British Royal Family Engagements 2017


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Weekly Update to 20th July, 2017

A busy week – mainly due to the visit of William and Kate to Poland and Germany and the fact that the online CC actually had entries for every day this week – amazing – two weeks in a row – a new record for this year it seems.

HM The Queen – 158 (142 – up 16 – 7.8%)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 87 (80 – up 7 – 4.3%)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 320 (309 – up 11 – 15.8%)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 134 (127 – up 7 – 6.6%)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 84 (63 – up 21 – 4.1%)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 67 (46 – up 21 – 2.4%)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 84 (81 – up 3 – 4.1%)
HRH The Duke of York – 196 (185 – up 11 – 10.0%)
HRH Princess Beatrice – 1 (1 – no change – 0.05%) (Unofficial – 20)
HRH Princess Eugenie – 2 (2 – no change – 0.1%) (Unofficial – 12)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 150 (149 – up 1 – 7.4%)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 94 (93 – up 1 – 4.6%)
HRH The Princess Royal – 312 (302 – up 10 – 15.4%)
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 37 (37 – no change – 1.8%)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 118 (114 – up 4 – 5.8%)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 61 (59 – up 2 – 3.0%)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 86 (77 – up 9 – 4.2%)
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 2 (1 – up 1 – 0.1%)
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 2 (2 – no change – 0.1%)
HRH Princess Alexandra – 31 (29 – up 2 – 1.5%)

The League Table

HRH The Prince of Wales – 320
HRH The Princess Royal – 312
HRH The Duke of York – 196
HM The Queen – 158
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 150
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 134
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 118
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 94
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 87
HRH The Duke of Kent – 86
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 84
HRH Prince Henry of Wales –84
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 67
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 61
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 37
HRH Princess Alexandra – 31
HRH Princess Eugenie of York – 2
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 2
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 2
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1

Year to Date Total – 2027 (1900 – up 127)

Comparison with last year – 2382-2027=355 fewer this year in comparison to last year. NB With the huge number of missing date this is what they are recording so that is what it is – down 355 to this point of the year compared to how many were done last year.

I have information from elsewhere that suggests at least 240 engagements are missing this year.

Percentage of Engagements

I have moved Camilla to the 70s group now due to her birthday on the 17th July.

90s (Elizabeth, Philip) – 12.1%
80s (Edward Kent, Alexandra) – 5.8%
70s (Richard, Birgitte, Michael, Marie-Christine) – 6.4%
60s (Charles, Camilla, Anne, Tim) – 39.27%
50s (Andrew, Edward, Sophie) – 21.7%
30s (William, Kate, Harry) – 11.6%
20s (Beatrice, Eugenie) – 0.1%
Over Retirement Age (65) (All the 60s upwards) – 66.5%

Number of Days on which a royal undertook Official Engagements to 20th July, 2017

HM The Queen – 67
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 57
HRH The Prince of Wales – 98
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 55
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 44
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 36
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 50
HRH The Duke of York – 81
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1
HRH Princess Eugenie of York – 2
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 65
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 49
HRH The Princess Royal – 108
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 23
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 55
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 40
HRH The Duke of Kent – 50
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 2
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 2
HRH Princess Alexandra – 23
 
FAILURE of British Monarchy Website to UPDATE CC

The weekly failure of the British Monarchy website: NONE (Amazing)

No engagements from earlier in the year: 2nd, 4th, 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th January, 2017, 11th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th February and 19th, 26th March, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th April (Easter Long weekend), 2nd May, 14th and 28th May, 201,7, 9th,10th June (10th would normally have something to acknowledge Prince Philip’s birthday), 16th, 17th and 18th (this includes the day that The Queen and William went to Grenfell Towers victims, Charles did an investiture AND Trooping the Colour), 30th June, 4th, 5th and 6th July

This is the worst year I have ever come across for keeping this online CC up to date. It has been steadily going downhill since they updated the website.
 
Types of Engagements to 20th July, 2017

I am now only giving the Types of Engagements that were undertaken during the past week. I still have the full list of course and will give a more detailed analysis in December.

