British Royal Family Engagements 2014

[Iluvbertie]

Types of Engagements

Audience - 78
Ballet - 0
Called Upon - 15
Ceremony - 77
Church Service - 109
Concert - 30
Conference – 46
Council Meeting - 10
Dinner - 283
Football - 5
Forum - 11
Funeral - 8
Investiture - 53
Launched - 19
Luncheon – 155
Meeting - 185
Met People - 88
Opened - 252
Other Events - 314
Other Sports - 80
Performance - 26
Polo - 1
Presented Awards - 51
Races – 25
Received - 399
Received by - 86
Reception – 365
Rugby - 6
Military Parade/Salute - 102
Seminar - 7
Tea - 14
Tennis - 17
Unveiled - 34
Viewed - 67
Visit - 859
Gala – 2
Visited by – 6
Toured - 39

 

[Iluvbertie]

Weekly update to 13th November 2014

The Royal Family usually has a busy November and this one has been no different with over 250 engagements done in the first 2 weeks alone. They start to slow down again in mid-December for the Christmas break.

An interesting note – we all saw the reports that Harry went to Afghanistan for Remembrance Day but…there was no mention of that in the Court Circular. I know it is normal for these events not to be announced in advance but normally they do appear in the CC after the royal has safely returned home. If there is an addendum to the CC to take account of this event I will update the count but I only count what is in the CC and something not mentioned there doesn’t get any credit.

HM The Queen - 415 (403 – up 12)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - 266 (260 – up 6)
HRH The Prince of Wales - 462 (445 – up 17)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 205 (203 – up 2)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge - 128 (122 – up 6)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 86 (81 – up 5)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales - 87 (83 – up 4)
HRH The Duke of York – 297 (292 – up 5)
HRH Princess Beatrice of York - 3 (3 – no change)
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2 (2 – no change)
HRH The Earl of Wessex - 383 (371 – up 12)
HRH The Countess of Wessex - 296 (289 –up 7)
HRH The Princess Royal - 455 (435 – up 20)
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence - 61 (57 – up 4)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 234 (226 – up 8)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester - 127 (123 – up 4)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 173 (166 – up 7)
HRH The Duchess of Kent - 0 (0 - no change)
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7 (6 – up 1)
HRH Princess Michael of Kent - 6 (6 – no change)
HRH Princess Alexandra - 76 (72 – up 4)

The 'league table'

HRH The Prince of Wales – 462
HRH The Princess Royal – 455
HM The Queen – 415
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 383
HRH The Duke of York – 297
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 296
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 266
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 234
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 205
HRH The Duke of Kent – 173
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 128
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 127
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 87
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 86
HRH Princess Alexandra - 76
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 61
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 6
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 3
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 0

Year to date total - 3770 (3646 - up 124)

75.3% of those engagements being carried out by The Queen, her children and their spouses.
43.8% done by the main line (The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duke of Cambridge, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry)
18.1% of all engagements are being done by those over 85.
24.7% done by those 70 and above*
64.4% are being done by those over 60.
41.4% were done by those in their 60s*
11.0% have been done by The Queen.
12.3% were done by Charles.
5.4% were done by Camilla
52.3% were done by those over retirement age
12.0% were done by Anne

* I haven’t adjusted the calculations to take into account the fact that HRH The Duke of Gloucester is now out of his 60s and thus needs to have his figures included in the ’70 and above’ and not in the ‘in their 60s’. That will be done next year and if I am able to do so I will work out the actual figures dating from his birthday when I am on school holidays in December.

Days on which official engagements were undertaken to the 13th November, 2014

HM The Queen - 130
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - 121
HRH The Prince of Wales - 148
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 90
HRH The Duke of Cambridge - 61
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge - 41
HRH Prince Henry of Wales - 52
HRH The Duke of York – 117
HRH Princess Beatrice of York - 3
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2
HRH The Earl of Wessex - 147
HRH The Countess of Wessex - 119
HRH The Princess Royal - 160
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence - 35
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 119
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester - 80
HRH The Duke of Kent - 106
HRH The Duchess of Kent - 0
HRH Prince Michael of Kent - 7
HRH Princess Michael of Kent - 6
HRH Princess Alexandra - 56

 

[Iluvbertie]

