British Royal Family Engagements 2015

[Iluvbertie]

Types of Engagements – to 3rd December, 2015 – Part B

Named– 7
Opened – 233
Other Events – 308 (Replied to Address x 1, Heard About x 2, Session x 1, School Fair x 1, Soccer Training Session x 1, Rugby Training Session x 1, Surf Lifesaving Demonstration x 1, Graduation Ceremony x 1, Exposition x 1, Tribute x 1, Christmas Party x 2, Wheelchair Tennis x 1, Preview of Christmas Markets)
Other Sports – 18 (Badminton x 1, Charity Swim x 1)
Parade – 16
Performance – 24
Pitch at Palace – 11
Polo– 2
Presented Awards– 64
Races – 25
Received– 409
Received Address– 3
Received by – 114
Reception – 374
Recital – 3
Rededication – 4
Re-enactment
Reflection – 1
Re-opened – 4
Replied to Address– 2
Rowing Races
Rugby – 36
Seminar – 4
State Banquet – 25
State Visit
Summit – 3
Symposium – 1
Tea – 8
Tennis – 25
Took Salute – 14
Toured – 18
Unveiled – 15
Viewed – 61
Visit– 773
Visited by – 12
Was Invested– 3
Watched– 2

 

[Osipi]

I will try to get the final missing week up later tonight Sydney time - but I might be busy celebrating. Anyone in NSW may know that today the HSC exam results came out (the equivalent of A-levels in the US or NEWTS in the Harry Potter universe) and I have students in the top bands in the three subjects I teach for the first time ever - one on 49/50 for History Extension, another on 93/100 in Modern and the first student on 99/100 for Ancient. There are others in Ancient but I have never hit the treble before so I am stoked

For some people, success is measured by the size of their paychecks. For others, it comes in the form of the accolades from their peers. For the truly gifted teacher, it is reflected seeing the students take what is given to them and excel at it.

Big, big CONGRATULATIONS!! Well done!

 

[TLLK]

For some people, success is measured by the size of their paychecks. For others, it comes in the form of the accolades from their peers. For the truly gifted teacher, it is reflected seeing the students take what is given to them and excel at it.

Big, big CONGRATULATIONS!! Well done!

I thought that I heard some celebration noise going on across the Pacific! Congratulations to you and your students on this outstanding achievement ILuvBertie!!

 

[Iluvbertie]

Weekly update to 10th December, 2015

A much quieter week as to be expected as the year winds up. A note about the number of ‘church services’ and ‘concerts’. Many of the family have attended Christmas Services often as ‘carol services’ or ‘carol concerts’ with a few ‘Service of Nine Lessons and Carols’ which I have included in ‘church services’. If you have never attended such a service you should try to do so as they are very good, especially at night. My local church used to hold one every year but then the minister died and the new minister ‘modernised’ the services and many parishioners left and he disbanded the choir but I have been able to find another church who worships the way I find inspirational.

HM The Queen – 393 (384 – up 9 – 10.1%)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - 257 (255 – up 2 – 6.6%)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 520 (510 – up 10 – 13.3%)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 247 (245 – up 2 – 6.3%)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge - 130 (120 – up 10 – 3.3%)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 58 (53 – up 5 – 1.5%)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales - 109 (108 – up 1 – 2.8%)
HRH The Duke of York – 292 (289 – up 3 – 7.5%)
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 3 (3 – no change – 0.07%) Unofficial – 30 plus 3 official = 33
HRH Princess Eugenie of York – 3 (3 – no change – 0.07%)
HRH The Earl of Wessex - 346 (343 – up 3 – 8.9%)
HRH The Countess of Wessex - 228 (226 – up 2 – 5.9%)
HRH The Princess Royal - 547 (539 – up 8 – 14.0%)
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence - 56 (54 – up 2 – 1.4%)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 273 (268 – up 5 – 7.0%)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester - 131 (129 – up 2 – 3.4%)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 196 (189 – up 7 – 5.0%)
HRH The Duchess of Kent - 1 (1 – no change – 0.025%)
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 10 (10 – no change – 0.3%)
HRH Princess Michael of Kent - 9 (9 – no change – 0.2%)
HRH Princess Alexandra – 87 (84 – up 3 – 2.2%)

The 'league table'

HRH The Princess Royal – 547
HRH The Prince of Wales – 520
HM The Queen – 393
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 346
HRH The Duke of York – 292
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 273
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 257
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 247
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 228
HRH The Duke of Kent – 196
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 131
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 130
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 109
HRH Princess Alexandra – 87
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 58
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 56
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 10
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 9
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 3
HRH Princess Eugenie of York – 3
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 1

Year to date total – 3896 (3822 – up 74)

74.1% of those engagements being carried out by The Queen, her children and their spouses – down.
44.0% done by the main line (The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duke of Cambridge, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry) – up.
16.7% of all engagements are being done by those over 85 – same.
31.5% done by those 70 and above – up.
68.7% are being done by those over 60 – down.
39.5% were done by those in their 60s – down.
54.5% were done by those over retirement age – same.

