Weekly Update to 25th July, 2021
Sorry about the delay – Olympics and lock down are both meaning I am out of my regular routing.
MISSING DAYS:
23rd – 25th July – 6 engagements
Percentage of Year’s total missing – 6/1175 (0.5%)
Milestones achieved this week: The Princess Royal (205) has reached her double century.
Approaching a milestone: HRH The Duchess of Cornwall (92) is approaching her century.
Total Engagements with Individual Percentage of Total
HM The Queen – 123 (117 – up 6 – 10.5%)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 184 (169 – up 15 – 15.7%)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 92 (82 – up 10 – 7.8%)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 176 (176 – no change – 15.0%)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 79 (79 – no change – 6.7%)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 119 (116 – up 3 – 10.1%)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 84 (80 – up 4 – 7.1%)
HRH The Princess Royal – 205 (192 – up 13 – 17.4%)
Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence – 14 (13 – up 1 – 1.2%)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 29 (28 – up 1 – 2.5%)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 22 (21 – up 1 – 1.9%)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 37 (35 – up 2 – 3.1%)
HRH Princess Alexandra, Lady Ogilvy – 5 (4 – up 1 – 0.4%)
I have removed those whose only engagement was the funeral of The Duke of Edinburgh. They are still in my spreadsheet and so in percentages and totals. They are all on 1 and each at 0.1%.
The League Table
HRH The Princess Royal – 205
HRH The Prince of Wales – 184
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 176
HM The Queen – 123
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 119
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 92
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 84
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 79
HRH The Duke of Kent – 37
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 29
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 22
Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence – 14
HRH Princess Alexandra, Lady Ogilvy – 5
Year to Date Total – 1175 (1118 – up 57)
Percentage and Total of Engagements
The number in brackets is the number of engagements carried out by that age-group.
90s (Elizabeth) – 10.5% (123)
80s (Edward Kent, Alexandra) – 3.6% (42)
70s (Charles, Camilla, Anne, Richard, Birgitte, Michael, Marie-Christine) – 45.3% (532)
60s (Andrew, Tim) 1.3% (15)
50s (Edward, Sophie) – 17.3% (203)
40s
30s (William, Catherine, Harry, Meghan, Beatrice, Jack, Eugenie) – 22.1% (260)
20s
10s
Over Retirement Age (65) – 60.5% (711)
Number of Days on which a royal undertook Official Engagements to 25th July, 2021
HM The Queen – 73
HRH The Prince of Wales – 83
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 45
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 72
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 41
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 72
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 49
HRH The Princess Royal – 93
Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence – 10
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 25
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 19
HRH The Duke of Kent – 31
HRH Princess Alexandra, Lady Ogilvy – 4
Royal Palaces where Events Occurred to 25th July, 2021
Buckingham Palace – 1
Buckingham Palace – The Queen – 3
Windsor Castle – 98
St James’ Palace – 80
Clarence House – 58
Kensington Palace – 92
Holyrood Palace – 15
Dumfries House – 6
Hillsborough Castle – 3
Bagshot – 96
Anmer Hall – 92
Gatcombe Park – 54
Highgrove House – 37
Westminster Abbey – 3
St Paul’s Cathedral – 3
St George’s Chapel – 1
Types of Engagements from 19th July, 2021 to 25th July, 2021
Just a reminder that this is the type of engagement that occurred in the past week, but the total is the total for the year not just for the week.
Anniversary – 32
Audience via Phone Link – 30
Audience via Video Link – 32
Beating Retreat – 5
Commemorated VJ Day – 2
Commemoration Service – 1
Concert – 4
Invested Individual – 5
Laid Flowers – 1
Laid Wreath – 5
Launch – 4
Meeting – 44
Meeting via Phone Link – 66
Meeting via Video Link – 243
Opened – 37
Presented The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service – 2
Privy Council via Video Link – 7
Received – 62
Reception – 26
Salute – 2
Visit – 281
Patronages that were Supported via an Official Engagements from 12th July to 25th July, 2021
Bletchley Park Trust – 1
Children’s Hospice South West – 1
Commonwealth War Graves Commission – 3
Corporation of Trinity House – 6
Exeter Cathedral Development Appeal – 1
Honorary Military – 50
Java Far East Prisoners of War Club 1942 – 1
The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation – 24
The Prince’s Countryside Fund – 1
The Prince’s Foundation – 7
Women’s Royal Naval Service Benevolent Trust – 1
Organisations that were Supported via an Official Engagement from 19th July to 25th July, 2021
"A Circle of Sound" – 2
Aged Merchant Seamen’s Homes – 1
Brookwood Military Cemetery – 2
Burton at Bideford – 2
Cannon Hall Farm – 1
Commonwealth War Graves Commission – 1
Confident Rural Communities Network – 2
Crown Estate – 3
Duchy of Cornwall Nursery – 2
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust’s Butterfly Volunteer Service – 1
Exeter Cathedral Development Appeal – 1
Fairclough Hall Farm – 1
Five Islands Academy, Isles of Scilly – 2
Harbour Master’s Office, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly – 1
Her Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms – 1
Hillside Farm, Isles of Scilly – 1
HMS Collingwood – 1
HMS Daring – 1
Household Division Beating Retreat – 2
Iddesleigh – 2
Island Fish Limited, Isles of Scilly – 2
Java Far East Prisoners of War Club 1942 – 1
Lintbells Limited – 1
Lister Hospital – 1
Little Bridge House – 1
Nansledan – 1
NHS Blood and Transplant Centre – 1
North Devon’s Biosphere Reserve – 1
North East Ambulance Service Hazardous Area Response Team – 1
Opro Limited – 1
Porthcressa Beach, Isles of Scilly – 2
Royal Albert Hall – 2
Schiller Shelter, Isles of Scilly – 1
Sheffield Combined Court Centre – 1
St Sidwell’s Point – 1
Sunderland Maritime Heritage – 1
Tennacott Farm – 1
The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) – 1
The Prince’s Countryside Fund – 1
The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service – 2
The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard – 1
Veronica Farm, Isles of Scilly – 1
VJ Day – 2
Weaver Green Limited – 1
West End Re-ordering at St Andrew’s Church – 1
Royals who have Official Meetings with Politicians, including Ambassadors and High Commissioners to 25th July, 2021
HM The Queen – 77 (75 – up 2)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 31 (30 – up 1)
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 8 (8 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 7 (6 – up 1)
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 2 (2 – no change)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 5 (5 – no change)
HRH The Princess Royal – 4 (3 – up 1)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 1 (1 – no change)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 1 (1 – no change)
Used Secondary Title to 25th July, 2021
HM The Queen – 1 – (Duke of Lancaster – 1)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 19 – (Duke of Cornwall – 23, Duke of Rothesay – 6)
HRH The Duke of Cambridge – 2 (Earl of Strathearn – 2)
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 11 (Earl of Forfar – 11)
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 11 – (Countess of Forfar - 11)
Countries of the UK where Engagements Occurred to 25th July, 2021
England – 998
Scotland – 91
Northern Ireland – 19
Wales – 27
Unofficial Engagements to 25th July, 2021(for HRHs or spouses and entries in CC for other extended royal family members)
HM The Queen – 1
HRH The Prince of Wales – 2
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall – 2
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – 1
HRH Prince George of Cambridge – 2
HRH Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli-Mozzi – 1
Mr Edoardo Mapelli-Mozzi – 1
HRH Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank – 4
HRH The Earl of Wessex – 3
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 4
HRH The Princess Royal – 3
HRH Prince Michael of Kent – 1
HRH Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy – 1