Types of Engagements

Audience - 82
Ballet - 0
Called Upon - 15
Ceremony - 78
Church Service - 109
Concert - 36
Conference – 47
Council Meeting - 10
Dinner - 288
Football - 5
Forum - 13
Funeral - 9
Investiture - 56
Launched - 19
Luncheon – 160
Meeting - 189
Met People - 93
Opened - 253
Other Events - 331
Other Sports - 80
Performance - 26
Polo - 1
Presented Awards - 57
Races – 25
Received - 410
Received by - 88
Reception – 373
Rugby - 9
Military Parade/Salute - 123
Seminar - 7
Tea - 15
Tennis - 17
Unveiled - 36
Viewed - 67
Visit - 878
Gala – 2
Visited by – 7
Toured - 39

 

[Iluvbertie]

Weekly update to 13th November 2014

Another typical November week with around 120 engagements.

Interesting note for many people regarding investitures: in the UK Investitures are carried out by The Queen, Charles, William and Anne but when one of the royals visits overseas there is a good chance that they will carry out an investiture there and this past week has been no exception with Harry carrying out an investiture while overseas. This would probably be for some British person who ia permanently or temporarily living overseas and has earned some award that would be presented in the UK under normal circumstances. William did two while Down Under – one in Australia and one in NZ, while Andrew and Edward have also carried out investitures when overseas.

HM The Queen - 433 (415 – up 18)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - 279 (266 – up 13)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 479 (462 – up 17)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 210 (205 – up 5)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge - 129 (128 – up 1)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 87 (86 – up 1)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales - 92 (87 – up 5)
HRH The Duke of York – 316 (297 – up 19)
HRH Princess Beatrice of York - 3 (3 – no change)
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2 (2 – no change)
HRH The Earl of Wessex - 391 (383 – up 8)
HRH The Countess of Wessex - 298 (296 –up 2)
HRH The Princess Royal - 472 (455 – up 13)
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence - 62 (61 – up 1)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 243 (234 – up 9)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester - 128 (127 – up 1)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 179 (173 – up 6)
HRH The Duchess of Kent - 0 (0 - no change)
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7 (7 – up 1)
HRH Princess Michael of Kent - 6 (6 – no change)
HRH Princess Alexandra - 80 (76 – up 4)

The 'league table'

HRH The Prince of Wales – 479
HRH The Princess Royal – 472
HM The Queen – 433
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 391
HRH The Duke of York – 316
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 298
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 279
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 243
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 210
HRH The Duke of Kent – 179
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 129
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 128
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 92
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 87
HRH Princess Alexandra - 80
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 61
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 6
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 3
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 0

Year to date total - 3897 (3770 - up 127)

75.4% of those engagements being carried out by The Queen, her children and their spouses.
43.9% done by the main line (The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duke of Cambridge, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry)
18.3% of all engagements are being done by those over 85.
24.9% done by those 70 and above*
64.6% are being done by those over 60.
41.2% were done by those in their 60s*
11.1% have been done by The Queen.
12.3% were done by Charles.
5.4% were done by Camilla
52.5% were done by those over retirement age
12.1% were done by Anne

* I haven’t adjusted the calculations to take into account the fact that HRH The Duke of Gloucester is now out of his 60s and thus needs to have his figures included in the ’70 and above’ and not in the ‘in their 60s’. That will be done next year and if I am able to do so I will work out the actual figures dating from his birthday when I am on school holidays in December.

Days on which official engagements were undertaken to the 20th November, 2014

HM The Queen - 133
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - 125
HRH The Prince of Wales - 153
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 93
HRH The Duke of Cambridge - 62
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge - 42
HRH Prince Henry of Wales - 55
HRH The Duke of York – 122
HRH Princess Beatrice of York - 3
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2
HRH The Earl of Wessex - 150
HRH The Countess of Wessex - 121
HRH The Princess Royal - 166
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence - 36
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 122
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester - 81
HRH The Duke of Kent - 110
HRH The Duchess of Kent - 0
HRH Prince Michael of Kent - 7
HRH Princess Michael of Kent - 6
HRH Princess Alexandra - 60

 

[Iluvbertie]

