British Royal Family Engagements 2018

[Iluvbertie]

Weekly Update to 14th February, 2018

This is the update to the 14th February. I can’t do the full week as the online CC hasn’t updated and other sources often either miss individual royals or do a summary without all the details I use in my analysis. IF the online CC does update again I will include the figures for the 15th next week.

Total Engagements with Individual Percentage of Total

HM The Queen – 27 (18 – up 9 – 6.7%)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 55 (46 – up 9 – 13.7%)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 20 (19 – up 1 – 5.0%)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 36 (35 – up 1 – 9.0%)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 32 (32 – no change – 8.0%)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 16 (12 – up 4 – 4.0%)
HRH The Duke of York – 25 (25 – no change – 6.2%)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 60 (60 – no change – 15.0%)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 36 (36 – no change – 9.0%)
HRH The Princess Royal – 48 (39 – up 9 – 12.0%)
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 2 (2 – no change – 0.5%)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 10 (10 – no change – 2.5%)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 13 (11 – up 2 – 3.2%)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 12 (6 – up 6 – 3.0%)
HRH Princess Alexandra – 9 (7 – up 2 – 2.2%)

The League Table

HRH The Earl of Wessex – 60
HRH The Prince of Wales – 55
HRH The Princess Royal – 48
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 36
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 36
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 32
HRH The Duke of York – 25
HM The Queen – 27
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 20
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 16
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 13
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 10
HRH The Duke of Kent – 12
HRH Princess Alexandra – 9
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 2

Year to Date Total – 401 (358 – up 43)

Percentage of Engagements

90s (Elizabeth, Philip) – 6.7%
80s (Edward Kent, Alexandra) – 5.2%
70s (Camilla, Richard, Birgitte, Michael, Marie-Christine) – 10.7%
60s (Charles, Anne, Tim) – 26.2%
50s (Andrew, Edward, Sophie) – 30.2%
30s (William, Kate, Harry) – 20.9%
20s (Beatrice, Eugenie) – 0%
Over Retirement Age (65) (All the 60s upwards) – 48.4%

Number of Days on which a royal undertook Official Engagements to 14th February, 2018

HM The Queen – 11
HRH The Prince of Wales – 19
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 10
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 14
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 12
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 12
HRH The Duke of York – 8
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 18
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 11
HRH The Princess Royal – 24
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 2
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 10
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 10
HRH The Duke of Kent – 7
HRH Princess Alexandra – 7

Types of Engagements to 14th February, 2018

These are the total number of these types of engagements for the year – not how many were done in the last week.

Audience – 10
Briefing – 1
Ceremony – 1
Concert – 4
Conference – 4
Dinner – 37
Lunch – 13
Meeting – 38
Met People – 4
Opened – 17
Received – 57
Reception – 39
Visit – 121
Winter Olympic Games – 5

Patronages that were Supported via an Official Engagement to 14th February, 2018

Alzheimer’s Society – 1
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – 1
British Olympic Association – 10
Campaign for Wool – 1
Honorary Military – 21
International Olympic Committee – 12
Lawn Tennis Association – 6
London Philharmonic Choir – 1
Music for Life at Wigmore Hall – 1
Royal Academy of Arts – 1
Rugby Football Union – 1
Tavistock Clinic – 1
The Prince of Wales International Sustainability Unit – 3
WWF-UK – 1

Organisations that were Supported via an Official Engagement to 14th February, 2018

These organisations were supported by a royal who had no official connection to the organization. They aren’t the patron, president, honorary member etc. The royal for whom there is an entry here may have accompanied a royal who is the patron, president etc

Accounting for Sustainability – 1
Commonwealth Diaspora – 4
Moorland Association – 1
Social Bite – 1
The Prince of Wales International Sustainability Unit – 1
United Kingdom Search and Rescue – 1

Overseas Engagements to 14th February, 2018

Total – 128 (113 – up 15)

HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 21 (21 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 21(21 – no change)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 3 (3 – no change)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 35 (35 – no change)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 21 (21 – no change)
HRH The Princess Royal – 16 (7 – up 9)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester –5 (5 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 6

Royal Palaces where Events Occurred to 14th February, 2018

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 or more royals attended the same event is counted here as one engagement at that venue.

Buckingham Palace (other than HM) – 37
Buckingham Palace (Her Majesty) – 13
St James Palace – 4
Windsor –
Clarence House – 28
Kensington Palace – 16
Holyrood House – 1
Hillsborough Castle –
Marlborough House –
Sandringham House – 13
Balmoral –
Dumfries House – 11
Edinburgh Castle – 1

Royals who have Official Meetings with Politicians to 14th February, 2018

Over the years there has been a lot of criticism of Charles in particular meeting with various Members of Parliament. As someone who regularly reads the CC I am aware that not only does Charles do this but most of the members of the British Royal Family do as well. I thought it would be useful to keep a count at least of which royals meet with politicians.

