article_snippet: Monty Python member Eric Idle attended the Royal School Wolverhampton .
article_snippet: The Royal School Wolverhampton, whose former pupils include the Monty Python member Eric Idle, will become a state school – with no fees to attend.
article_snippet: the Royal School Wolverhampton is the latest of several private schools to scrap fees and take state funding via the free schools programme.
article_snippet: The most prestigious was Liverpool College, while others included William Hulme Grammar School in Manchester, Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School in Blackburn, and Chetwynde School in Barrow in Furness.
highlights_snippet: Royal School Wolverhampton will become a state school this year .
  