Not just the Royal family, the ruling class in England has always been like that. Sending their children off to boarding schools at the age of 8.Smitty-48 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 7:14 amThis lays bare the great weakness of the Windsors, which has always been parenting or rather lack thereof.
George V set the standard and they've all followed it, which is that they basically ignore their children.
Both Charles and Andrew live in their own little worlds, raised by Nannies or whatever.
The only father Charles ever had was Mountbatten, till the PIRA whacked him.
Who raised Andrew is anyone's guess, he comes off like a sociopath.
This is what made Diana such an asset for them, she was the only real parent in the whole family.
Churchill's letters to his parents begging them to visit him are heartbreaking to read.