The ‘overseas’ ones are where the royal in question meets a member of the local government other than the Head of State e.g. William and Kate meet with Stefan Lofven the Prime Minister of Sweden.
The Queen – 6
Charles – 2
William – 1 (Overseas)
Kate – 1 (Overseas)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 1 (Overseas)
HRH The Duke of York – 1

[Iluvbertie]

FAILURE of British Monarchy Website to UPDATE CC

The weekly failure of the British Monarchy website: 15th February, 2018

This should have been up last Saturday for me here in Australia and the 16th, 17th 18th and 19th at least also available for me by now but nothing since the 14th. The 16th onwards wouldn’t be recorded until next week’s update but as it can take an hour or so a day to do the update it will mean more work in a smaller time when, or IF, they ever go up.

[TLLK]

Thank you for all that you do IluvBertie and yes it is a shame that the site is not updated.

[Rudolph]

Nice to see the ‘third generation’ royals chugging along.

[Iluvbertie]

Update on the online CC updating:

They have put up the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st February.

They are saying there was nothing for the 15th, 16th or 17th. If anyone can confirm that there was nothing on those days I would appreciate it. If there was something on those days could someone PM those days to me as they will now never appear on the online CC based on past experience.

[Princess Larisa]

Originally Posted by Iluvbertie

They are saying there was nothing for the 15th, 16th or 17th. If anyone can confirm that there was nothing on those days I would appreciate it.

They are missing events, as usual. Just a few I’ve seen photos of and which were put on the official royal family website under upcoming engagements:

Thursday 15th February 2018
The Prince of Wales will view the Bowes memorial stone inside The Church of St Mary the Less, St John's Chapel, before unveiling a commemorative blue plaque outside the former home of Dame Elizabeth Bowes, South Bailey, Durham DH1 3EQ.
The Prince of Wales will visit the Open Treasure visitor experience and unveil a commemorative plaque before attending a concert celebrating the life and work of Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry at Durham Cathedral, Durham DH1 3EH.
The Prince of Wales will view the Durham Light Infantry Collection Gallery and meet representatives of the Regiment and visiting school children at Durham University’s Palace Green Library, Palace Green, Durham DH1 3RN.
The Prince of Wales will meet representatives of Fire and Rescue, Police, Ambulance and Mountain Rescue Services at the new Emergency Service Centre, Wilson Street, Barnard Castle DL12 8JU.
The Prince of Wales will visit the John & Joséphine Bowes Galleries as well as seeing the Ceramics Galleries, Picture Gallery and famous silver swan at The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, DL12 8NP.

Friday 16th February 2018
Prince Henry of Wales, Patron, Rugby Football Union, this morning attended an England rugby training session at Twickenham Stadium, Middlesex.

Friday 16th February 2018
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will visit The Piece Hall following a multi-million pound project to transform the former cloth hall into a world class cultural and heritage destination, The Piece Hall, Blackledge, Halifax HX1 1RE.
The Prince of Wales will visit businesses and staff at Dean Clough Mills, Halifax HX3 5AX.
The Duchess of Cornwall will mark the bicentenary of the birth of Emily Brontë and 90 years of The Brontë Museum at The Bronte Parsonage, Church Street, Haworth, Haworth, Keighley BD22 8DR.
The Prince of Wales, President, The Prince's Trust, will see how his charity is partnering with the fire service in Rotherham to deliver the Team Programme to local young people at Dearne Community Fire Station, Manvers Way, Rotherham S63 5DN.
The Duchess of Cornwall will meet volunteers restoring locomotives and travel by steam train from Haworth to Oxenhope to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, The Railway Station, Station Road, Haworth BD22 8NJ.
The Prince of Wales will formally re-start the large furnace and attend a reception at Liberty Speciality Steels Visitor Centre, Doncaster Road, Dalton, Rotherham S65 3ES.

Source: https://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/news-and-diary/diary?field_news_date_value[min]=915148800&field_news_date_value[max]=4102444800&page=1

I hope someone with access to Times can send you the exact numbers.

[Iluvbertie]

Weekly Update to 21st February, 2018

This update is not accurate and based on past experience it won’t be accurate from this week onwards. There is no update for the 15th, 16th or 17th February and so I know my figures won’t be accurate anymore.

From another source I have the entries in the CC for Charles and Harry for the 15th and 16th but I have no entries for any other royals for those days. I have no entries at all for the 17th. I believe, from press reports that Charles and Camilla did a day away which was predicted on their website but nothing appeared in the CC so I can only assume that that was an ‘unofficial’ day away. The FE does have a lot of upcoming engagements but it rarely includes things like ‘received’ or ‘meetings’. Very few of HM’s engagements, for instance, are ever listed in the FE as they are behind closed doors and the FE is largely a record of where the royals will appear in public.

Sorry folks but I can’t do anything when the online CC – the BRFs own PR effectively – decides not to update their website properly.

