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Weekly Update to 25th October, 2018
Harry and Meghan finished their tour this week. Harry did 62 engagements over the 16 days and Meghan did 56. These figures are based on the CC and not on any pre-tour list of planned engagements which included things like ‘tram-ride in Melbourne’. Yes they did a tram-ride but it wasn’t an official engagement. I do not count ‘left xxxx country’ or ‘arrived in yyyyy country’ unless there is ‘arrived in zzzzz country and were welcomed by …..’ If I counted the others then many, if not all, of the working royals would add quite a few more to their yearly tally. That means that the arrivals in all countries, other than Australia, were official engagements as there was also a formal welcome on the tarmac while the departures were just listed as ‘left the country’. I do this for all members of the family.
Charles and Camilla have started their tour and after two days Charles has done 9 engagements while Camilla has done 8. Edward is also in Africa while Andrew is travelling around Asia and ended the week in China, which is his second visit there this year. Andrew has overseas tours where he does engagements for two or three days, then has two or three days off and then more engagements. He may even return to the UK in between but that is never made clear. A note about the visits to Ghana – Edward has been there for two days 31st October and 1st November while Charles and Camilla didn’t get there until the 2nd November. That is why they aren’t listed as visiting Ghana this week – even though the reports of that visit are out I do my updates from Friday to Thursday so on a Saturday here in Australia we do know what happened on the Friday but the CC may not go up until next Monday, Tuesday or even Wednesday for me.
Milestones this week include William reaching his double century (and he did it by attending a Duchy of Cornwall meeting without his father as Charles was overseas on the day of the meeting). The Duke of Gloucester also brought up his double ton for the year going quietly about his role as a supporter to his cousin as he has done for the past 46 years since he had to give up his dream of being an architect on the deaths of his older brother and then his father. Edward is on the verge of being the third member of the BRF to bring up his 400 for the year not far behind both Charles and Anne. The Duke of Kent does the same thing – even in his early 80s. The Queen of course keeps on keeping on now that she is back in London.
Total Engagements with Individual Percentage of Total
HM The Queen – 226 (220 – up 9 – 6.8%)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 7 (7 – no change – 0.2%)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 425 (416 – up 9 – 12.8%)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 187 (179 – up 8 – 5.6%)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 200 (195 – up 5 – 6.0%)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 63 (61 – up 2 – 1.9%)
HRH The Duke of Sussex – 174 (151 – up 23 – 5.2%)
HRH The Duchess of Sussex – 97 (75 – up 22 – 2.39%)
HRH The Duke of York – 311 (304 – up 7 – 9.4%)
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 8 (8 – no change – 0.2%)
HRH Princess Eugenie of York, Mrs Jack Brooksbank – 8 (8 – no change – 0.2%)
Mr Jack Brooksbank – 1 (1 – no change – 0.03%)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 400 (384 – up 16 – 12.0%)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 220 (220 – no change – 6.6%)
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor – 1 (1 – no change – 0.03%)
HRH The Princess Royal – 422 (409 – up 13 – 12.7%)
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 59 (57 – up 2 – 1.8%)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 202 (199 – up 3 – 6.1%)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 80 (79 – up 1 – 2.4%)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 146 (140 – up 6 – 4.4%)
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 4 (4 – no change – 0.1%)
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7 (7 – no change – 0.2%)
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 9 (9 – no change – 0.3%)
HRH Princess Alexandra – 65 (65 – no change – 2.0%)
The League Table
The colour coding indicates where a royal has either moved up or down in the table thus changing their position e.g. William moved ahead of Camilla during this past week so both of them are highlighted. Of course those that undertook an engagement moved 'up' in terms of numbers but not in their 'rank'.
HRH The Prince of Wales – 425
HRH The Princess Royal – 422
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 400
HRH The Duke of York – 311
HM The Queen – 226
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 220
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 202
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 200
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 187
HRH The Duke of Sussex – 174
HRH The Duke of Kent – 146
HRH The Duchess of Sussex – 97
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 80
HRH Princess Alexandra – 65
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 63
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 59
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 9
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 8
HRH Princess Eugenie of York, Mrs Jack Brooksbank – 8
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 7
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 4
Mr Jack Brooksbank – 1
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor – 1
Year to Date Total – 3321 (3199 – up 122)
Percentage of Engagements
90s (Elizabeth, Philip) – 7.0%
80s (Edward Kent, Alexandra) – 6.5%
70s (Camilla, Richard, Birgitte, Michael, Marie-Christine) – 14.6%
60s (Charles, Anne, Tim) – 27.3%
50s (Andrew, Edward, Sophie) – 28.0%
40s
30s (William, Kate, Harry, Meghan, Beatrice, Jack) – 16.1%
20s (Eugenie) – 0.5%
10s (Louise) – 0.03%
Over Retirement Age (65) (All the 60s upwards) – 53.6%
Number of Days on which a royal undertook Official Engagements to 1st November, 2018
HM The Queen – 96
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 6
HRH The Prince of Wales – 129
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 85
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 101
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 38
HRH The Duke of Sussex – 86
HRH The Duchess of Sussex – 37
HRH The Duke of York – 128
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 8
HRH Princess Eugenie of York, Mrs Jack Brooksbank – 8
Mr Jack Brooksbank – 1
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 147
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 90
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor – 1
HRH The Princess Royal – 162
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 38
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 90
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 64
HRH The Duke of Kent – 92
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 4
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 8
HRH Princess Alexandra – 49
Harry and Meghan finished their tour this week. Harry did 62 engagements over the 16 days and Meghan did 56. These figures are based on the CC and not on any pre-tour list of planned engagements which included things like ‘tram-ride in Melbourne’. Yes they did a tram-ride but it wasn’t an official engagement. I do not count ‘left xxxx country’ or ‘arrived in yyyyy country’ unless there is ‘arrived in zzzzz country and were welcomed by …..’ If I counted the others then many, if not all, of the working royals would add quite a few more to their yearly tally. That means that the arrivals in all countries, other than Australia, were official engagements as there was also a formal welcome on the tarmac while the departures were just listed as ‘left the country’. I do this for all members of the family.