Air Tattoo – 1
Attended Event – 16
Audience – 51
Celebrations – 11
Ceremony – 5
Council – 8
Dedication – 15
Dinner – 165
Farewelled – 2
Garden Party – 17
Golf – 1
Installation Court – 1
Laid Wreath/Flowers – 8
Launched – 22
Lunch – 69
Meeting – 146
Met People – 48
Named – 3
Opened – 135
Opening – 5
Performance – 4
Presentation – 5
Presented Colours – 3
Presented Prize/Award – 34
Received – 215
Received Address – 4
Received by – 48
Reception – 189
Re-Opened – 5
Replied to Address – 4
Rowing Race – 2
Salute/Parade – 15
Tennis – 20
Toured – 9
Unveiled – 8
Viewed – 33
Visit - 475
 
Specific Charities or Organisations Supported via an Official Engagement to 20th July, 2017

All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club – William, Kate, Kent – 9
Badminton England – Andrew – 1
City and Guilds of London Institute – Anne – 2
Company of Engineers – Anne – 1
Company of Saddlers – Anne – 2
Concorde Hanger – Anne – 1
Duchy of Lancaster – The Queen, Charles – 8
Duke of Edinburgh International Awards Foundation – Edward, Sophie – 30
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People – Anne – 1
Honorary Company of Air Pilots – Andrew – 2
Honorary Military Appointments – The Queen, Philip, Charles, Camilla, William, Kate, Harry, Andrew, Edward, Sophie, Anne, Richard, Birgitte, Kent, Alexandra – 98
Jubilee Walkway – The Queen, Richard – 2
Lawn Tennis Association – Birgitte – 16
MacMillan Cancer Support – Charles – 1
Mark Master Masons – Michael – 1
Pitch @ Palace – Andrew – 39
Riding for the Disabled – Anne – 6
Rockinghorse Children’s Charity – Alexandra – 1
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Sick Children – Alexandra – 1
Royal Institute of Navigation – Philip – 1
Royal Institution of Australia – Kent – 1
Royal Mersey Yacht Club – Philip – 1
Royal National Lifeboat Association – Kent – 11
Shelterbox – Camilla – 1
The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem – Richard – 5
The Prince’s Countryside Fund – Charles – 4
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews – Andrew, Anne – 3
University Chancellor – Philip, Camilla, Andrew, Edward, Anne, Kent – 26
Welsh Historic Gardens Trust – Charles - 1
 
Overseas Engagements to 20th July, 2017

Total – 413 (371 – up 42)* Doesn’t include one day of Charles and Camilla in Canada

HRH The Prince of Wales – 91 (91 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 52 (52 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 33 (12 – up 21)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 35 (14 – up 21)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 17 (17 – no change)
HRH The Duke of York – 51 (51 – no change)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 19 (19 – no change)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 25 (25 – no change)
HRH The Princess Royal – 42 (42 – no change)
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 6 (1 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 12 (12 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 20 (20 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 10 (10 – no change)

Royal Palaces where Events Occurred to 20th July, 2017

NB This is a count of number of engagements not number of royals who attended an engagement at the palace so an engagement where 2 royals attended the same event is counted here as one engagement at that venue.

Buckingham Palace (other than HM) – 184
Buckingham Palace (Her Majesty) – 94
Kensington Palace – 45
St James’ Palace – 41
Windsor – 22
Holyrood House – 13
Sandringham House – 10
Clarence House – 72
Marlborough House – 3
Dumfries House – 23
Edinburgh Castle – 1
Hillsborough Castle – 3
Frogmore House – 1
 
Weekly Update to 27th July, 2017

A much slower week as the family moves into their summer holidays. One day missing – Sunday – maybe nothing but I can’t believe that having attended the first three days of The Open Golf tournament that Andrew didn’t attend the final day, which was the Sunday so another missing day in the online CC I think.