Total Engagements with Individual Percentage of Total

HM The Queen – 38 (27 – up 11 – 8.0%)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 68 (55 – up 13 – 14.3%)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 24 (20 – up 4 – 5.1%)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 42 (36 – up 6 – 8.8%)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 36 (32 – up 4 – 7.6%)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 19 (16 – up 3 – 4.0%)
HRH The Duke of York – 25 (25 – no change – 5.3%)
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1 (0.2%)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 70 (60 – up 10 – 14.7%)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 41 (36 – up 5 – 8.6%)
HRH The Princess Royal – 57 (48 – up 11 – 12.0%)
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 3 (2 – up 1 – 0.6%)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 13 (10 – up 3 – 2.7%)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 14 (13 – up 1 – 2.9%)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 15 (12 – up 3 – 3.2%)
HRH Princess Alexandra – 9 (9 – no change – 1.9%)

The League Table

HRH The Earl of Wessex – 70
HRH The Prince of Wales – 68
HRH The Princess Royal – 57
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 42
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 41
HM The Queen – 38
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 36
HRH The Duke of York – 25
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 24
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 19
HRH The Duke of Kent – 15
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 14
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 13
HRH Princess Alexandra – 9
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 3
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1

Year to Date Total – 475 (401 – up 74)

Percentage of Engagements

90s (Elizabeth, Philip) – 8.0%
80s (Edward Kent, Alexandra) – 5.1%
70s (Camilla, Richard, Birgitte, Michael, Marie-Christine) – 10.7%
60s (Charles, Anne, Tim) – 26.9%
50s (Andrew, Edward, Sophie) – 28.6%
30s (William, Kate, Harry) – 20.4%
20s (Beatrice, Eugenie) – 0.2%
Over Retirement Age (65) (All the 60s upwards) – 50.1%

Number of Days on which a royal undertook Official Engagements to 21st February, 2018

HM The Queen – 14
HRH The Prince of Wales – 23
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 14
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 18
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 15
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 15
HRH The Duke of York – 8
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 21
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 14
HRH The Princess Royal – 27
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 3
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 11
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 11
HRH The Duke of Kent – 10
HRH Princess Alexandra – 7

Types of Engagements to 21st February, 2018

These are the total number of these types of engagements for the year – not how many were done in the last week.

Audience – 15
Awards Ceremony – 6
Concert – 5
Dinner – 41
Discussion – 5
Forum – 1
Guest Night – 2
Meeting – 44
Met People – 6
Opened – 23
Presentation – 2
Presented Award – 4
Presented Prize – 3
Received – 68
Reception – 47
Rugby – 2
Tea – 1
Toured – 1
Viewed – 3
Visit – 137

Patronages that were Supported via an Official Engagement to 21st February, 2018

BAFTA – 1
Brendoncare Foundation – 1
Corporation of Trinity House – 4
Cranfield Trust – 1
Debra – 1
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – 12
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award International Foundation – 15
Helen and Douglas House – 1
Honorary Military – 23
Injured Jockey’s Fund – 1
Invictus Games Foundation – 1
London Chamber Orchestra – 1
Motor Neurone Disease Association – 3
National Osteoporosis Society – 1
Royal Academy of Music – 1
Royal Collection Trust – 1
Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health – 1
Royal College of Physicians – 1
Rugby Football Union – 2
Scotch Beef Club – 1
The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts – 2
University Chancellor – 10
Victim Support Scotland – 1

Organisations that were Supported via an Official Engagement to 21st February, 2018

These organisations were supported by a royal who had no official connection to the organization. They aren’t the patron, president, honorary member etc. The royal for whom there is an entry here may have accompanied a royal who is the patron, president etc

All Aboard! Watersports – 1
Amey plc – 2
Ashton Park School – 1
BAFTA – 1
Bristol Real Tennis Club – 1
Charities Forum – 1
Clifton College – 1
Commonwealth Fashion Exchange – 3
Cubic Transportation Limited – 1
Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps – 1
London Fashion Week – 1
MIRA Technology Park – 1
North Downs Specialists Referrals – 1
Northern Spire Bridge Sunderland – 2
Sunderland Fire Station – 2
The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education – 4
Triumph Motorcycles Limited – 1
University of Buckingham Academic Centre – 1

Overseas Engagements to 21st February, 2018

Total – 128 (128 – no change)

HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 21 (21 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 21(21 – no change)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 3 (3 – no change)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 35 (35 – no change)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 21 (21 – no change)
HRH The Princess Royal – 16 (16 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester –5 (5 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 6 (6 – no change)

Royal Palaces where Events Occurred to 21st February, 2018

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 or more royals attended the same event is counted here as one engagement at that venue.

Buckingham Palace (other than HM) – 45
Buckingham Palace (Her Majesty) – 22
St James Palace – 4
Clarence House – 33
Kensington Palace – 17
Holyrood House – 1
Sandringham House – 13
Dumfries House – 11
Edinburgh Castle – 1

Royals who have Official Meetings with Politicians to 21st February, 2018

Over the years there has been a lot of criticism of Charles in particular meeting with various Members of Parliament. As someone who regularly reads the CC I am aware that not only does Charles do this but most of the members of the British Royal Family do as well. I thought it would be useful to keep a count at least of which royals meet with politicians.