Days on which official engagements were undertaken to the 10th December, 2015

HM The Queen – 140
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 125
HRH The Prince of Wales – 169
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 100
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 53
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 35
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 58
HRH The Duke of York – 126
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 3
HRH Princess Eugenie of York – 3
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 144
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 105
HRH The Princess Royal – 195
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 39
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 125
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 83
HRH The Duke of Kent – 114
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 1
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 9
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 9
HRH Princess Alexandra – 66

 

[Iluvbertie]

FAILURE of British Monarchy Website to UPDATE CC

The weekly failure of the British Monarchy website: 4th December, 2015 is missing

Still missing from earlier in the year – 22nd, 23rd, 24th July, 23rd August, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 8th, September and 11th November (Charles and Camilla carried out engagements in Canberra on that day). These are dates on which there were engagements for royals recorded in The Times but not on the website.

Total number of engagements missed on the website to 11th November, 2015 - 80.

I do check the missing dates specifically each week and these dates are still missing.

 

[Iluvbertie]

Types of Engagements – to 10th December, 2015 – Part A

Afternoon Party – 33
Agricultural Show – 2
Audience – 93
Ballet – 2
Banquet – 4
Briefing – 12
Called Upon – 26
Camp – 2
Carriage Procession – 8
Celebrations – 6
Ceremony – 45
Ceremony of the Keys
Challenge
Church Service – 93
Colloquium
Commemorative Service – 92
Concert– 32
Conference – 36
Council Meeting – 9
Court – 1
Cricket – 1
Decorated
Dedication– 2
Dialogue – 4
Dinner – 316
Exhibition – 3
Festival – 21
Flypast – 18
Football – 3
Forum – 10
Funeral– 3
Gala – 2
Garden Party– 15
Golf – 7
Inspected troops – 4
Invested Individual – 12
Investiture – 28
Laid Wreath– 28
Launched – 16
Lecture – 9
Luncheon – 172
Meeting – 249
Met People – 82

 

[Iluvbertie]

Types of Engagements – to 10th December, 2015 – Part A

Named– 7
Opened – 235
Other Events – 316 (Impact Event x 1, Presented Medals x 1, Charity Day x 2, Workshop x 1, Degree Congregations x 2, Masonic Installation x 1, )
Other Sports – 18 ()
Parade – 16
Performance – 24
Pitch at Palace – 11
Polo– 2
Presented Awards– 67
Races – 25
Received– 418
Received Address– 3
Received by – 114
Reception – 388
Recital – 3
Rededication – 4
Re-enactment
Reflection – 1
Re-opened – 4
Replied to Address– 2
Rowing Races
Rugby – 36
Seminar – 4
State Banquet – 25
State Visit
Summit – 3
Symposium – 1
Tea – 8
Tennis – 25
Took Salute – 14
Toured – 18
Unveiled – 15
Viewed – 61
Visit– 779
Visited by – 12
Was Invested– 3
Watched– 2

 

[Iluvbertie]

Weekly update to 17th December, 2015

Definitely into holiday mode this week with only 29 engagements for the entire week.

HM The Queen – 394 (393 – up 1 – 10.0%)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 259 (257 – up 2 – 6.6%)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 530 (520 – up 10 – 13.5%)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 249 (247 – up 2 – 6.3%)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge - 130 (130 – no change – 3.3%)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 60 (58 – up 2 – 1.5%)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales - 110 (109 – up 1 – 2.8%)
HRH The Duke of York – 292 (292 – no change – 7.4%)
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 3 (3 – no change – 0.07%) Unofficial – 30 plus 3 official = 33
HRH Princess Eugenie of York – 3 (3 – no change – 0.07%)
HRH The Earl of Wessex - 346 (346 – no change – 8.8%)
HRH The Countess of Wessex - 229 (228 – up 1 – 5.8%)
HRH The Princess Royal - 554 (547 – up 7 – 14.1%)
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence - 56 (56 – no change – 1.4%)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 274 (273 – up 1 – 7.0%)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester - 131 (131 – no change – 3.3%)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 198 (196 – up 2 – 5.0%)
HRH The Duchess of Kent - 1 (1 – no change – 0.025%)
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 10 (10 – no change – 0.3%)
HRH Princess Michael of Kent - 9 (9 – no change – 0.2%)
HRH Princess Alexandra – 87 (87 – no change – 2.2%)

The 'league table'

HRH The Princess Royal – 554
HRH The Prince of Wales – 530
HM The Queen – 394
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 346
HRH The Duke of York – 292
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 274
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 259
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 249
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 229
HRH The Duke of Kent – 198
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 131
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 130
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 110
HRH Princess Alexandra – 87
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 60
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 56
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 10
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 9
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 3
HRH Princess Eugenie of York – 3
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 1

Year to date total – 3925 (3896 – up 29)

74.1% of those engagements being carried out by The Queen, her children and their spouses – same.
44.1% done by the main line (The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duke of Cambridge, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry) – up.
16.6% of all engagements are being done by those over 85 – down.
31.4% done by those 70 and above – down.
68.8% are being done by those over 60 – up.
39.7% were done by those in their 60s – up.
54.6% were done by those over retirement age – up.

