Residents living on council estates near the private school attended by Prince George and Princess Charlotte have spoken about how the worlds of royalty and poverty "exist" but "never overlap".
The young royals attend fee-paying Thomas's Battersea School, which situated on a quaint Victorian street with red-facade buildings, where family homes can reach the princely sum of £2million.
Just down the road from the school are two of the most deprived estates in south London; the Ethelburga situated in the northeast and the Winstanley and York Road to the south.
Hannah, 28, who has visited the nearby Badric Court Estate for the last 10 years to visit her grandfather, told MyLondon : "It's like the two worlds co-exist but don't really overlap."
"When I go over there [near the school] I just feel like they look at me differently compared to a white person", Hannah said.
"They don't know me or anything about me. People put locks on their Range Rovers because they think people will steal your car but I actually have better things to do."
However, Hannah did say she was happy the future king is growing up somewhere he can get a good view of how the other half lives.
Another resident said the wealthy parents and children aren't the problem. It's the paparazzi coming to snap a quick photo of the young Windsor's on their way to school or the royal security loitering around, causing issues for her.
Anne, 62, said: "When you have this juxtaposition, as you so often do in London of the overly-expensive 19th century housing with the high-rise estates thrown up in the 1960s, it makes it so obvious who are the 'haves' and who are the 'have nots'."
In a 2011 report detailing the inequalities that triggered the London Riots, the Winstanley and York Road estates were described as "difficult to manage".
The Winstanley is well-known for being the home estate of the early 2000s proto-grime group, So Solid Crew. The ensemble achieved a number one record for their song 21 Seconds.
While some members of the group have been applaude for raising awareness about the dangers of criminality in urban life, some have been accused of glamourising gang violence. Some members have been convicted of firearm offences, MyLondon reports.
Though crime levels have decreased since the time of the rap group's reign, estate life is still markedly different from the lives lead by the parents and children of the local fee-paying schools.
Long-time resident Penelope Lamb, 58, who has lived on the Winstanley for 20 years, says the drug dealers have not left the area and some still peddle narcotics on her doorstep.
"We don't live on this estate, we survive," she said.
"My neighbour is not able to open her front door in the summer because of the flies and smell from the bins. Meanwhile over there [towards Battersea Square] they have fancy casing on the bins. What is it about that zebra crossing that defines us as invaluable? Because that's how we feel. We feel neglected."
"We all have to deal with piss and s*** in the communal walkways. It's so so noisy with people dealing drugs outside my house.
"But who's to blame? People are accountable for their actions but lets give them half a chance. I'm not condoning people's behaviour but often they are victims of the system.
"I don't blame rich people either just for being rich, that's a scapegoat. It's the policy makers."
Wandsworth Council are currently working on a £1.4billion regeneration programme, which involves bulldozing most of the estates, and building 2,550 brand new properties.
Thirty-five per cent of the homes will be made available for social rent, London affordable rent, or shared ownership.
The rest, will go to full ownership or for landlords to rent.
Leader of Wandsworth Council, Councillor Ravi Govindia, previously told My London: “We have made a commitment to every council tenant and resident leaseholder that they will have the right to a new, improved property and I am confident that having the opportunity to live in better, higher quality, sustainable homes will genuinely improve people’s lives."
Penelope said the council doesn't keep their promises, and have repeatedly pushed back dates for an area in desperate need of regeneration.
"They say it'll get done by X date, but every night that goes by we will have to deal with this s***," she said.
Other residents are more hesitant about the oncoming redevelopment and are concerned about being priced out of the area due to gentrification.
Mary Nyampong, 63, another long-term resident, who lives close to Prince George's school, said: "Gentrification is inevitable. It's a nice area, its quiet, it's by the river, I can see why people like it. In Wandsworth we pay the lowest council tax but the council have been really good at fixing things. I can't imagine living anywhere else."