The ‘overseas’ ones are where the royal in question meets a member of the local government other than the Head of State e.g. William and Kate meet with Stefan Lofven the Prime Minister of Sweden.

The Queen – 7
Charles – 2
William – 1 (Overseas)
Kate – 1 (Overseas)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 1 (Overseas)
HRH The Duke of York – 1

[Iluvbertie]

FAILURE of British Monarchy Website to UPDATE CC

The weekly failure of the British Monarchy website: 16th and 17th February, 2018

Missing dates across the year:

January – 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 8th
February – 15th, 16th and 17th February

[Pranter]

Really bertie I don't know why they just don't hire you to take care of all this.


LaRae

[Princess Larisa]

I have been mailed February 15th:


COURT CIRCULAR
Clarence House
The Prince of Wales today undertook engagements in County Durham and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant (Mrs Susan Snowdon).
His Royal Highness this morning visited St John’s College, University of Durham.
The Prince of Wales afterwards opened the Open Treasures Exhibition in Durham Cathedral.
His Royal Highness subsequently attended a Concert in Durham Cathedral to mark the Centenary of the death of Sir Hubert Parry.
The Prince of Wales this afternoon visited Palace Green Library to view archives from the Durham Light Infantry.
His Royal Highness later visited Barnard Castle Emergency Services Centre, Wilson Street, Barnard Castle.
The Prince of Wales afterwards visited the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle.

Kensington Palace
Prince Henry of Wales this afternoon visited a holiday activity run by Sport at Heart, a local community charity, as part of the StreetGames Fit and Fed Initiative at Roundwood Youth Centre, Brent, and was received by Miss Mei Sim Lai (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

Buckingham Palace
The Princess Royal this afternoon arrived at Heathrow Airport, London, from the Republic of Korea.

Kensington Palace
The Duchess of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Army Dental Corps, today received Brigadier Iain Pretsell upon relinquishing his appointment as Representative Colonel Commandant and Colonel Irene Amberton upon assuming the appointment, and received Colonel Simon Creasey upon relinquishing his appointment as Chief Dental Officer and Colonel Timothy Davies upon assuming the appointment.
Her Royal Highness, Royal Patron, Friends of Cathedral Music’s Diamond Fund for Choristers, this afternoon received Mr Peter Allwood (Chairman, Friends of Cathedral Music) and Mrs Felicity Pattenden (Director of the Diamond Fund for Choristers).

Let me know if you want me to post the rest.

[Princess Larisa]

Originally Posted by Pranter

Really bertie I don't know why they just don't hire you to take care of all this.


LaRae

It makes me so angry that there is someone actually getting a very good salary for such sloppy work.

[VictoriaB]

CC for 16 Feb. The Times online doesn’t seem to have a listing for 17th. Not sure if the print edition is different.

Buckingham Palace
16th February, 2018
The Queen held an Investiture at Windsor Castle this morning.

Clarence House
16th February, 2018
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall this morning visited Piece Hall, Halifax, and were received by Mr Timothy Hare (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire).

Their Royal Highnesses afterwards visited Borough Market, Halifax. The Prince of Wales subsequently visited Dean Clough, Halifax.

His Royal Highness, President, The Prince’s Trust, this afternoon visited Dearne Community Fire Station, Rotherham, and was received by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire (Mr Andrew Coombe). The Prince of Wales afterwards visited Liberty Steel, Rotherham.

The Duchess of Cornwall this afternoon visited the Brontë Society, Brontë Parsonage Museum, Church Street, Haworth, and was received by Colonel Alan Roberts (Deputy Lieutenant of West Yorkshire).

Her Royal Highness afterwards visited Haworth Station in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway and travelled by steam train to Oxenhope Station.

Kensington Palace
16th February, 2018

Prince Henry of Wales, Patron, Rugby Football Union, this morning attended an England rugby training session at Twickenham Stadium, Middlesex.

Buckingham Palace
16th February, 2018
The Duke of York, Founder, Pitch@Palace, this afternoon received Dr Chanchai Ruayrungruang (Founder, Reignwood Group).

St James’s Palace
16th February, 2018
The Duke of Kent, Patron,the Hanover Band, was represented by Mr Nicolas Adamson (Extra Equerry to His Royal Highness) at the Funeral of Mrs Caroline Neiman (Founder and Artistic Director) which was held at St Nicholas Church, London Road, Arundel, West Sussex, today.

[Iluvbertie]

Weekly Update to 21st February, 2018 - Take Two

This update is now an update on the earlier update put up today. Thanks to VictoriaB who was able to send me through the CC from The Times of the 16th February (from other sources I had Harry only – not HM, Charles or Camilla) as well as the events I was missing for the Duchess of Gloucester for the 15th. I am not sure if my alternative source is complete for the 15th and/or whether there were any engagements for the 17th but …

I really do appreciate those people who are able to send me missing days as the BRF don’t care it seems.