Days on which official engagements were undertaken to the 17th December, 2015

HM The Queen – 141
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 127
HRH The Prince of Wales – 173
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 102
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 53
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 37
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 59
HRH The Duke of York – 126
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 3
HRH Princess Eugenie of York – 3
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 144
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 106
HRH The Princess Royal – 199
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 39
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 126
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 83
HRH The Duke of Kent – 115
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 1
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 9
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 9
HRH Princess Alexandra – 66

 

[Iluvbertie]

FAILURE of British Monarchy Website to UPDATE CC

The weekly failure of the British Monarchy website: Nil

Still missing from earlier in the year – 22nd, 23rd, 24th July, 23rd August, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 8th, September, 11th November (Charles and Camilla carried out engagements in Canberra on that day) and 4th December. These are dates on which there were engagements for royals recorded in The Times but not on the website.

Total number of engagements missed on the website to 4th December, 2015 - 83.

 

[Iluvbertie]

Types of Engagements – to 17th December, 2015 – Part A

Afternoon Party – 33
Agricultural Show – 2
Audience – 93
Ballet – 2
Banquet – 4
Briefing – 12
Called Upon – 26
Camp – 2
Carriage Procession – 8
Celebrations – 6
Ceremony – 46
Ceremony of the Keys
Challenge
Church Service – 98
Colloquium
Commemorative Service – 92
Concert– 33
Conference – 37
Council Meeting – 9
Court – 1
Cricket – 1
Decorated
Dedication– 2
Dialogue – 4
Dinner – 317
Exhibition – 3
Festival – 21
Flypast – 18
Football – 3
Forum – 10
Funeral– 3
Gala – 2
Garden Party– 15
Golf – 7
Inspected troops – 4
Invested Individual – 13
Investiture – 28
Laid Wreath– 28
Launched – 16
Lecture – 9
Luncheon – 172
Meeting – 249
Met People – 82

 

[Iluvbertie]

Types of Engagements – to 17th December, 2015 – Part B

Named– 7
Opened – 238
Other Events – 321 (Jewish Service x 1, Decorated Christmas Tree x 1, Horse Show x 2, Became Honorary Air Commandant x 1)
Other Sports – 18 ()
Parade – 16
Performance – 24
Pitch at Palace – 11
Polo– 2
Presented Awards– 67
Races – 25
Received– 420
Received Address– 3
Received by – 114
Reception – 392
Recital – 3
Rededication – 4
Re-enactment
Reflection – 1
Re-opened – 4
Replied to Address– 2
Rowing Races
Rugby – 36
Seminar – 4
State Banquet – 25
State Visit
Summit – 3
Symposium – 1
Tea – 8
Tennis – 25
Took Salute – 15
Toured – 18
Unveiled – 15
Viewed – 61
Visit– 783
Visited by – 12
Was Invested– 3
Watched– 2

 

[Dman]

Duke’s workload puts young royals to shame:

"Not only does the Duke of Edinburgh show no sign of retiring, he is even outdoing the younger generation.

New figures show that he undertook more official engagements in the UK in 2015 than the younger generation of royals put together. The duke, who turns 95 next June, carried out 217 engagements at home, while the Queen carried out 306. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry had 198 engagements between them."

Duke’s workload puts young royals to shame | The Times

 

[Iluvbertie]

Due to the reported visits to the flood areas of Scotland on the 31st December I won't be able to do an end of year update until next week as the online CC won't update until next Wednesday at the earliest for me down under. As Charles' impromptu visits last week ended up in the CC I would assume that the ones on New Year's Eve by the royals will be in there as well but that means next week for me.

The British Monarch website hasn't updated since the 20th December although Cepe has given me the information to the 22nd December.

I hope they will update soon or I will be unable to complete this year at all.

An additional note - I don't have access to The Times and so don't have access to Mr O'Donovan's figures so if someone has those figures I would appreciate them either being posted here or sent via a PM.

 

[ROYAL NORWAY]

Duke’s workload puts young royals to shame:

"Not only does the Duke of Edinburgh show no sign of retiring, he is even outdoing the younger generation.

