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Eton College, the UK government school

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A few miles from Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, is the UK’s most famous school, Eton College, a boys’ boarding school in the city of Windsor that has captured the British imagination in films, books and programs TV for decades. How come?

Is it because Eton is the melting pot of generations of political leaders, with 20 of Britain’s 57 prime ministers trained there, including the former, Robert Walpole, and the recent Boris Johnson?

This alone gives it a self-sustaining level of fame.

Or is it because of the school’s long history (it was founded nearly 600 years ago), the price of an education there ($ 58,000 per year), its traditions, or even its uniform, which included top hats up to 60s and is still a tailcoat?

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