Sir Jonathan, 78, who was originally a doctor before finding fame as a writer, performer, theatre director and television presenter, sent his own sons and daughter to state schools.
It has now emerged that William Miller, a television executive, has opted to send his own daughters to fee-paying schools.
Sir Jonathan told The Sunday Times he was contributed towards his grandchildren’s upbringing, adding: “I do give them a little bit just to ensure there is some sort of security, but I feel rather ashamed of it and I feel ashamed of belonging to a society which makes such a sharp distinction between the prosperous and the assured, whose future is guaranteed, and those who are not.”
He said: “It all ought to be state education. It’s part and parcel of this profound and malignant separation of the prosperous from the poor.
“People who have huge amounts of can afford to wrap their children in all sorts of protective educational devices which guarantee that they will become like their parents.”
Sir Jonathan, who was educated at the independent St Paul’s School, West London, and Cambridge University, added: “One wants to have freedom of choice – it is a very important thing – but there is something deeply malignant about a structure which makes it necessary to make these invidious choices to guarantee your children are enveloped in protected devices.”
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