HM The Queen – 158 (158 – no change – 7.6%)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 87 (87 – no change – 4.2%)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 326 (320 – up 6 – 15.7%)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 139 (134 – up 5 – 6.7%)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 87 (84 – up 3 – 4.2%)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 70 (67 – up 3 – 3.4%)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 86 (84 – up 2 – 4.1%)
HRH The Duke of York – 198 (196 – up 2 – 9.5%)
HRH Princess Beatrice – 1 (1 – no change – 0.05%) (Unofficial – 20)
HRH Princess Eugenie – 2 (2 – no change – 0.1%) (Unofficial – 16)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 151 (150 – up 1 – 7.3%)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 94 (94 – no change – 4.5%)
HRH The Princess Royal – 321 (312 – up 9 – 15.5%)
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 38 (37 – up 1 – 1.8%)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 126 (118 – up 8 – 6.1%)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 63 (61 – up 2 – 3.0%)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 86 (86 – no change – 4.1%)
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 2 (2 – no change – 0.1%)
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 2 (2 – no change – 0.1%)
HRH Princess Alexandra – 36 (31 – up 5 – 1.7%)

The League Table

HRH The Prince of Wales – 326
HRH The Princess Royal – 321
HRH The Duke of York – 198
HM The Queen – 158
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 151
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 139
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 126
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 94
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 87
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 87
HRH Prince Henry of Wales –86
HRH The Duke of Kent – 86
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 70
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 61
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 38
HRH Princess Alexandra – 36
HRH Princess Eugenie of York – 2
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 2
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 2
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1

Year to Date Total – 2074 (2027 – up 47)

Comparison with last year – 2432-2074=358 fewer this year in comparison to last year. NB With the huge number of missing date this is what they are recording so that is what it is – down 358 to this point of the year compared to how many were done last year.

I have information from elsewhere that suggests at least 240 engagements are missing this year.

Percentage of Engagements

90s (Elizabeth, Philip) – 11.8%
80s (Edward Kent, Alexandra) – 5.9%
70s (Richard, Birgitte, Michael, Marie-Christine) – 6.8%
60s (Charles, Camilla, Anne, Tim) – 39.2%
50s (Andrew, Edward, Sophie) – 21.4%
30s (William, Kate, Harry) – 11.7%
20s (Beatrice, Eugenie) – 0.1%
Over Retirement Age (65) (All the 60s upwards) – 66.7%

Number of Days on which a royal undertook Official Engagements to 27th July, 2017

HM The Queen – 67
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 57
HRH The Prince of Wales – 102
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 57
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 45
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 37
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 51
HRH The Duke of York – 83
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1
HRH Princess Eugenie of York – 2
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 66
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 49
HRH The Princess Royal – 111
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 24
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 58
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 41
HRH The Duke of Kent – 50
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 2
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 2
HRH Princess Alexandra – 26
 
FAILURE of British Monarchy Website to UPDATE CC

The weekly failure of the British Monarchy website: 23rd July (final day of The Open Golf Championships)

No engagements from earlier in the year: 2nd, 4th, 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th January, 2017, 11th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th February and 19th, 26th March, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th April (Easter Long weekend), 2nd May, 14th and 28th May, 201,7, 9th,10th June (10th would normally have something to acknowledge Prince Philip’s birthday), 16th, 17th and 18th (this includes the day that The Queen and William went to Grenfell Towers victims, Charles did an investiture AND Trooping the Colour), 30th June, 4th, 5th and 6th July

This is the worst year I have ever come across for keeping this online CC up to date. It has been steadily going downhill since they updated the website.
 
Types of Engagements to 27th July, 2017

I am now only giving the Types of Engagements that were undertaken during the past week. I still have the full list of course and will give a more detailed analysis in December.