Types of Engagements

Audience - 87
Ballet - 0
Called Upon - 17
Ceremony - 78
Church Service - 112
Concert - 36
Conference – 49
Council Meeting - 10
Dinner - 302
Football - 5
Forum - 13
Funeral - 9
Investiture - 58
Launched - 20
Luncheon – 164
Meeting - 202
Met People - 100
Opened - 258
Other Events - 337
Other Sports - 80
Performance - 26
Polo - 2
Presented Awards - 62
Races – 25
Received - 421
Received by - 94
Reception – 387
Rugby - 11
Military Parade/Salute - 130
Seminar - 7
Tea - 15
Tennis - 17
Unveiled - 37
Viewed - 69
Visit - 900
Gala – 2
Visited by – 7
Toured - 41

 

[cepe]

Unusually the Duke of Gloucester carried out an investiture in the UK on 13 May. Here is the item from the CC


The Duke of Gloucester, on behalf of The Queen, later held an Investiture at Oxford Register Office, 1 Tidmarsh Lane, Oxford.

V Unusual; I thought it might have been someone unable to get to London or Windsor.

 

[Iluvbertie]

Yes - that is true and I thought it strange at the time and like you assumed that it was someone who couldn't get to one of the normal investitures or someone who may have actually asked for the Duke personally to perform the ceremony - a friend or someone with whom he has worked or something like that.

 

[miss whirley]

I didn't realize that Tim Laurence was carrying out royal duties. That's wonderful! He has the perfect clout for military charities. He spent all those decades in the Navy, and now during his pension years he's willing to work for the Firm and go on royal tours. I am very impressed with this gentleman.

I think I listened to too many of those stupid tabloid articles that claimed he and Anne were living separate lives. So I assumed that they were like The Duke and Duchess of Kent. Very gullible of me.

 

[Iluvbertie]

Tim doesn't do any duties on his own but he does accompany Anne sometimes. He accompanied on her recent trip to Canada for instance, but he was only listed in the CC on a few occasions as actually being with her for the official duty - especially those over Remembrance Day.


He also accompanied her officially to the Rugby last week and to the Winter Olympics earlier this year.


As for their relationship - every time I have seen footage of them together they don't seem apart to me but very much a couple.

 

[Iluvbertie]

Weekly update to 20th November 2014

I think that the family are starting to slow down with only 92 this week. Beatrice did her 4th engagement for the year when she accompanied her father to the opening of the school and was officially listed in the CC. Andrew is still carrying duties overseas having moved from the Middle East to India.

HM The Queen - 446 (433 – up 13)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - 283 (279 – up 4)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 489 (479 – up 10)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 213 (210 – up 3)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge - 134 (129 – up 5)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 88 (87 – up 1)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales - 92 (92 – no change)
HRH The Duke of York – 328 (316 – up 12)
HRH Princess Beatrice of York - 4 (3 – up 1)
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2 (2 – no change)
HRH The Earl of Wessex - 395 (391 – up 4)
HRH The Countess of Wessex - 302 (298 –up 4)
HRH The Princess Royal - 483 (472 – up 11)
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence - 65 (62 – up 3)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 254 (243 – up11)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester - 129 (128 – up 1)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 187 (179 – up 8)
HRH The Duchess of Kent - 0 (0 - no change)
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7 (7 – up 1)
HRH Princess Michael of Kent - 6 (6 – no change)
HRH Princess Alexandra - 81 (80 – up 1)

The 'league table'

HRH The Prince of Wales – 489
HRH The Princess Royal – 483
HM The Queen – 446
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 395
HRH The Duke of York – 328
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 302
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 283
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 254
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 213
HRH The Duke of Kent – 187
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 134
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 129
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 92
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 88
HRH Princess Alexandra - 80
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 65
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 6
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 4
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 0

Year to date total - 3989 (3897 - up 92)

75.3% of those engagements being carried out by The Queen, her children and their spouses.
43.7% done by the main line (The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duke of Cambridge, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry)
18.3% of all engagements are being done by those over 85.
25.0% done by those 70 and above*
64.7% are being done by those over 60.
41.3% were done by those in their 60s*
11.2% have been done by The Queen.
12.3% were done by Charles.
5.3% were done by Camilla
52.5% were done by those over retirement age
12.1% were done by Anne

* I haven’t adjusted the calculations to take into account the fact that HRH The Duke of Gloucester is now out of his 60s and thus needs to have his figures included in the ’70 and above’ and not in the ‘in their 60s’. That will be done next year and if I am able to do so I will work out the actual figures dating from his birthday when I am on school holidays in December.