Everything in red is different to the earlier post due to the missing days from the online CC. I does show how much is missing from my analysis if just one day is missed.

Total Engagements with Individual Percentage of Total

HM The Queen – 39 (27 – up 12 – 8.0%)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 73 (55 – up 18 – 14.9%)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 28 (20 – up 8 – 5.7%)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 42 (36 – up 6 – 8.6%)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 36 (32 – up 4 – 7.4%)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 19 (16 – up 3 – 3.9%)
HRH The Duke of York – 26 (25 – up 1 – 5.3%)
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1 (0.2%)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 70 (60 – up 10 – 14.3%)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 41 (36 – up 5 – 8.4%)
HRH The Princess Royal – 57 (48 – up 11 – 11.7%)
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 3 (2 – up 1 – 0.6%)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 13 (10 – up 3 – 2.7%)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 17 (13 – up 4 – 3.5%)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 15 (12 – up 3 – 3.1%)
HRH Princess Alexandra – 9 (9 – no change – 1.8%)

The League Table

HRH The Prince of Wales – 73
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 70
HRH The Princess Royal – 57
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 42
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 41
HM The Queen – 39
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 36
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 28
HRH The Duke of York – 26
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 19
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 17
HRH The Duke of Kent – 15
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 13
HRH Princess Alexandra – 9
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 3
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1

Year to Date Total – 489 (401 – up 88)

Percentage of Engagements

90s (Elizabeth, Philip) – 8.0%
80s (Edward Kent, Alexandra) – 4.9%
70s (Camilla, Richard, Birgitte, Michael, Marie-Christine) – 11.9%
60s (Charles, Anne, Tim) – 27.2%
50s (Andrew, Edward, Sophie) – 28.0%
30s (William, Kate, Harry) – 19.8%
20s (Beatrice, Eugenie) – 0.2%
Over Retirement Age (65) (All the 60s upwards) – 51.3%

Number of Days on which a royal undertook Official Engagements to 21st February, 2018

HM The Queen – 15
HRH The Prince of Wales – 24
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 15
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 18
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 15
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 15
HRH The Duke of York – 9
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 21
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 14
HRH The Princess Royal – 27
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 3
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 11
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 12
HRH The Duke of Kent – 10
HRH Princess Alexandra – 7

Types of Engagements to 21st February, 2018

These are the total number of these types of engagements for the year – not how many were done in the last week.

Audience – 15
Awards Ceremony – 6
Concert – 5
Dinner – 41
Discussion – 5
Forum – 1
Guest Night – 2
Investiture - 3
Meeting – 44
Met People – 6
Opened – 23
Presentation – 2
Presented Award – 4
Presented Prize – 3
Received – 72
Reception – 47
Rugby – 2
Tea – 1
Toured – 1
Viewed – 3
Visit – 146

Patronages that were Supported via an Official Engagement to 21st February, 2018

BAFTA – 1
Brendoncare Foundation – 1
Corporation of Trinity House – 4
Cranfield Trust – 1
Debra – 1
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – 12
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award International Foundation – 15
Friends of Cathedral Music’s Diamond Fund for Choristers – 1
Helen and Douglas House – 1
Honorary Military – 25
Injured Jockey’s Fund – 1
Investiture – 3
Invictus Games Foundation – 1
London Chamber Orchestra – 1
Motor Neurone Disease Association – 3
National Osteoporosis Society – 1
Pitch@Palace – 7
Royal Academy of Music – 1
Royal Collection Trust – 1
Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health – 1
Royal College of Physicians – 1
Rugby Football Union – 2
Scotch Beef Club – 1
The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts – 2
The Prince’s Trust – 4
University Chancellor – 10
Victim Support Scotland – 1

Organisations that were Supported via an Official Engagement to 21st February, 2018

These organisations were supported by a royal who had no official connection to the organization. They aren’t the patron, president, honorary member etc. The royal for whom there is an entry here may have accompanied a royal who is the patron, president etc

All Aboard! Watersports – 1
Amey plc – 2
Ashton Park School – 1
BAFTA – 1
Bristol Real Tennis Club – 1
Borough Market, Halifax – 2
Bronte Society, Bronte Parsonage Museum – 1
Charities Forum – 1
Clifton College – 1
Commonwealth Fashion Exchange – 3
Cubic Transportation Limited – 1
Dean Clough, Halifax – 1
Dearne Community Fire Station – 1
Haworth Railway Station – 1
Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps – 1
Liberty Steel – 1
London Fashion Week – 1
MIRA Technology Park – 1
North Downs Specialists Referrals – 1
Northern Spire Bridge Sunderland – 2
Pierce Hall, Halifax – 2
Sunderland Fire Station – 2
The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education – 4
Triumph Motorcycles Limited – 1
University of Buckingham Academic Centre – 1

Overseas Engagements to 21st February, 2018

Total – 128 (128 – no change)

HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 21 (21 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 21(21 – no change)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 3 (3 – no change)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 35 (35 – no change)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 21 (21 – no change)
HRH The Princess Royal – 16 (16 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester –5 (5 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 6 (6 – no change)

Royal Palaces where Events Occurred to 21st February, 2018

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 or more royals attended the same event is counted here as one engagement at that venue.