Church Service – 40
Golf – 3
Meeting – 149
Named – 4
Opened – 141
Performance – 5
Presented Prize/Award – 35
Received – 217
Reception – 193
Re-Dedication – 3
Rowing Race – 3
Unveiled – 8
Visit - 496
 
Specific Charities or Organisations Supported via an Official Engagement to 27th July, 2017

Carers’ Trust – Anne – 5
College of Medicine – Charles – 1
Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust – Camilla – 1
Fishmongers Company – Philip, Anne – 25
Honorary Military Appointments – The Queen, Philip, Charles, Camilla, William, Kate, Harry, Andrew, Edward, Sophie, Anne, Richard, Birgitte, Kent, Alexandra – 100
Princess Mary’s Airforce Nursing Service – Alexandra – 1
Royal Over-seas League – Alexandra – 2
Royal Yachting Association – Anne, Tim – 5
Sentebele – Harry – 5
The Almshouse Association – Richard, Birgitte – 3
The Prince of Wales Charitable Foundation – Charles – 1
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews – Andrew, Anne – 5
Three Choirs Festival Association – Charles – 1
 
Overseas Engagements to 27th July, 2017

Total – 419 (413 – up 6)

HRH The Prince of Wales – 91 (91 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 52 (52 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 36 (33 – up 3)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 38 (35 – up 3)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 17 (17 – no change)
HRH The Duke of York – 51 (51 – no change)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 19 (19 – no change)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 25 (25 – no change)
HRH The Princess Royal – 42 (42 – no change)
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 6 (1 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 12 (12 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 20 (20 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 10 (10 – no change)

Royal Palaces where Events Occurred to 27th July, 2017

NB This is a count of number of engagements not number of royals who attended an engagement at the palace so an engagement where 2 royals attended the same event is counted here as one engagement at that venue.

Buckingham Palace (other than HM) – 187
Buckingham Palace (Her Majesty) – 94
Kensington Palace – 46
St James’ Palace – 41
Windsor – 22
Holyrood House – 13
Sandringham House – 11
Clarence House – 74
Marlborough House – 3
Dumfries House – 23
Edinburgh Castle – 1
Hillsborough Castle – 3
Frogmore House – 1
 
Weekly Update to 3rd August, 2017

This week saw many of the family starting their summer break although there was also the event in Belgium for Passchendaele and Philip’s last official solo engagement.

HM The Queen – 158 (158 – no change – 7.5%)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 88 (87 – up 1 – 4.2%)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 334 (326 – up 8 – 15.8%)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 139 (139 – no change – 6.6%)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 93 (87 – up 6 – 4.4%)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 76 (70 – up 6 – 3.6%)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 87 (86 – up 1 – 4.1%)
HRH The Duke of York – 200 (198 – up 2 – 9.5%)
HRH Princess Beatrice – 1 (1 – no change – 0.05%) (Unofficial – 20)
HRH Princess Eugenie – 2 (2 – no change – 0.1%) (Unofficial – 16)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 151 (151 – no change – 7.1%)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 94 (94 – no change – 4.5%)
HRH The Princess Royal – 334 (321 – up 13 – 15.8%)
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 38 (38 – no change – 1.8%)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 127 (126 – up 1 – 6.0%)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 63 (63 – up 2 – 3.0%)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 86 (86 – no change – 4.1%)
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 2 (2 – no change – 0.1%)
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 2 (2 – no change – 0.1%)
HRH Princess Alexandra – 36 (36 – no change – 1.7%)

The League Table

HRH The Prince of Wales – 334
HRH The Princess Royal – 334
HRH The Duke of York – 200
HM The Queen – 158
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 151
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 139
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 127
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 94
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 93
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 88
HRH Prince Henry of Wales –87
HRH The Duke of Kent – 86
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 76
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 63
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 38
HRH Princess Alexandra – 36
HRH Princess Eugenie of York – 2
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 2
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 2
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1

Year to Date Total – 2112 (2074 – up 42)

Comparison with last year – 2446-2112=334 fewer this year in comparison to last year. NB With the huge number of missing date this is what they are recording so that is what it is – down 334 to this point of the year compared to how many were done last year.

I have information from elsewhere that suggests at least 240 engagements are missing this year.