Days on which official engagements were undertaken to the 27th November, 2014

HM The Queen - 136
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - 128
HRH The Prince of Wales - 157
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 94
HRH The Duke of Cambridge - 66
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge - 43
HRH Prince Henry of Wales - 55
HRH The Duke of York – 126
HRH Princess Beatrice of York - 4
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2
HRH The Earl of Wessex - 153
HRH The Countess of Wessex - 123
HRH The Princess Royal - 171
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence - 39
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 126
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester - 82
HRH The Duke of Kent - 114
HRH The Duchess of Kent - 0
HRH Prince Michael of Kent - 7
HRH Princess Michael of Kent - 6
HRH Princess Alexandra - 61

 

[Iluvbertie]

Types of Engagements

Audience - 92
Ballet - 0
Called Upon - 18
Ceremony - 80
Church Service - 114
Concert - 37
Conference – 51
Council Meeting - 10
Dinner - 312
Football - 5
Forum - 13
Funeral - 9
Investiture - 60
Launched – 21
Luncheon – 170
Meeting - 211
Met People - 101
Opened - 265
Other Events - 3341
Other Sports - 80
Performance - 26
Polo - 2
Presented Awards - 68
Races – 25
Received - 433
Received by - 95
Reception – 394
Rugby - 11
Military Parade/Salute - 130
Seminar - 7
Tea - 15
Tennis - 17
Unveiled - 39
Viewed - 69
Visit - 920
Gala – 2
Visited by – 7
Toured - 41

 

[Queen Camilla]

Iluvbertie,
The 'Weekly update to' date is not matching the 'Days on which official engagements were undertaken to' date.

Thanks

 

[Iluvbertie]

Weekly update to 4th December 2014

There were only 70 engagements this week. Andrew was the busiest carrying out 21 this week. William and Kate will, of course, add to their totals this week with the trip to New York while most of the others will really start preparing for Christmas, with only 32 engagements listed for the rest of December for the entire family, although there are none listed for William or Kate or Andrew. Andrew’s events are rarely on the Future Engagements lists but interestingly more of Charles and Camilla’s are now appearing there.

HM The Queen - 449 (446 – up 3)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - 288 (283 – up 5)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 501 (489 – up 12)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 217 (213 – up 4)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge - 134 (134 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 89 (88 – up 1)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales - 93 (92 – up 1)
HRH The Duke of York – 349 (328 – up 21)
HRH Princess Beatrice of York - 4 (4 – no change)
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2 (2 – no change)
HRH The Earl of Wessex - 398 (395 – up 3)
HRH The Countess of Wessex - 303 (302 – up 1)
HRH The Princess Royal - 491 (483 – up 8)
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence - 66 (65 – up 1)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 256 (254 – up 2)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester - 133 (129 – up 4)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 190 (187 – up 3)
HRH The Duchess of Kent - 0 (0 - no change)
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7 (7 – no change)
HRH Princess Michael of Kent - 6 (6 – no change)
HRH Princess Alexandra - 82 (81 – up 1)

The 'league table'

HRH The Prince of Wales – 501
HRH The Princess Royal – 491
HM The Queen – 449
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 398
HRH The Duke of York – 349
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 303
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 288
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 256
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 217
HRH The Duke of Kent – 190
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 134
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 133
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 93
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 89
HRH Princess Alexandra - 82
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 66
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 6
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 4
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 0

Year to date total - 4059 (3989 - up 70)

75.4% of those engagements being carried out by The Queen, her children and their spouses.
43.6% done by the main line (The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duke of Cambridge, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry)
18.2% of all engagements are being done by those over 85.
24.9% done by those 70 and above*
64.6% are being done by those over 60.
41.2% were done by those in their 60s*
11.1% have been done by The Queen.
12.3% were done by Charles.
5.3% were done by Camilla
52.5% were done by those over retirement age
12.1% were done by Anne

* I haven’t adjusted the calculations to take into account the fact that HRH The Duke of Gloucester is now out of his 60s and thus needs to have his figures included in the ’70 and above’ and not in the ‘in their 60s’. That will be done next year and if I am able to do so I will work out the actual figures dating from his birthday when I am on school holidays in December.

