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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jamie Grierson

FOUND: Boarding schools impact devastating for society says charles spencer | Mind Blowing Facts

Charles Spencer in 2021
Charles Spencer: ‘When it goes really wrong, as it did in Maidwell in the 1970s, you’re going to come out very damaged.’ Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images

Charles Spencer, the younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, has said the brutalising effect of boarding schools on people who have come to power has been devastating for society.

Spencer was speaking on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme after the release of his memoir, A Very Private School, in which he revealed he was sexually assaulted as a child at the boarding school Maidwell Hall in Northamptonshire.

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