Percentage of Engagements

90s (Elizabeth, Philip) – 11.6%
80s (Edward Kent, Alexandra) – 5.8%
70s (Richard, Birgitte, Michael, Marie-Christine) – 6.8%
60s (Charles, Camilla, Anne, Tim) – 39.4%
50s (Andrew, Edward, Sophie) – 21.1%
30s (William, Kate, Harry) – 12.1%
20s (Beatrice, Eugenie) – 0.1%
Over Retirement Age (65) (All the 60s upwards) – 66.6%

Number of Days on which a royal undertook Official Engagements to 3rd August, 2017

HM The Queen – 67
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 58
HRH The Prince of Wales – 104
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 57
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 47
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 39
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 52
HRH The Duke of York – 85
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1
HRH Princess Eugenie of York – 2
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 66
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 49
HRH The Princess Royal – 117
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 24
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 59
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 41
HRH The Duke of Kent – 50
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 2
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 2
HRH Princess Alexandra – 26
 
FAILURE of British Monarchy Website to UPDATE CC

The weekly failure of the British Monarchy website: NONE

No engagements from earlier in the year: 2nd, 4th, 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th January, 2017, 11th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th February and 19th, 26th March, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th April (Easter Long weekend), 2nd May, 14th and 28th May, 201,7, 9th,10th June (10th would normally have something to acknowledge Prince Philip’s birthday), 16th, 17th and 18th (this includes the day that The Queen and William went to Grenfell Towers victims, Charles did an investiture AND Trooping the Colour), 30th June, 4th, 5th, 6th and 23rd July

This is the worst year I have ever come across for keeping this online CC up to date. It has been steadily going downhill since they updated the website.
 
Types of Engagements to 3rd August, 2017

I am now only giving the Types of Engagements that were undertaken during the past week. I still have the full list of course and will give a more detailed analysis in December.

Commemoration – 4
Commemorative Service – 13
Dinner – 167
Laid Wreath/Flowers – 9
Meeting – 150
Performance – 7
Races – 13
Received by – 51
Reception – 197
Rehearsal – 4
Salute/Parade – 16
Started Regatta – 1
Viewed – 34
Visit – 510
 
Specific Charities or Organisations Supported via an Official Engagement to 3rd August, 2017

Honorary Military Appointments – The Queen, Philip, Charles, Camilla, William, Kate, Harry, Andrew, Edward, Sophie, Anne, Richard, Birgitte, Kent, Alexandra – 101
Northern Highland Initiative – Charles – 2
Northern Lighthouse Board – Anne – 6
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo – Anne – 1
Royal London Yacht Club – Anne – 1
Royal Yacht Squadron – Anne – 1
Society of Antiquaries of London – Richard – 1
UK Fashion and Textile Association – Anne – 6
United Kingdom Sailing Academy – Anne – 2
 
Overseas Engagements to 3rd August, 2017

Total – 435 (419 – up 16)

HRH The Prince of Wales – 95 (91 – up 4)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 52 (52 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 42 (36 – up 6)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 44 (38 – up 6)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 17 (17 – no change)
HRH The Duke of York – 51 (51 – no change)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 19 (19 – no change)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 25 (25 – no change)
HRH The Princess Royal – 42 (42 – no change)
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 6 (6 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 12 (12 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 20 (20 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 10 (10 – no change)

Royal Palaces where Events Occurred to 3rd August, 2017

NB This is a count of number of engagements not number of royals who attended an engagement at the palace so an engagement where 2 royals attended the same event is counted here as one engagement at that venue.

Buckingham Palace (other than HM) – 189
Buckingham Palace (Her Majesty) – 94
Kensington Palace – 46
St James’ Palace – 41
Windsor – 22
Holyrood House – 13
Sandringham House – 11
Clarence House – 74
Marlborough House – 3
Dumfries House – 23
Edinburgh Castle – 1
Hillsborough Castle – 3
Frogmore House – 1
 
What would be the minimum number of royals be to realistically be able to continue to carry out the current number of royal engagements?

