The Prince and Princess of Wales’ children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, are on half-term from Lambrook School from 13 to 22 February, meaning it’s time to kick back and relax at their sprawling Forest Lodge home in Windsor. With the royal kids not at school, their nanny, Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo, will be relieved of certain duties for the week.
In a 2024 interview with HELLO!, Louanna Hood, a nanny from the same Norland College that Maria was trained at, revealed the kind of duties that keep a Norland nanny busy when the children they look after reach school age.
“With children at school during the day, you are required to organise school pick-ups and plan logistics of the different pick-up times due to after-school sports and clubs,” she told us. “Organisation is key for making each child have a filling breakfast, fuelling them for a busy day at school. And remembering to send the children to school each day in the right uniform or sports kit.”
© Getty ImagesShe added: “Planning nutritional evening meals to satisfy hungry children is an important part of our role. Liaising with school menus and planning ahead to make sure they don’t have fish pie for lunch and dinner.”
While the children are on holiday, Maria will not have sports clubs or school lunches to consider. Maria does not live with the family at Forest Lodge, so the extent of her duties during George, Charlotte, and Louis’ time off remains unknown to the public. Either way, it will be a shift for Maria rather than a break as often Norland nannies work harder in the holidays are the children are at home full time.
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Maria Teresa has worked with the Wales family since 2014, having been employed after Prince George was born in 2013. In January, Elspeth Pitman, a Norland Nanny and the college’s Head of Graduates: Placements, Employment and Alumni, explained in an exclusive HELLO! interview why a couple like William and Kate require the aid of a nanny.
© Getty“High-profile families recognise the high level of training our students have. It’s three years, it’s practical, it’s theoretical,” she said. “They can support with the psychological elements; they can support with the care of the child. We teach them about working with the whole family, with other professionals. The training is extensive. So high-profile families choose us for that reputation.”
Of the common comparison of the royal nanny to Mary Poppins, Elspeth added: “Without the nanny, sometimes some families, depending on what their situation is, they would just find it really challenging to get through every day, the hustle and bustle of busy family life.
© Getty Images“So I really like that idea, when we think about Mary Poppins and the magical Disney version, I really like that idea of coming in and being that little bit of extra sparkle in the family home.”
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