New figures show that he undertook more official engagements in the UK in 2015 than the younger generation of royals put together. The duke, who turns 95 next June, carried out 217 engagements at home, while the Queen carried out 306. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry had 198 engagements between them."

Duke’s workload puts young royals to shame | The Times

Iluvbertie's numbers are even higher, and of course he puts the young royals to shame, because they are not full time working royals.

 

[Dman]

Iluvbertie's numbers are even higher, and of course he puts the young royals to shame, because they are not full time working royals.

Especially since he conducts duties that the younger royals can't do at the moment. He's a consort, that's a major difference.

 

[cepe]

Due to the reported visits to the flood areas of Scotland on the 31st December I won't be able to do an end of year update until next week as the online CC won't update until next Wednesday at the earliest for me down under. As Charles' impromptu visits last week ended up in the CC I would assume that the ones on New Year's Eve by the royals will be in there as well but that means next week for me.

The British Monarch website hasn't updated since the 20th December although Cepe has given me the information to the 22nd December.

I hope they will update soon or I will be unable to complete this year at all.

An additional note - I don't have access to The Times and so don't have access to Mr O'Donovan's figures so if someone has those figures I would appreciate them either being posted here or sent via a PM.

The event on 22nd December is the last event for 2015. The trip by Charles and Camilla is not in the CC for the 31st.

This is a link (I hope) to the image of Tim O Donovans data

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multimedia/archive/01036/inline_2a05a728-af_1036724a.jpg

EDIT: IT did work!

 

[Dman]

Richard Palmer ‏@RoyalReporter 6h6 hours ago
Happy new year. Princess Anne is declared busiest UK royal, pipping Charles for the first time in eight years in a Times reader's study.

Richard Palmer ‏@RoyalReporter 6h6 hours ago
Tim O'Donovan's study says Anne undertook 544 engagements in 2015 (528 in 2014); Charles 527 (533 in 2014).

Richard Palmer ‏@RoyalReporter 6h6 hours ago
The Queen and Philip both reduced their number of official duties in 2015, down to 341 and 250 from 393 and 273 in 2014 respectively.

Richard Palmer ‏@RoyalReporter 6h6 hours ago
Camilla increased her engagements from 224 to 235; William down from 143 to 122; Harry up from 94 to 108.

Richard Palmer ‏@RoyalReporter 5h5 hours ago
The Duchess of Cambridge, who gave birth to Princess Charlotte in May, cut her official duties from 91 in 2014 to 62 in 2015.

 

[Skippyboo]

You can definitely see with WKH how oversea tours have a massive effect on their numbers with Kate no tours. William only one and Harry with 2 plus the quick trip to Turkey for the Gallipoli 100th.


Sent from my iPhone using The Royals Community

 

[TLLK]

Thank you for the link Cepe! It's very detailed.

Thank you again ILuvBertie for compiling your own tally for 2015.

 

[HighnessN]

I think the papers ignore the fact that WKH are only part-time royals so that they can have them appear as "lazy" and making "poor Phillip & the Queen" work in their old age. We all know that those two are not ready to slow down yet & we love them for it (though I would like them to slow down, they deserve some rest).

I also get the feeling that the reason WKH are not fulltime and dont have a lot of charities to their names is because someone needs to take over from the Queen & Phillip when they start slowing down. As we have seen, Phillip as been very slowly handing over some of those reponsibilities to the younger ones. So WKH numbers will slowly go up as those of HM & Phillips go down. Of the Queens grandchildren, it seems like WKH(+spouse) will be the only ones who will end up as fulltime royals, a lot of Phillip's, HM & Charles current duties will be passed on to them.

 

[TLLK]

William appears to be taking on a greater role in presiding over investitures and handing out honors. Kate has recently been appointed with her first honorary military position. Harry has left the military and will likely be taking on more royal engagements as well.
Yes and I agree that the media purposely ignores the fact that this trio is considered "part-time."

 

[Dman]

Things will probably change up a bit this year. The media knows one of the main reasons why Princess Anne's, Charles, Sophie, Andrew, and Edwards numbers are so high is because they have more official roles than the younger royals. Although, that's not the facts that want to write about. The older royals engagement numbers increased with the number of responsibilities they took on from The Queen, Philip, Queen Mother and Princess Margaret.

William, Catherine and Harry are now preparing to take on more responsibility. With William now conducting Investitures, he and Catherine now attending State events, and with Harry out of the army, they are taking on more than before. Also, more roles will be passed down to them.

 

[Iluvbertie]

Weekly update to 24th December, 2015

Only 8 engagements this week and most of those were Charles’ visit to the flooded areas.

These figures are the final for the year as there were no engagements in the last week, despite Charles and Camilla making a visit to flooded areas again but that second visit wasn’t official according to Her Majesty.