Buckingham Palace (other than HM) – 46
Buckingham Palace (Her Majesty) – 23
St James Palace – 4
Windsor –
Clarence House – 33
Kensington Palace – 20
Holyrood House – 1
Hillsborough Castle –
Marlborough House –
Sandringham House – 13
Balmoral –
Dumfries House – 11
Edinburgh Castle – 1

Royals who have Official Meetings with Politicians to 21st February, 2018

Over the years there has been a lot of criticism of Charles in particular meeting with various Members of Parliament. As someone who regularly reads the CC I am aware that not only does Charles do this but most of the members of the British Royal Family do as well. I thought it would be useful to keep a count at least of which royals meet with politicians.

The ‘overseas’ ones are where the royal in question meets a member of the local government other than the Head of State e.g. William and Kate meet with Stefan Lofven the Prime Minister of Sweden.

The Queen – 7
Charles – 2
William – 1 (Overseas)
Kate – 1 (Overseas)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 1 (Overseas)
HRH The Duke of York – 1

[Dman]

The Royal Family busiest start of the year:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal...ueen-cuts-back

[Iluvbertie]

Guess what - the online CC has gone back and put up the missing days from last week - 15th and 16th February.

I will do a double check that my figures are accurate from that source this week.

Amazing - someone must have checked and noted that there are people (not only myself but others elsewhere) keeping records and noting missing days publicly.

Now it would be great to see them go back and put up the missing days from last year e.g. Trooping the Colour.

[AdmirerUS]

Originally Posted by Iluvbertie

Guess what - the online CC has gone back and put up the missing days from last week - 15th and 16th February.

I will do a double check that my figures are accurate from that source this week.

Amazing - someone must have checked and noted that there are people (not only myself but others elsewhere) keeping records and noting missing days publicly.

Now it would be great to see them go back and put up the missing days from last year e.g. Trooping the Colour.

Your lips to the courtiers' ears, Iluvbertie! My guess is that they have hired someone on at a lower level that is tasked with keeping up with the details. A blessing, if so!

[Iluvbertie]

Weekly Update to 1st March, 2018

I have seen a report in the DM that Kate has done 38 engagements to the end of February – I have her on 40 to that date so maybe I will do an analysis by date to see where I am adding two to her total – for fun.

Some people may be wondering why there is nothing yet for Meghan when she is attending events. The answer is simple. She is not recorded in the CC as attending any of these events. She was in the FE once but only the once and then that event wasn’t recorded in the CC and my figures are based only on those that appear in the official record of engagements as set out in the CC.

Total Engagements with Individual Percentage of Total

HM The Queen – 48 (39 – up 9 – 8.8%)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 76 (73 – up 3 – 13.9%)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 28 (28 – no change – 5.1%)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 45 (42 – up 3 – 8.2%)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 40 (36 – up 4 – 7.3%)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 21 (19 – up 2 – 3.8%)
HRH The Duke of York – 31 (26 – up 5 – 5.7%)
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1 (1 – no change – 0.2%)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 80 (70 – up 10 – 14.6%)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 44 (41 – up 3 – 8.0%)
HRH The Princess Royal – 67 (57 – up 10 – 12.2%)
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 5 (3 – up 2 – 0.9%)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 15 (13 – up 2 – 2.7%)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 17 (17 – no change – 3.1%)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 19 (15 – up 4 – 3.5%)
HRH Princess Alexandra – 11 (9 – up 2 – 2.0%)

The League Table

HRH The Earl of Wessex – 80
HRH The Prince of Wales – 76
HRH The Princess Royal – 67
HM The Queen – 48
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 45
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 44
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 40
HRH The Duke of York – 31
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 28
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 21
HRH The Duke of Kent – 19
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 17
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 15
HRH Princess Alexandra – 11
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 5
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1

Year to Date Total – 548 (489 – up 59)

Percentage of Engagements

90s (Elizabeth, Philip) – 8.8%
80s (Edward Kent, Alexandra) – 5.8%
70s (Camilla, Richard, Birgitte, Michael, Marie-Christine) – 10.9%
60s (Charles, Anne, Tim) – 27.0%
50s (Andrew, Edward, Sophie) – 28.3%
30s (William, Kate, Harry) – 19.3%
20s (Beatrice, Eugenie) – 0.2%
Over Retirement Age (65) (All the 60s upwards) – 51.3%

Number of Days on which a royal undertook Official Engagements to 1st March, 2018

HM The Queen – 17
HRH The Prince of Wales – 25
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 15
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 20
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 17
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 17
HRH The Duke of York – 10
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 25
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 16
HRH The Princess Royal – 31
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 5
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 13
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 12
HRH The Duke of Kent – 13
HRH Princess Alexandra – 9

Types of Engagements to 1st March, 2018

These are the total number of these types of engagements for the year – not how many were done in the last week.

