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Prince George 'Dishes' on His Future: Future Monarch Wants to Become Aspiring Chef Before King as Royal Set to Ditch Military Service

Prince George could be set to become 'Chef George' as he reportedly plans to ditch customary military service before becoming 'His Majesty.'

Prince George, second in line to the throne, could become the first British monarch since Queen Victoria (r. 1837 to 1901) to not serve in the British Armed Forces. The reported reason His Royal Highness could skip the military is to fulfill his reported dream of becoming a chef.

Writing for Daily Mail, royal editor Richard Eden shared how a Norfolk restauranteur named "Desmond MacCarthy, who owns Wiveton Hall Cafe, near Blakeney, says that when George was shown the wood-fired pizza oven, the 11-year-old exclaimed: 'That's what I want to do when I grow up!'"

George visited the cafe with his mother, Kate, Princess of Wales, since the dining spot is near the private royal estate Sandringham, which is the winter retreat for the royals.

This insight comes after the future queen and Prince William reportedly had a recent argument in July over where to send their firstborn to school. The spat went down even though the Princess of Wales was receiving chemotherapy treatments at the time.

Her Royal Highness thinks that "sending George to such a stuffy, upper-crust institution goes against all of their efforts to modernize the monarchy," a palace insider disclosed.

The source added, "[Kate was] horribly bullied at her first boarding school and can't bear the thought of George suffering that."

The future king and queen are said to be going back and forth between Eton College — William's alma mater — and Marlborough College, which is where Kate graduated from. However, the king and queen-in-waiting have reportedly reached a possible compromise and are also considering another option.

Their Royal Highnesses are also looking at St. Edward's School in Oxford, which comes with a 47,000 pound per year price tag. It is believed the pair think the school is a good fit for George, who is second in line to the throne, and reportedly visited the location shortly before the princess had abdominal surgery. Kate long disagreed with her husband about sending him away, even though it's tradition.

"Kate thinks sending him to such a stuffy, upper-class institution goes against all of their efforts to modernize the monarchy," another royal source told an outlet when discussing the future monarch and queen consort's plans. "Plus, she'll miss George desperately. She and William argued about it for years, but he has finally won."

Kate long disagreed with her husband about sending him away, even though it’s tradition," they added.

"Eton College is a charity for the advancement of education. At its heart sits an independent boys' boarding school which leads a dynamic range of educational activities and an expanding network of educational partnerships," the school's mission statement reads. "The charity’s primary purpose, determined from its Christian foundation in 1440, is to draw out the best of young people’s talents and to enable them to flourish and make a positive impact on others through the course of a healthy, happy, and fulfilling life."

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