I will be doing a full post of the 'types of engagements' by each royal later today along with the direct comparison with Mr O'Donovan's figures but these next few posts are just the 'normal' updates I try to do each week.

HM The Queen – 394 (394 – no change – 10.0%)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 259 (259 – no change – 6.6%)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 537 (530 – up 7 – 13.7%)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 249 (249 – no change – 6.3%)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge - 130 (130 – no change – 3.3%)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 60 (60 – no change – 1.5%)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales - 110 (110 – no change – 2.8%)
HRH The Duke of York – 292 (292 – no change – 7.4%)
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 3 (3 – no change – 0.07%) Unofficial – 30 plus 3 official = 33
HRH Princess Eugenie of York – 3 (3 – no change – 0.07%)
HRH The Earl of Wessex - 346 (346 – no change – 8.8%)
HRH The Countess of Wessex - 230 (229 – up 1 – 5.8%)
HRH The Princess Royal - 554 (554 – no change – 14.1%)
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence - 56 (56 – no change – 1.4%)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 274 (274 – no change – 7.0%)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester - 131 (131 – no change – 3.3%)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 198 (198 – no change – 5.0%)
HRH The Duchess of Kent - 1 (1 – no change – 0.025%)
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 10 (10 – no change – 0.25%)
HRH Princess Michael of Kent - 9 (9 – no change – 0.2%)
HRH Princess Alexandra – 87 (87 – no change – 2.2%)

The 'league table'

HRH The Princess Royal – 554
HRH The Prince of Wales – 537
HM The Queen – 394
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 346
HRH The Duke of York – 292
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 274
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 259
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 249
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 230
HRH The Duke of Kent – 198
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 131
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 130
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 110
HRH Princess Alexandra – 87
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 60
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 56
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 10
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 9
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 3
HRH Princess Eugenie of York – 3
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 1

Year to date total – 3933 (3925 – up 8)

74.2% of those engagements being carried out by The Queen, her children and their spouses – up.
44.2% done by the main line (The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duke of Cambridge, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry) – up.
16.6% of all engagements are being done by those over 85 – down.
31.3% done by those 70 and above – down.
68.9% are being done by those over 60 – up.
39.8% were done by those in their 60s – up.
54.6% were done by those over retirement age – same.

Days on which official engagements were undertaken to the 24th December, 2015

HM The Queen – 141
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 127
HRH The Prince of Wales – 176
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 102
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 53
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 37
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 59
HRH The Duke of York – 126
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 3
HRH Princess Eugenie of York – 3
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 144
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 107
HRH The Princess Royal – 199
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 39
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 126
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 83
HRH The Duke of Kent – 115
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 1
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 9
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 9
HRH Princess Alexandra – 66

 

[Iluvbertie]

FAILURE of British Monarchy Website to UPDATE CC

The weekly failure of the British Monarchy website: 18th, 20th and 22nd December

Still missing from earlier in the year – 22nd, 23rd, 24th July, 23rd August, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 8th, September, 11th November (Charles and Camilla carried out engagements in Canberra on that day) and 4th December. These are dates on which there were engagements for royals recorded in The Times but not on the website.

Total number of engagements missed on the website to 17th December, 2015 - 91.

 

[Iluvbertie]

Types of Engagements – to 24th December, 2015 – Part A

Afternoon Party – 33
Agricultural Show – 2
Audience – 93
Ballet – 2
Banquet – 4
Briefing – 12
Called Upon – 26
Camp – 2
Carriage Procession – 8
Celebrations – 6
Ceremony – 46
Ceremony of the Keys
Challenge
Church Service – 98
Colloquium
Commemorative Service – 92
Concert– 33
Conference – 37
Council Meeting – 9
Court – 1
Cricket – 1
Decorated
Dedication– 2
Dialogue – 4
Dinner – 317
Exhibition – 3
Festival – 21
Flypast – 18
Football – 3
Forum – 10
Funeral– 3
Gala – 2
Garden Party– 15
Golf – 7
Inspected troops – 4
Invested Individual – 13
Investiture – 29
Laid Wreath– 28
Launched – 16
Lecture – 9
Luncheon – 172
Meeting – 249
Met People – 82

 

[Iluvbertie]

Types of Engagements – to 24th December, 2015 – Part B

Named– 7
Opened – 238
Other Events – 322 (Christmas Party x 1)
Other Sports – 18 ()
Parade – 16
Performance – 24
Pitch at Palace – 11
Polo– 2
Presented Awards– 67
Races – 25
Received– 420
Received Address– 3
Received by – 114
Reception – 392
Recital – 3
Rededication – 4
Re-enactment
Reflection – 1
Re-opened – 4
Replied to Address– 2
Rowing Races
Rugby – 36
Seminar – 4
State Banquet – 25
State Visit
Summit – 3
Symposium – 1
Tea – 8
Tennis – 25
Took Salute – 15
Toured – 18
Unveiled – 15
Viewed – 62
Visit– 787
Visited by – 12
Was Invested– 3
Watched– 2

 

[Iluvbertie]

My Figures Compared to Mr O’Donovan’s

My figures are in blue. Mr O’Donovan’s are in green. The difference is in red if I am down and purple if I am up.