For example with Philip retiring it means one fewer royal but hopefully the same number of engagements overall. If the Queen or one or more of her cousins were to retire or pass away, could the decreased number of royals continue to share the same overall workload?
 
Iluvbertie is probably the best to give an answer but looking at the figures from last years wonderfully helpful thread about engagements:

3803 public engagements were undertaken by the working members of the RF (I've take the total figure Iluvbertie gave and subtracted those for Beatrice, Eugenine, Prince/Princess Michael, James, Louise and Sir Tim).

That means 15 people undertook 3803, an average of 255 each. That being said Charles and Anne can manage 500+ a year each, if each royal working undertook this many you would only need 8 people to match last years total.

Realistically - Philip's numbers could and may well be picked up my W&K & Harry without much extra work - 65 extra for those 3 would make the same total as Philip did all last year.

It really all depends on how W&K and Harry go - do they increase their number a lot to match Anne and Charles or do they do less but more focussed, if they pulled in 400 or so each they could probably meet the engagement numbers of Philip, the Kents and the Gloucesters.
 
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I think the intention is to reduce the overall number of engagements - even though that is increasingly seen as the way to measure the 'work' of the royals.

The interesting thing is to analyse the ages and the numbers.

This year for instance nearly two thirds of all engagements are being done by those over retirement age. It has been consistently at that figure since I started keeping the percentages.

Yes those in their 30s are increasing but it is because Edward and Sophie don't seem to be doing as much especially Sophie e.g. Sophie who has no full-time job and both children at school is only one more than William who has just stepped down from a full-time job and is only 18 ahead of Kate who still has two pre-schoolers at home.

At his busiest Philip did around 700 a year. To reach the around 3800 done last year at that rate only 5 - 6 would be needed (The Queen, Charles, Camilla, William, Kate and Harry) but then what do the others do? Andrew is now 57 and so not going to be getting any 'real job' now. Edward is 53 with no real successful work experience behind him so again unemployable.

Those in their early 70s - Camilla, Birgitte and Richard (will be joined by Charles next year) will keep going for another 20+ years I suspect at around their present numbers - Camilla and Richard around 200 - 250, Charles between 550 and 600 with Birgitte around the 120 - 150 mark = around 1300 between them.

Those in their 80s - The Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra are clearly slowing down due to their recent health issues and are doing about as much as the Duke of Gloucester does on his own.

The Queen is different - as monarch she has so many things that only she can do unless she is declared mentally unfit and then Charles has to do them.

The idea of slimming the monarchy isn't something, I believe that will happen overnight. I suspect the intention is to do so via death so that now there are:

90s - The Queen (Philip has retired so off that list)
80s - The Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandra
70s - The Duke of Gloucester, The Duchess of Gloucester, The Duchess of Cornwall
60s- The Prince of Wales, The Princess Royal
50s - The Duke of York, The Earl and Countess of Wessex
40s - NONE
30s - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry
20s - NONE
10s - NONE
00s - Prince George and Princess Charlotte

In 30 years time - as George and Charlotte are approaching the ages their parents are now and when they maybe going to start full time royal work there will only be:

90s - Charles (99), Anne (97)
80s - Andrew, Edward, Sophie
70s - NONE
60s - William, Kate, Harry and spouse
50s - NONE
40s - NONE
30s - George and Charlotte

So in 30 years effectively only 6 to do the work currently being done with the occasional appearance from those in their 80s and 90s if still with us - with the exception of Charles assuming he is compus mentus. Highly possible that there maybe none past their 60s and only 2 in their 30s with one extra - George's spouse.

Can that number do close to 4000 engagements - yes - but they would have to work at the pace Philip did in the 60s - 80s rather than the pace that Charles and Anne do now - or convince the public that doing things differently doesn't mean they don't work.

Look at the negative stories about days 'worked' and 'engagements done' because the general public don't see the work that goes on before these engagements - all they see is the 30 - 60 minutes of the engagement and think that that is all there is to their work.
 