Days on which official engagements were undertaken to the 4th December, 2014

HM The Queen - 138
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - 130
HRH The Prince of Wales - 160
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 96
HRH The Duke of Cambridge - 66
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge - 44
HRH Prince Henry of Wales - 56
HRH The Duke of York – 131
HRH Princess Beatrice of York - 4
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2
HRH The Earl of Wessex - 155
HRH The Countess of Wessex - 124
HRH The Princess Royal - 175
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence - 40
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 128
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester - 85
HRH The Duke of Kent - 117
HRH The Duchess of Kent - 0
HRH Prince Michael of Kent - 7
HRH Princess Michael of Kent - 6
HRH Princess Alexandra - 62

 

[Iluvbertie]

Types of Engagements

Audience - 92
Ballet - 0
Called Upon - 19
Ceremony - 80
Church Service - 122
Concert - 38
Conference – 51
Council Meeting - 10
Dinner - 313
Football - 5
Forum - 15
Funeral - 9
Investiture - 60
Launched – 21
Luncheon – 172
Meeting - 223
Met People - 104
Opened - 272
Other Events - 343
Other Sports - 80
Performance - 26
Polo - 2
Presented Awards - 69
Races – 25
Received - 444
Received by - 97
Reception – 406
Rugby - 12
Military Parade/Salute - 131
Seminar - 7
Tea - 15
Tennis - 18
Unveiled - 39
Viewed - 71
Visit - 924
Gala – 2
Visited by – 8
Toured - 43

Just a note - if anyone is adding up the total from this list and compares it to the total in the other post, they won't match. Why?

Because sometimes a royal engagement is listed as: 'xxxx visited yyyy and then toured the facility, viewed a performance and met the people who worked there.' That is counted as ONE engagement in the total of engagements but each 'type' is counted separated so there would be four entries in my total of 'type of engagements' even though it is only one engagement.

 

[Iluvbertie]

Weekly update to 11th December 2014

There were 94 engagements this week with William and Kate’s visit to the USA padding the normal number for this time of the year. Lots of ‘carol service’ type engagements also appearing. Anne and Sophie were also both overseas this week – Anne had two days at the IOC Sessions and Sophie made a one day trip to Germany to visit her regiment there.

HM The Queen - 461 (449 – up 12)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - 288 (288 – no change)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 514 (501 – up 13)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 225 (217 – up 8)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge - 146 (134 – up 12)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 99 (89 – up 10)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales - 93 (93 – no change)
HRH The Duke of York – 363 (349 – up 14)
HRH Princess Beatrice of York - 4 (4 – no change)
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2 (2 – no change)
HRH The Earl of Wessex - 407 (398– up 9)
HRH The Countess of Wessex - 310 (303 – up 7)
HRH The Princess Royal - 495 (491 – up 4)
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence - 66 (66 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 256 (256 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester - 133 (133 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 193 (190 – up 3)
HRH The Duchess of Kent - 0 (0 - no change)
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7 (7 – no change)
HRH Princess Michael of Kent - 6 (6 – no change)
HRH Princess Alexandra - 84 (82 – up 2)

The 'league table'

HRH The Prince of Wales – 514
HRH The Princess Royal – 495
HM The Queen – 461
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 407
HRH The Duke of York – 363
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 310
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 288
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 256
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 225
HRH The Duke of Kent – 193
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 146
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 133
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 99
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 93
HRH Princess Alexandra - 84
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 66
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 6
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 4
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 0

Year to date total - 4153 (4059 - up 94)

75.3% of those engagements being carried out by The Queen, her children and their spouses.
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)
18.0% of all engagements are being done by those over 85.
24.8% done by those 70 and above*
64.1% are being done by those over 60.
41.1% were done by those in their 60s*
11.1% have been done by The Queen.
12.4% were done by Charles.
5.4% were done by Camilla
52.2% were done by those over retirement age
11.9% were done by Anne

* I haven’t adjusted the calculations to take into account the fact that HRH The Duke of Gloucester is now out of his 60s and thus needs to have his figures included in the ’70 and above’ and not in the ‘in their 60s’. That will be done next year and if I am able to do so I will work out the actual figures dating from his birthday when I am on school holidays in December.