Audience – 18
Concert – 6
Conference – 7
Dinner – 49
Discussion – 7
Exhibition – 1
Festival – 2
Forum – 4
Gave Speech/Talk – 2
Launch – 3
Lecture – 2
Lunch – 16
Meeting – 48
Opened – 25
Pitch at Palace – 4
Received – 82
Received Address – 1
Reception – 51
Replied to Address – 1
Rugby – 4
Visit – 154

Patronages that were Supported via an Official Engagement to 1st March, 2018

Cancer Research UK – 2
Commonwealth Games Federation – 2
Company of Butchers – 1
Defence and Rehabilitation Centre – 1
Disability Initiative – 1
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – 14
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award International Foundation – 21
Fishmongers Company – 4
Honorary Military – 26
Learning and Work Institute – 1
Lions Club International – 1
Masonic Charitable Foundation – 1
National Portrait Gallery – 1
Nursing Now – 1
Opera North – 1
Peter Jones Foundation – 1
Pitch@Palace – 8
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists – 1
Royal Foundation of William, Kate and Harry – 7
Scottish Rugby Union – 2
Transaid – 1
UK Coaching – 1
UK Fashion and Textile Association – 2
United Grand Lodge of England – 2
University Chancellor – 12
WISE – 1
Women’s Network Forum – 1
YSS Limited – 1

Organisations that were Supported via an Official Engagement to 1st March, 2018

These organisations were supported by a royal who had no official connection to the organization. They aren’t the patron, president, honorary member etc. The royal for whom there is an entry here may have accompanied a royal who is the patron, president etc

Equine Semen Centre – 1
Fight for Peace – 1
Holyhead Real Tennis Club – 1
League of Friends, Morriston Hospital – 1
Manor Green School – 1
Orchid Festival – 1
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew – 1
Royal Oak Paley Street – 1
Scottish Rugby – 1
The Queen’s Club, Palliser Road – 1
Ty Hafan, the Children’s Hospice in Wales – 1
Wales Air Ambulance – 1

Overseas Engagements to 1st March, 2018

Total – 128 (128 – no change)

HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 21 (21 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 21(21 – no change)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 3 (3 – no change)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 35 (35 – no change)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 21 (21 – no change)
HRH The Princess Royal – 16 (16 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester –5 (5 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 6 (6 – no change)

Royal Palaces where Events Occurred to 1st March, 2018

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 or more royals attended the same event is counted here as one engagement at that venue.

Buckingham Palace (other than HM) – 55
Buckingham Palace (Her Majesty) – 32
St James Palace – 6
Clarence House – 33
Kensington Palace – 22
Holyrood House – 1
Sandringham House – 13
Dumfries House – 11
Edinburgh Castle – 1

Royals who have Official Meetings with Politicians to 1st March, 2018

The Queen – 11
Charles – 2
William – 1 (Overseas)
Kate – 1 (Overseas)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 1 (Overseas)
HRH The Duke of York – 2
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 1 (Overseas)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 1 (Overseas)

NOTE – forgot to add Edward and Sophie’s meeting with the President of Sri Lanka and have corrected that now.

[Juliette2]

Iluvebertie, That's a fantastic summary!! How interesting! Thank you for your hard work!!

[Iluvbertie]

Call out please:

Anyone who has access to The Times.

Can you confirm that there were no engagements for the 3rd or 4th March. The online CC goes from the 2nd to the 5th with nothing in between. It would not be unusual for a weekend to have no engagements but I am just checking.

Thanks - please PM rather than post if you are able to reply.

[Iluvbertie]

Weekly Update to 8th March, 2018

It has certainly been a busy start to the year with over 600 engagements so far. What makes that unusual is that January – February are a bit slower than the spring and autumn months when most of the work is done.

Philip undertook three engagements this week – all receiving someone so inside the palaces but nice to see him still doing things even if he isn’t out and about being ‘Philip’.

Total Engagements with Individual Percentage of Total

HM The Queen – 52 (48 – up 4 – 8.3%)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 3 (0.5%)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 91 (76 – up 15 – 14.4%)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 31 (28 – up 3 – 4.9%)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 52 (48 – up 4 – 8.3%)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 42 (40 – up 2 – 6.7%)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 24 (21 – up 3 – 3.8%)
HRH The Duke of York – 37 (31 – up 6 – 5.9%)
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1 (1 – no change – 0.2%)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 87 (80 – up 7 – 13.8%)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 50 (44 – up 6 – 7.9%)
HRH The Princess Royal – 82 (67 – up 15 – 13.0%)
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 6 (5 – up 1 – 1.0%)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 19 (15 – up 4 – 3.0%)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 19 (17 – up 2 – 3.0%)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 23 (19 – up 4 – 3.7%)
HRH Princess Alexandra – 11 (11 – no change – 1.7%)

The League Table

HRH The Prince of Wales – 91
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 87
HRH The Princess Royal – 82
HM The Queen – 52
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 52
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 50
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 42
HRH The Duke of York – 37
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 31
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 24
HRH The Duke of Kent – 23
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 19
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 19
HRH Princess Alexandra – 11
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 6
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 3
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1