I noticed that Ed and Sophie seem to be doing less, interesting as their children are getting older so one would assume this would give Ed & Sophie a little more time to at least keep up the number of engagements they do if not to allow them to fit more in.
For last year I wonder if part of Sophie's reduced numbers were due to her bike ride and the training that would have taken. It is certainly worth seeing what happens this year...
 
I think the main reason why Edward and Sophie's numbers were up so high last year - and particularly Edward's were was due to the 60th anniversary celebrations all around the world for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. Edward did 171 engagements for that last year. His total for the year was 351 or nearly 49% of his engagements were for DoE and its 60th anniversary celebrations.
 
tommy100 said:
I noticed that Ed and Sophie seem to be doing less, interesting as their children are getting older so one would assume this would give Ed & Sophie a little more time to at least keep up the number of engagements they do if not to allow them to fit more in.
For last year I wonder if part of Sophie's reduced numbers were due to her bike ride and the training that would have taken. It is certainly worth seeing what happens this year...
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I was just thinking about this the other day. Not just the numbers, but I also noticed a tailing off of (what might be) the couple's "putting themselves out there" in a different way as the kids approach teen hood. I think dialing back the spotlight a bit, just by dialing back the press office a bit can be helpful to one's young people who just might need some space. I've always thought the Wessexes have done a good job showing the kids the ropes in an appropriate way. And that means not at the expense of compromising the children's personal lives - just learning to do the official bit well.
And I may just be off topic. :eek:
 
Weekly Update to 10th August, 2017

This week was a very simple week – one official engagement recorded – by HM The Queen.

HM The Queen – 159 (158 – up 1 – 7.5%)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 88 (88 – no change – 4.2%)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 334 (334 – no change – 15.8%)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 139 (139 – no change – 6.6%)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 93 (93 – no change – 4.4%)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 76 (76 – no change – 3.6%)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 87 (87 – no change – 4.1%)
HRH The Duke of York – 200 (200 – no change – 9.5%)
HRH Princess Beatrice – 1 (1 – no change – 0.05%) (Unofficial – 20)
HRH Princess Eugenie – 2 (2 – no change – 0.1%) (Unofficial – 16)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 151 (151 – no change – 7.1%)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 94 (94 – no change – 4.5%)
HRH The Princess Royal – 334 (334 – no change – 15.8%)
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 38 (38 – no change – 1.8%)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 127 (127 – no change – 6.0%)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 63 (63 – no change – 3.0%)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 86 (86 – no change – 4.1%)
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 2 (2 – no change – 0.1%)
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 2 (2 – no change – 0.1%)
HRH Princess Alexandra – 36 (36 – no change – 1.7%)

The League Table

HRH The Prince of Wales – 334
HRH The Princess Royal – 334
HRH The Duke of York – 200
HM The Queen – 159
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 151
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 139
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 127
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 94
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 93
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 88
HRH Prince Henry of Wales –87
HRH The Duke of Kent – 86
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 76
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 63
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 38
HRH Princess Alexandra – 36
HRH Princess Eugenie of York – 2
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 2
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 2
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1

Year to Date Total – 2113 (2112 – up 1)

Comparison with last year – 2477-2113=364 fewer this year in comparison to last year. NB With the huge number of missing date this is what they are recording so that is what it is – down 364 to this point of the year compared to how many were done last year.

I have information from elsewhere that suggests at least 240 engagements are missing this year.

Percentage of Engagements

90s (Elizabeth, Philip) – 11.7%
80s (Edward Kent, Alexandra) – 5.8%
70s (Richard, Birgitte, Michael, Marie-Christine) – 6.8%
60s (Charles, Camilla, Anne, Tim) – 39.4%
50s (Andrew, Edward, Sophie) – 21.1%
30s (William, Kate, Harry) – 12.1%
20s (Beatrice, Eugenie) – 0.1%
Over Retirement Age (65) (All the 60s upwards) – 66.6%

Number of Days on which a royal undertook Official Engagements to 10th August, 2017

