Eton College student ‘with brightest of futures’ dies after collapsing on school field

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An Eton College student has died after he collapsed on the school’s sports activities fields.

Raphaël Pryor, who was in Year 13, was taking part in the Field Game – the school’s variation of soccer – when he abruptly fell ailing on Saturday.

Despite medical efforts, he was sadly pronounced lifeless on the identical day.

Eton headmaster Simon Henderson mentioned: “Raphaël was an outstanding young man who lived with joy in his heart, sharing it widely and powerfully.

“He had the brightest of futures ahead of him.

“In his life at Eton, Raphaël brought so much to his friends and to those who taught and cared for him, including to those who played with and against him on the games field, where he excelled as one of the House Captains of Games.

“The whole Eton community is deeply saddened and shocked by this news. As we mourn his tragic death, our hearts go out to Raphaël’s parents, his family and his friends.”

The school mentioned Raphaël had gained an inner competitors as home captain two days earlier than he died.

They added further specialist assist is being offered for pupils and workers by on-site counsellors.

The Eton College flag was lowered to half-mast on Sunday following Raphaël’s loss of life – a tribute historically supplied when a royal member of the family dies.

Parents of pupils on the school close to Windsor, Berkshire, have been knowledgeable about Raphaël’s loss of life by the college.

One mum or dad, who didn’t need to be named, informed The Telegraph: “Every parent will know about it. He collapsed on the field while he was doing sport and died. It was very sad.”

She mentioned her son was in the identical home as Raphaël, and the school housemaster was “very close to him”.

“From our perspective, I think the school has handled it really well,” she added.

The Field Game is a kind of soccer distinctive to Eton, devised and performed there, with guidelines relationship again to 1847.