Charles and Camilla have started their tour and after two days Charles has done 9 engagements while Camilla has done 8. Edward is also in Africa while Andrew is travelling around Asia and ended the week in China, which is his second visit there this year. Andrew has overseas tours where he does engagements for two or three days, then has two or three days off and then more engagements. He may even return to the UK in between but that is never made clear. A note about the visits to Ghana – Edward has been there for two days 31st October and 1st November while Charles and Camilla didn’t get there until the 2nd November. That is why they aren’t listed as visiting Ghana this week – even though the reports of that visit are out I do my updates from Friday to Thursday so on a Saturday here in Australia we do know what happened on the Friday but the CC may not go up until next Monday, Tuesday or even Wednesday for me.
Milestones this week include William reaching his double century (and he did it by attending a Duchy of Cornwall meeting without his father as Charles was overseas on the day of the meeting). The Duke of Gloucester also brought up his double ton for the year going quietly about his role as a supporter to his cousin as he has done for the past 46 years since he had to give up his dream of being an architect on the deaths of his older brother and then his father. Edward is on the verge of being the third member of the BRF to bring up his 400 for the year not far behind both Charles and Anne. The Duke of Kent does the same thing – even in his early 80s. The Queen of course keeps on keeping on now that she is back in London.
Total Engagements with Individual Percentage of Total
HM The Queen – 226 (220 – up 9 – 6.8%)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 7 (7 – no change – 0.2%)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 425 (416 – up 9 – 12.8%)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 187 (179 – up 8 – 5.6%)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 200 (195 – up 5 – 6.0%)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 63 (61 – up 2 – 1.9%)
HRH The Duke of Sussex – 174 (151 – up 23 – 5.2%)
HRH The Duchess of Sussex – 97 (75 – up 22 – 2.39%)
HRH The Duke of York – 311 (304 – up 7 – 9.4%)
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 8 (8 – no change – 0.2%)
HRH Princess Eugenie of York, Mrs Jack Brooksbank – 8 (8 – no change – 0.2%)
Mr Jack Brooksbank – 1 (1 – no change – 0.03%)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 400 (384 – up 16 – 12.0%)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 220 (220 – no change – 6.6%)
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor – 1 (1 – no change – 0.03%)
HRH The Princess Royal – 422 (409 – up 13 – 12.7%)
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 59 (57 – up 2 – 1.8%)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 202 (199 – up 3 – 6.1%)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 80 (79 – up 1 – 2.4%)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 146 (140 – up 6 – 4.4%)
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 4 (4 – no change – 0.1%)
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7 (7 – no change – 0.2%)
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 9 (9 – no change – 0.3%)
HRH Princess Alexandra – 65 (65 – no change – 2.0%)
The League Table
The colour coding indicates where a royal has either moved up or down in the table thus changing their position e.g. William moved ahead of Camilla during this past week so both of them are highlighted. Of course those that undertook an engagement moved 'up' in terms of numbers but not in their 'rank'.
HRH The Prince of Wales – 425
HRH The Princess Royal – 422
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 400
HRH The Duke of York – 311
HM The Queen – 226
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 220
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 202
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 200
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 187
HRH The Duke of Sussex – 174
HRH The Duke of Kent – 146
HRH The Duchess of Sussex – 97
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 80
HRH Princess Alexandra – 65
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 63
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence – 59
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 9
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 8
HRH Princess Eugenie of York, Mrs Jack Brooksbank – 8
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 7
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 4
Mr Jack Brooksbank – 1
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor – 1
Year to Date Total – 3321 (3199 – up 122)
Percentage of Engagements
90s (Elizabeth, Philip) – 7.0%
80s (Edward Kent, Alexandra) – 6.5%
70s (Camilla, Richard, Birgitte, Michael, Marie-Christine) – 14.6%
60s (Charles, Anne, Tim) – 27.3%
50s (Andrew, Edward, Sophie) – 28.0%
40s
30s (William, Kate, Harry, Meghan, Beatrice, Jack) – 16.1%
20s (Eugenie) – 0.5%
10s (Louise) – 0.03%
Over Retirement Age (65) (All the 60s upwards) – 53.6%
Number of Days on which a royal undertook Official Engagements to 1st November, 2018
HM The Queen – 96
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 6
HRH The Prince of Wales – 129
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 85
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 101
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 38
HRH The Duke of Sussex – 86
HRH The Duchess of Sussex – 37
HRH The Duke of York – 128
HRH Princess Beatrice of York – 8
HRH Princess Eugenie of York, Mrs Jack Brooksbank – 8
Mr Jack Brooksbank – 1
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 147
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 90
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor – 1
HRH The Princess Royal – 162
Vice-Admiral Tim Laurence – 38
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 90
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 64
HRH The Duke of Kent – 92
HRH The Duchess of Kent – 4
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 7
HRH Princess Michael of Kent – 8
HRH Princess Alexandra – 49