Days on which official engagements were undertaken to the 11th December, 2014

HM The Queen - 141
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - 130
HRH The Prince of Wales - 165
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 98
HRH The Duke of Cambridge - 69
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge - 47
HRH Prince Henry of Wales - 56
HRH The Duke of York – 135
HRH Princess Beatrice of York - 4
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2
HRH The Earl of Wessex - 159
HRH The Countess of Wessex - 128
HRH The Princess Royal - 179
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence - 40
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 128
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester - 85
HRH The Duke of Kent - 120
HRH The Duchess of Kent - 0
HRH Prince Michael of Kent - 7
HRH Princess Michael of Kent - 6
HRH Princess Alexandra - 64

 

[Iluvbertie]

Types of Engagements

Audience - 97
Ballet - 0
Called Upon - 20
Ceremony - 83
Church Service - 123
Concert - 40
Conference – 52
Council Meeting - 11
Dinner - 329
Football - 5
Forum - 16
Funeral - 9
Investiture - 63
Launched – 22
Luncheon – 178
Meeting - 234
Met People - 105
Opened - 273
Other Events - 349
Other Sports - 82
Performance - 26
Polo - 2
Presented Awards - 70
Races – 25
Received - 458
Received by - 100
Reception – 417
Rugby - 12
Military Parade/Salute - 134
Seminar - 7
Tea - 15
Tennis - 18
Unveiled - 39
Viewed - 71
Visit - 934
Gala – 2
Visited by – 9
Toured - 43

 

[royal-blue]

William‘s figures are actually quite impressive, although he and Kate are hardly setting the pace for the family, a phrase so often used by the tabloids.

 

[Iluvbertie]

Weekly update to 18th December 2014

The family is definitely slowing down now with only 37 events this week. Quite a few did no engagements at all (Philip, Sophie, Richard, Birgitte and Edward – Duke of Kent) among those who normally appear regularly while others only did one or two. Charles was the busiest. I expect the remaining two weeks of the year to also be slow as well for official events – remembering that the Church service on Christmas Day isn’t an official engagement for any of the royals so although we will see them it won’t add to their tallies (certainly that has been the case in the past).

HM The Queen - 462 (461 – up 1)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - 288 (288 – no change)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 529 (514 – up 15)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 227 (225 – up 2)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge - 152 (146 – up 6)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 101 (99 – up 2)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales - 95 (94 – up 1)
HRH The Duke of York – 364 (363 – up 1)
HRH Princess Beatrice of York - 4 (4 – no change)
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2 (2 – no change)
HRH The Earl of Wessex - 408 (407– up 1)
HRH The Countess of Wessex - 310 (310 – no change)
HRH The Princess Royal - 500 (495 – up 5)
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence - 66 (66 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 256 (256 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester - 133 (133 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 193 (193 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Kent - 0 (0 - no change)
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7 (7 – no change)
HRH Princess Michael of Kent - 6 (6 – no change)
HRH Princess Alexandra - 86 (84 – up 2)

The 'league table'

HRH The Prince of Wales – 529
HRH The Princess Royal – 500
HM The Queen – 462
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 408
HRH The Duke of York – 364
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 310
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 288
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 256
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 227
HRH The Duke of Kent – 193
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 152
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 133
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 101
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 94
HRH Princess Alexandra - 86
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 66
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 6
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 4
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 0

Year to date total - 4190 (4153 - up 37)

75.3% of those engagements being carried out by The Queen, her children and their spouses.
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)
17.9% of all engagements are being done by those over 85.
24.6% done by those 70 and above*
64.2% are being done by those over 60.
41.3% were done by those in their 60s*
11.0% have been done by The Queen.
12.6% were done by Charles.
5.4% were done by Camilla
52.2% were done by those over retirement age
11.9% were done by Anne

* I haven’t adjusted the calculations to take into account the fact that HRH The Duke of Gloucester is now out of his 60s and thus needs to have his figures included in the ’70 and above’ and not in the ‘in their 60s’. That will be done next year and if I am able to do so I will work out the actual figures dating from his birthday when I am on school holidays in December.