HM The Queen – 394– 341 – 53
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 259 – 250 – 9
HRH The Prince of Wales – 537– 527 – 10
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 249 – 235 – 14
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 130 – 122 – 8
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 60 – 62 - 2
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 110 – 108 – 2
HRH The Duke of York – 292 – 275 - 17
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 3 – 0 – 3
HRH Princess Eugenie of York – 3 – 0 – 3
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 346 – 354 – 8
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 230 – 218 – 12
HRH The Princess Royal – 554 – 544 – 10
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 56 – 0 – 56
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 274 – 270 – 4
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 131 – 145 – 14
HRH The Duke of Kent – 198 – 202 – 4
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 1 – 0 – 1
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 10 – 0 – 10
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 9 – 0 – 9
HRH Princess Alexandra – 87 – 88 – 1

Mr O’Donovan has the total at 3741 while I have 3933 however he doesn’t count Beatrice, Eugenie, Tim, Michael or Marie-Christine. I suspect he also didn’t count Katherine (HRH The Duchess of Kent) who only did one engagement. If I take out the total of these people that I count and he doesn’t I have 3851 which is 110 more than Mr O’Donovan.

I would love to have a discussion with him to see what I count that he doesn’t. I think with HM that what I do is count a day such as ‘an audience with xxxx’ and then ‘an audience with yyyy’ as two engagements while I suspect he counts all such days as one engagement. There are days when HM undertakes 4 or 5 individual audiences and sometimes even a group audience, particularly when meeting new ambassadors or high commissioners. Some countries get an individual audience while others are greeted in a group.


It should be noted that I didn't count anything for Charlotte's christening and I have seen a suggestion that one of Kate's 'engagements' was giving birth - which again I didn't count. Whether Mr O'Donovan did I, of course, don't know.

 

[Iluvbertie]

Analysis of Types of Engagements – Part A

I must emphasise that this list will not match with the total number of engagements as there are times when a royal will do something like ‘visit, viewed, met people, toured’ all at one place so that is one engagement for the total count but each is recorded in types of engagements as a separate entry.

I have removed any ‘type of engagement’ that didn’t have any entries for 2015. All of these were entries in 2014 but some had nothing in 2015 while there were other new events in 2015 that I may consider adding to the list in 2016.

This will take a number of entries to complete.

Afternoon Party (33): Elizabeth 4; Philip 4; Charles 1; Camilla 2; Andrew 1; Beatrice 1; Edward (W) 2; Sophie 3; Anne 3; Tim 1; Richard 2; Birgitte 3; Edward (K) 2; Michael 1; Marie-Christine 1; Alexandra 2.

Agricultural Show (2): Anne 1; Alexandra 1.

Audience (93): Elizabeth 93.

Ballet (2): Edward (W) 1; Sophie 1.

Banquet (4): Charles 1; Andrew 1; Edward (W) 1; Sophie 1. '

Briefing (12): Philip 1; Charles 3; Andrew 4; Anne 2; Richard 1; Edward (K) 1.

Called Upon (26): Elizabeth 1; Philip 1; Charles 2; Camilla 1; William 1; Harry 2; Andrew 2; Edward (W) 5; Sophie 5; Anne 5; Richard 1.

Camp (2): Edward (W) 1; Sophie 1.

Carriage Procession (8): Elizabeth 2; Philip 2; Charles 2; Camilla 2.

Celebrations (6): Charles 1; Anne 3; Tim 1; Richard 1.

Ceremony (46): Elizabeth 1; Charles 4; Camilla 3; Kate 1; Harry 2; Andrew 3; Edward (W) 3; Sophie 2; Anne 13; Tim 3; Richard 5; Birgitte 1; Edward (K) 3; Marie-Christine 1; Alexandra 1.

Church Service (98): Elizabeth 10; Philip 14; Charles 6; Camilla 5; William 3; Kate 2; Harry 3; Andrew 3; Edward (W) 4; Sophie 5; Anne 9; Tim 2; Richard 15; Birgitte 9; Edward (K) 5; Michael 1; Alexandra 2.

Commemorative Service (92): Elizabeth 5; Philip 5; Charles 15; Camilla 6; William 3; Kate 1; Harry 8; Andrew 4; Edward (W) 5; Sophie 5; Anne 6; Tim 6; Peter 1; Richard 10; Birgitte 3; Edward (K) 8; Alexandra 1.