Year to Date Total – 630 (548 – up 82)

Percentage of Engagements

90s (Elizabeth, Philip) – 8.7%
80s (Edward Kent, Alexandra) – 5.4%
70s (Camilla, Richard, Birgitte, Michael, Marie-Christine) – 11.0%
60s (Charles, Anne, Tim) – 28.4%
50s (Andrew, Edward, Sophie) – 27.6%
30s (William, Kate, Harry) – 18.7%
20s (Beatrice, Eugenie) – 0.2%
Over Retirement Age (65) (All the 60s upwards) – 52.5%

Number of Days on which a royal undertook Official Engagements to 8th March, 2018

HM The Queen – 20
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 3
HRH The Prince of Wales – 29
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 17
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 24
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 19
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 19
HRH The Duke of York – 13
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 1
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 28
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 18
HRH The Princess Royal – 35
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 6
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 15
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 14
HRH The Duke of Kent – 15
HRH Princess Alexandra – 9

Types of Engagements to 8th March, 2018

These are the total number of these types of engagements for the year – not how many were done in the last week.

Audience – 19
Awards Ceremony – 10
Careers Day – 1
Conference – 8
Dinner – 62
Event – 9
Forum – 5
Graduation Ceremony – 1
Investiture – 6
Launch – 4
Lecture – 4
Lunch – 22
Meeting – 57
Opened – 30
Received – 95
Received by – 10
Reception – 61
Training Session – 1
Viewed – 5
Visit – 166

Patronages that were Supported via an Official Engagement to 8th March, 2018

100 Women in Finance – 2
Ancient Monuments Society – 1
Art Workers Guild – 1
Arts Society – 2
BAFTA – 2
British Asian Trust – 2
Cranfield University – 1
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award International Foundation – 23
Entrepreneurship Centre – 1
First Story – 1
Fishmongers Company – 7
Honorary Military – 29
Kohima Educational Trust – 1
Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem – 3
National Equine Forum – 1
National Gallery – 1
Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust – 1
Pitch@Palace – 9
Place2Be – 2
Pony Club – 1
Royal College of Emergency Medicine – 3
Royal Foundation of William, Kate and Harry – 8
Royal Yacht Squadron – 1
Silverstone Heritage Experience/Motorsport World – 1
Southbank’s Centre WOW – Women of the World Festival – 1
St John Ambulance – 1
St John Ambulance in Wales – 1
Step up to Serve – 1
The Prince of Wales International Sustainability Unit – 4
The Prince’s Trust – 5
The Prince’s Trust Group – 1 (if I am understanding the re-organisation of Charles’ charitable arrangements this organisation will replace a lot of others such as the two above it on this list – time will tell which ones stay individual and which ones come under the broader umbrella)
Turquoise Mountain Foundation – 1
United for Wildlife – 2
University Chancellor – 17
World Horse Welfare – 1

Organisations that were Supported via an Official Engagement to 8th March, 2018

These organisations were supported by a royal who had no official connection to the organization. They aren’t the patron, president, honorary member etc. The royal for whom there is an entry here may have accompanied a royal who is the patron, president etc

Chief Scientific Officer Healthcare – 1
Clifton Club – 1
Family Links – 1
Fittleworth Medical – 1
Institute of Engineering and Technology – 1
International Maritime Organisation – 1
Melton Mowbray Market – 1
National Space Centre – 1
Pegasus Primary School – 1
Pooley Sword – 1
Shoreham Technical College – 1
Sport and Fitness, University of Birmingham – 1
St John Cymru Wales – 2
Torch Trust Trophy Awards – 1

Overseas Engagements to 1st March, 2018

Total – 134 (128 – up 6)

HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 21 (21 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 21(21 – no change)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 3 (3 – no change)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 35 (35 – no change)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 27 (21 – up 6)
HRH The Princess Royal – 16 (16 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester –5 (5 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 6 (6 – no change)

Royal Palaces where Events Occurred to 8th March, 2018

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 or more royals attended the same event is counted here as one engagement at that venue.

Buckingham Palace (other than HM) – 68
Buckingham Palace (Her Majesty) – 34
St James Palace – 8
Windsor – 1
Clarence House – 41
Kensington Palace – 24
Holyrood House – 1
Sandringham House – 13
Dumfries House – 11
Edinburgh Castle – 1

Royals who have Official Meetings with Politicians to 8th March, 2018

Over the years there has been a lot of criticism of Charles in particular meeting with various Members of Parliament. As someone who regularly reads the CC I am aware that not only does Charles do this but most of the members of the British Royal Family do as well. I thought it would be useful to keep a count at least of which royals meet with politicians.

This week I have included those who meet with either the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and/or the Aga Khan.

The Queen – 14
Charles – 4
Camilla – 1
William – 2
Kate – 1
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 1
HRH The Duke of York – 4
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 1
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 1
HRH The Princess Royal – 1
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 1