. Blum is said to have now forgiven Grohl. Has Hudson buried the hatchet too?

Beauty secrets of Diana’s nieces  

Princess Diana’s glamorous nieces Lady Eliza and Lady Amelia Spencer never appear at any occasion looking less than flawless – and it was no different at Royal Ascot last week. 

What’s their beauty secret? The 32-year-old twins have revealed they visit top Harley Street cosmetic specialist Alice Henshaw to get Botox and trendy salmon sperm DNA injections under their eyes, at £1,000 a pop. 

‘They had a combination of anti-wrinkle injections and polynucleotides,’ Alice says. The treatment, as championed by Kim Kardashian, is said to help keep the skin elastic. Beauty is pain!

It seems Harry and Meghan are sluggish with their admin. The couple are late filing tax forms for their non-profit body Archewell for the fourth time, missing the May 15 deadline.

Not even a ‘delinquency notice’ from California’s attorney-general made them change their ways.

Everyone likes to make a fashion statement at Ascot – even the King. 

On Thursday, he wore a new signet ring for the first time in more than 50 years. 

He was rarely seen without his old one, given to him by his mother in 1969 and bearing the Prince of Wales’s feathers. 

His new ring features a coat of arms similar to that of the Greek royal family – a nod to Prince Philip’s heritage.

Former tennis pro Annabel Croft is more used to SW19 than Ascot, but on Friday she had the job of picking the best turned-out horse – a mission she relished. 

‘I’m all about standards, and standards are dropping everywhere. So it’s nice we still have standards here at Ascot and at Wimbledon,’ she told me. 

The winner was Mount Atlas, trained by Andrew Balding, brother of Annabel’s BBC sports colleague Clare. Hope there was no favouritism! 

Toff’s brimming with good ideas 

Newly married Georgia Toffolo got fed up debunking racegoers’ speculation she might be pregnant. 

‘If one more person asks me why I’m not drinking then looks at my stomach, I’m going to kick off,’ the ex-Made in Chelsea star said. 

She was at Ascot every day in a variety of hats, from this red fascinator, right, to a practical wide-brimmed number. 

‘The good thing about that is if I see any of my ex-boyfriends, I can tilt it down!’ she joked.

I spied Piers Morgan waving and yelling ‘Your Majesty! Your Majesty!’ in a desperate attempt to get a response from the King as he rode past in his carriage on Friday. 

Sadly, to no avail. 

Designer Jasper Conran was being a cautious gambler, only betting £20 a race, despite just inheriting half of his mother Shirley’s fortune…