Concert (33): Charles 6; Camilla 2; Harry 1; Andrew 1; Edward (W) 1; Sophie 2; Anne 3; Tim 1; Richard 3; Birgitte 2; Edward (K) 6; Alexandra 5.

Conference (37): Philip 1; Charles 4; William 1; Kate 1; Andrew 1; Edward (W) 2; Sophie 1; Anne 21; Richard 4; Edward (K) 1.

Council Meeting (9): Elizabeth 9.

Court (1): Alexandra 1.

Cricket (1): Philip 1.

Dedication (2): Charles 1; Birgitte 1.

 

[Iluvbertie]

Analysis of Types of Engagements – Part B

A small note about the two Edwards - Edward (W) is the Earl of Wessex while Edward (K) is the Duke of Kent. Annoying to have two with the same name but we are all able to tell the difference I am sure.

Dialogue (4): Charles 1; Anne 2; Edward (K) 1.

Dinner (317): Elizabeth 2; Philip 28; Charles 36; Camilla 19; William 9; Kate 3; Harry 5; Andrew 26; Edward (W) 43; Sophie 27; Anne 62; Tim 9; Richard 13; Birgitte 12; Edward (K) 18; Alexandra 5.

Exhibition (3): Harry 1; Anne 1; Richard 1.

Festival (21): Elizabeth 1; Philip 2; Charles 1; William 2; Kate 1; Andrew 1; Edward (W) 1; Sophie 1; Anne 1; Tim 1; Richard 2; Birgitte 2; Edward (K) 1; Katherine 1; Michael 1; Marie-Christine 1; Alexandra 1.

Flypast (18): Elizabeth 3; Philip 3; Charles 1; Camilla 1; William 1; Harry 1; Andrew 1; Edward (W) 1; Sophie 1; Richard 2; Edward (K) 1; Michael 1; Alexandra 1.

Football (3): William 2; Harry 1.

Forum (10): Charles 1; Harry 1; Andrew 1; Edward (W) 3; Sophie 2; Anne 2.

Funeral (3): Edward (W) 1; Sophie 1; Edward (K) 1.

Gala (2): Edward (W) 2.

Garden Party (15): Elizabeth 2; Philip 2; Charles 3; Camilla 2; Andrew 1; Edward (W) 1; Sophie 3; Anne 1.

Golf (7): Andrew 6; Edward (W) 1.

Inspected Troops (4): Elizabeth 4.

Invested Individual (13): Elizabeth 13.

Investiture (29): Elizabeth 9; Charles 10; William 7; Anne 3.

Laid Wreath (28): Elizabeth 5; Philip 6; Charles 1; Camilla 1; William 3; Harry 2; Andrew 3; Edward (W) 2; Anne 1; Edward (K) 2; Alexandra 2.

Launched (16): Elizabeth 1; William 2; Harry 1; Andrew 1; Sophie 1; Anne 6; Richard 3; Alexandra 1.

Lecture (9): Elizabeth 1; Philip 1; Andrew 1; Anne 3; Birgitte 1; Edward (K) 2.

Luncheon (172): Elizabeth 23; Philip 33; Charles 1; Camilla 5; William 4; Andrew 19; Edward (W) 24; Sophie 10; Anne 19; Tim 2; Richard 12; Birgitte 3; Edward (K) 13; Alexandra 4.

Meeting (249): Elizabeth 1; Philip 3 Charles 59; Camilla 2; William 7; Kate 2; Harry 2; Andrew 20; Edward (W) 76; Sophie 34; Anne 32; Richard 8; Birgitte 2; Edward (K) 1.

Met People (85): Elizabeth 26; Philip 20; Charles 12; Camilla 7; William 2; Kate 2; Harry 2; Andrew 5; Edward (W) 3; Sophie 1; Anne 3; Tim 1; Richard 1.

Named (7): Elizabeth 1; Anne 1; Tim 1; Richard 2; Birgitte 1; Edward (K) 1.

Opened (238): Elizabeth 16; Philip 15; Charles 20; Camilla 12; William 2; Kate 1; Harry 1; Andrew 9; Edward (W) 15; Sophie 13; Anne 72; Tim 3; Richard 24; Birgitte 13; Edward (K) 12; Alexandra 10.

Other Events (322): Elizabeth 46; Philip 27; Charles 34; Camilla 21; William 21; Kate 9; Harry 21; Andrew 17; Beatrice 1; Eugenie 1; Edward (W) 19; Sophie 21; Anne 41; Tim 6; Richard 12; Birgitte 7; Edward (K) 13; Michael 1; Marie-Christine 1; Alexandra 3.

Other Sports (18): William 2; Kate 1; Harry 3; Edward (W) 3; Sophie 3; Anne 2; Richard 2; Birgitte 1; Edward (K) 1.