Days on which official engagements were undertaken to the 18th December, 2014

HM The Queen - 142
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - 130
HRH The Prince of Wales - 170
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 100
HRH The Duke of Cambridge - 72
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge - 49
HRH Prince Henry of Wales - 58
HRH The Duke of York – 136
HRH Princess Beatrice of York - 4
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2
HRH The Earl of Wessex - 160
HRH The Countess of Wessex - 128
HRH The Princess Royal - 182
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence - 40
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 128
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester - 85
HRH The Duke of Kent - 120
HRH The Duchess of Kent - 0
HRH Prince Michael of Kent - 7
HRH Princess Michael of Kent - 6
HRH Princess Alexandra - 66

 

[Iluvbertie]

Types of Engagements

Audience - 98
Ballet - 0
Called Upon - 20
Ceremony - 83
Church Service - 123
Concert - 42
Conference – 52
Council Meeting - 11
Dinner - 329
Football - 5
Forum - 16
Funeral - 9
Investiture - 63
Launched – 22
Luncheon – 178
Meeting - 242
Met People - 105
Opened - 278
Other Events - 352
Other Sports - 83
Performance - 26
Polo - 2
Presented Awards - 70
Races – 25
Received - 461
Received by - 100
Reception – 421
Rugby - 12
Military Parade/Salute - 135
Seminar - 7
Tea - 15
Tennis - 18
Unveiled - 40
Viewed - 71
Visit - 944
Gala – 3
Visited by – 9
Toured - 43

 

[Iluvbertie]

Weekly update to 25th December 2014

According to the CC the only day this week that engagements took place was the 22nd (nothing for the 19th, 20th, 21st, 23rd or 24th). They don’t undertake official engagements on the 25th even though they were all out and about at church and Zara had a lovely day in Sydney on the 26th (it was a fabulous day with the sun shining and the yachts looked spectacular as they started the race to Hobart). Only Charles, therefore has any changes. Thanks to Cepe - see below - I am able to add two more for Charles.

HM The Queen - 462 (462 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - 288 (288 – no change)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 532 (529 – up 3)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 227 (227 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge - 152 (152 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 101 (101 – no change)
HRH Prince Henry of Wales - 95 (95 – no change)
HRH The Duke of York – 364 (364 – no change)
HRH Princess Beatrice of York - 4 (4 – no change)
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2 (2 – no change)
HRH The Earl of Wessex - 408 (408 – no change)
HRH The Countess of Wessex - 310 (310 – no change)
HRH The Princess Royal - 500 (500 – no change)
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence - 66 (66 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 256 (256 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester - 133 (133 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 193 (193 – no change)
HRH The Duchess of Kent - 0 (0 - no change)
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7 (7 – no change)
HRH Princess Michael of Kent - 6 (6 – no change)
HRH Princess Alexandra - 86 (86 – no change)

The 'league table'

HRH The Prince of Wales – 532
HRH The Princess Royal – 500
HM The Queen – 462
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 408
HRH The Duke of York – 364
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 310
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 288
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 256
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 227
HRH The Duke of Kent – 193
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 152
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 133
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 101
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 94
HRH Princess Alexandra - 86
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 66
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 6
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 4
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 0

Year to date total - 4193 (4190 - up 3)

75.3% of those engagements being carried out by The Queen, her children and their spouses.
44.3% done by the main line (The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duke of Cambridge, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry)
17.9% of all engagements are being done by those over 85.
24.6% done by those 70 and above*
64.2% are being done by those over 60.
41.4% were done by those in their 60s*
11.0% have been done by The Queen.
12.6% were done by Charles.
5.4% were done by Camilla
52.2% were done by those over retirement age
11.9% were done by Anne

* I haven’t adjusted the calculations to take into account the fact that HRH The Duke of Gloucester is now out of his 60s and thus needs to have his figures included in the ’70 and above’ and not in the ‘in their 60s’. That will be done next year and if I am able to do so I will work out the actual figures dating from his birthday when I am on school holidays in December.