HM The Queen – 68
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 58
HRH The Prince of Wales – 104
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 57
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 47
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 39
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 52
HRH The Duke of York – 85
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1
HRH Princess Eugenie of York – 2
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 66
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 49
HRH The Princess Royal – 117
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 24
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 59
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 41
HRH The Duke of Kent – 50
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 2
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 2
HRH Princess Alexandra – 26
 
FAILURE of British Monarchy Website to UPDATE CC

The weekly failure of the British Monarchy website: 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th and 10th August (not unusual at this time of the year

No engagements from earlier in the year: 2nd, 4th, 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th January, 2017, 11th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th February and 19th, 26th March, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th April (Easter Long weekend), 2nd May, 14th and 28th May, 201,7, 9th,10th June (10th would normally have something to acknowledge Prince Philip’s birthday), 16th, 17th and 18th (this includes the day that The Queen and William went to Grenfell Towers victims, Charles did an investiture AND Trooping the Colour), 30th June, 4th, 5th, 6th and 23rd July

This is the worst year I have ever come across for keeping this online CC up to date. It has been steadily going downhill since they updated the website.
 
Types of Engagements to 10th August, 2017

I am now only giving the Types of Engagements that were undertaken during the past week. I still have the full list of course and will give a more detailed analysis in December.

Arrived – 5
Inspected Parade – 7

Specific Charities or Organisations Supported via an Official Engagement to 10th August, 2017

Honorary Military Appointments – The Queen, Philip, Charles, Camilla, William, Kate, Harry, Andrew, Edward, Sophie, Anne, Richard, Birgitte, Kent, Alexandra – 102
 
Overseas Engagements to 10th August, 2017

Total – 435 (435 – no change)

HRH The Prince of Wales – 95 (95 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 52 (52 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 42 (42 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 44 (44 – no change)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 17 (17 – no change)
HRH The Duke of York – 51 (51 – no change)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 19 (19 – no change)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 25 (25 – no change)
HRH The Princess Royal – 42 (42 – no change)
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 6 (6 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 12 (12 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 20 (20 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 10 (10 – no change)

Royal Palaces where Events Occurred to 10th August, 2017

NB This is a count of number of engagements not number of royals who attended an engagement at the palace so an engagement where 2 royals attended the same event is counted here as one engagement at that venue.

Buckingham Palace (other than HM) – 189
Buckingham Palace (Her Majesty) – 94
Kensington Palace – 46
St James’ Palace – 41
Windsor – 22
Holyrood House – 13
Sandringham House – 11
Balmoral – 1
Clarence House – 74
Marlborough House – 3
Dumfries House – 23
Edinburgh Castle – 1
Hillsborough Castle – 3
Frogmore House – 1
 
There was an engagement on August 4th. Prince Edward was in Edinburgh, 2 engagements are mentioned on the Royal Family twitter, but again the CC isn’t accurate.
 
If it isn't in the online CC I can't count it. Edward doing those two may be the tip of the iceberg for instance. Who knows what the Dukes of Gloucester and Kent were up to. I can only use the online CC which as you can see is missing many, many dates this year - 44 days out of 222 days or nearly 20% of the days of the year so far are missing - yes 20% of days missing.

One or two days a year are understandable but 1 day in every 5 shows a very poor handle on PR - which is typical of the BRF - relying on past glories rather than the present or future.
 
They’ve updated August 4-8! Let us hope they’ll do the same for other missing dates (but I shan't hold my breath:bang:).
 
Iluvbertie, this may have already been mentioned and discussed so I am sorry to double up on information, but I am wondering about Harry and the Invictus Games: do those daily appearances get counted? :flowers:
 
Yes. They have been in the CC this year as they have in past years. Usually only that attended the IG but this year they are spelling out at bit more:

28th September, 2017

Prince Henry of Wales, Patron, Invictus Games Foundation, this evening attended the Invictus Games Toronto 2017 wheelchair rugby finals and a celebrity wheelchair match at Mattamy Athletic Centre, 50 Carlton Street, Toronto.

I will be doing the update to the 28th September later today so please bear with me.
 
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