Parade (16): Elizabeth 1; Charles 2; William 1; Andrew 5; Edward (W) 3; Sophie 1; Anne 3.

Performance (24): Elizabeth 4; Philip 3; Charles 1; Camilla 2; William 1; Harry 2; Edward (W) 4; Sophie 1; Anne 1; Tim 1; Richard 1; Birgitte 2; Alexandra 1.

Pitch at Palace (11): Andrew 11.

Polo (2): Charles 1; Harry 1.

 

[Iluvbertie]

Analysis of Types of Engagements – Part C

A note about the ‘Rugby’ entries. These include the reception that The Queen gave at BP for the various teams during the World Cup and not just attendance at games. There were games that some royals attended that weren’t official engagements as well.

The Tennis numbers do not include people like William and Kate, who attended the same day that I did, because they were there for a private visit and not an official engagement as well although Camilla’s attendance the week before was listed as an official engagement.

Presented Awards (67): Elizabeth 8; Philip 6; Charles 1; Camilla 2; William 1; Harry 2; Andrew 5; Edward (W) 2; Sophie 2; Anne 19; Richard 11; Birgitte 2; Edward (K) 5; Alexandra 1.

Races (25): Elizabeth 7; Philip 7; Charles 1; Camilla 3; Anne 5; Marie-Christine 1; Alexandra 1.

Received (420): Elizabeth 86; Philip 18; Charles 95; Camilla 14; William 12; Kate 4; Harry 3; Andrew 72; Edward (W) 7; Sophie 3; Anne 34; Richard 30; Birgitte 14; Edward (K) 17; Michael 1; Alexandra 10.

Received Address (3): Elizabeth 3.

Received by (114): Elizabeth 23; Philip 21; Charles 19; Camilla 10; William 3; Harry 7; Andrew 2; Edward (W) 5; Sophie 6; Anne 7; Tim 1; Richard 6; Birgitte 4.

Reception (392): Elizabeth 25; Philip 35; Charles 59; Camilla 39; William 8; Kate 5; Harry 11; Andrew 28; Eugenie 2; Edward (W) 36; Sophie 18; Anne 52; Tim 5; Richard 26; Birgitte 12; Edward (K) 16; Michael 2; Marie-Christine 2; Alexandra 11.

Recital (3): Camilla 1; Sophie 1; Alexandra 1.

Rededication (4): Charles 1; Anne 1; Tim 1; Birgitte 1.

Reflection (1): Alexandra 1.

Re-Opened (4): Elizabeth 1; Philip 1; William 1; Edward (W) 1.

Replied to Address (2): Elizabeth 2.

Rugby (36): Elizabeth 1; Philip 3; William 4; Kate 1; Harry 7; Anne 10; Tim 6; Richard 2; Birgitte 1; Alexandra 1.

Seminar (4): Andrew 1; Edward (W) 1; Anne 2.

State Banquet (25): Elizabeth 3; Philip 3; Charles 1; Camilla 1; William 1; Kate 1; Andrew 2; Edward (W) 1; Anne 2; Tim 2; Richard 2; Birgitte 2; Edward (K) 2; Marie-Christine 1; Alexandra 1.

Summit (3): Charles 1; Andrew 1; Sophie 1.

Symposium (1): Sophie 1.

Tea (8): Charles 3; Camilla 2; Andrew 2; Anne 1.

Tennis (25): Camilla 1; Richard 1; Birgitte 17; Edward (K) 6.

Took Salute (15): Elizabeth 1; Philip 1; Charles 4; Camilla 1; William 1; Harry 1; Andrew 1; Richard 2; Birgitte 1; Edward (K) 1; Alexandra 1.

Toured (18): Elizabeth 7; Philip 5; Charles 3; Camilla 2; Birgitte 1.

Unveiled (15): Elizabeth 1; Philip 1; Charles 1; Camilla 3; William 1; Andrew 2; Anne 3; Tim 1; Richard 1; Edward (K) 1.

Viewed (62): Elizabeth 23; Philip 18; Charles 6; Camilla 2; Kate 1; Andrew 4; Edward (W) 2; Sophie 1; Anne 2; Richard 1; Edward (K) 2.

Visit (787): Elizabeth 22; Philip 21; Charles 127; Camilla 107; William 29; Kate 24; Harry 26; Andrew 24; Edward (W) 71; Sophie 59; Anne 116; Tim 3; Richard 68; Birgitte 15; Edward (K) 57; Alexandra 18.

Visited by (12): Elizabeth 6; Philip 1; Charles 2; Camilla 1; Andrew 1; Edward (W) 1.

Was Invested (3): Philip 1; Harry 1; Edward (K) 1.

Watched (2): Elizabeth 1; Philip 1.