Days on which official engagements were undertaken to the 25th December, 2014

HM The Queen - 142
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - 130
HRH The Prince of Wales - 173
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 100
HRH The Duke of Cambridge - 72
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge - 49
HRH Prince Henry of Wales - 58
HRH The Duke of York – 136
HRH Princess Beatrice of York - 4
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2
HRH The Earl of Wessex - 160
HRH The Countess of Wessex - 128
HRH The Princess Royal - 182
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence - 40
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 128
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester - 85
HRH The Duke of Kent - 120
HRH The Duchess of Kent - 0
HRH Prince Michael of Kent - 7
HRH Princess Michael of Kent - 6
HRH Princess Alexandra - 66

 

[Iluvbertie]

Types of Engagements

Audience - 98
Ballet - 0
Called Upon - 20
Ceremony - 83
Church Service - 123
Concert - 42
Conference – 52
Council Meeting - 11
Dinner - 329
Football - 5
Forum - 16
Funeral - 9
Investiture - 63
Launched – 22
Luncheon – 178
Meeting - 242
Met People - 105
Opened - 278
Other Events - 353
Other Sports - 83
Performance - 26
Polo - 2
Presented Awards - 70
Races – 25
Received - 462
Received by - 100
Reception – 421
Rugby - 12
Military Parade/Salute - 135
Seminar - 7
Tea - 15
Tennis - 18
Unveiled - 40
Viewed - 71
Visit - 945
Gala – 3
Visited by – 9
Toured - 43

 

[cepe]

Iluvbertie - there were a couple of other engagements (source The Times CC)


Clarence House
19th December, 2014
The Prince of Wales, President, The Prince’s Trust, this morning attended a Prince’s Trust Enterprise Event at South Thames College, Wandsworth High Street, London SW18.


Clarence House
23rd December, 2014
The Prince of Wales, Patron, this morning received the members of the Coldest Journey expedition Team

 

[Iluvbertie]

Thanks Cepe - I will update the post accordingly.

 

[cepe]

Here's the 23rd

The Prince of Wales, Patron, this morning received the members of the Coldest Journey expedition Team

 

[Iluvbertie]

Sorry Cepe - I think you had already sent me the 23rd - but it isn't up on the British monarchy website.


I will be doing my final tally for 2014 later today - assuming that there are no engagements on the 31st which, except for 2000, is normally spent quietly and nothing official.

 

[cepe]

No Court Circular for 30th - just checked the Times

 

[tommy100]

I wonder, thinking very much in a very conspiratorial way, if the Royal Household have deliberately been lax in updating the Court Circular so they can say with all honesty,that the figures in the Daily Mail are wrong.

 

[cepe]

I wonder, thinking very much in a very conspiratorial way, if the Royal Household have deliberately been lax in updating the Court Circular so they can say with all honesty,that the figures in the Daily Mail are wrong.

I dont think that the Royal Household would do that as it leaves them open to criticism. IT is wrong that it is not updated and the only other source of info has to be paid for. I subscribe to the Times which is why I can help out when a day goes "missing".

This is the first time that the Mail has done this off their own bat. MR O'Donovan writes to the Times every yr - letter due imminently. IT's his figures that they usually use.

Comparisons will be interesting

 

[Iluvbertie]

Weekly update to 31st December 2014

Unless there are engagements on the 31st December there will be not update of actual figures since the entry for the 25th December so I am just reposting the totals here.

When I get Mr O'Donovan's figures, in the next day or so - I will post a comparison of the figures to see how far I differ.

Thanks to Cepe who has made it possible to overcome the atrocious British Monarchy website updating of the CC. I contacted them about 6 or 7 times over this issue and only ever received a 'form reply' of 'thank you for your enquiry' but nothing specific about my issue with their site.


The final 'league table' for the year

HRH The Prince of Wales – 532
HRH The Princess Royal – 500
HM The Queen – 462
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 408
HRH The Duke of York – 364
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 310
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 288
HRH The Duke of Gloucester - 256
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall - 227
HRH The Duke of Kent – 193
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 152
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 133
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 101
HRH Prince Henry of Wales – 94
HRH Princess Alexandra - 86
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 66
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 6
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 4
HRH Princess Eugenie of York - 2
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 0

Year total - 4193


I am assuming that people would like me to do this again next year so if the mods are happy I will start a 2015 thread when I have an entry to put in it - probably next week or the week after knowing how early in the year engagements start.

 

[Zonk]

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