Annual Summary 2021
Total Engagements with Individual Percentage of Total
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 156 – 7.0%
Rankings Based on Number of Engagements
7. HRH The Countess of Wessex – 156
Number of Days on which a royal undertook Official Engagements to 31st December, 2021
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 83
Types of Engagements to 31st December, 2021
Anniversary – 5
Armistice Parade – 1
Arrived – 1
Assembly via Video Link – 1
Awarded Award via Video Link – 1
Balmoral Show – 1
Carol Service – 1
Ceremony of Remembrance Day – 1
Chaired Meeting – 1
Commemorated VJ Day – 1
Conference – 1
Conference via Video Link – 2
Countess of Wessex Cup – 1
Departed – 1
Dinner – 7
Discussion via Video Link – 1
Funeral – 2
Grand Prix – 1
Keynote Speech – 1
Laid Flowers – 1
Laid Wreath – 1
Lunch – 3
Marked – 1
Meeting – 4
Meeting via Video Link – 35
Memorial Service – 1
Met People – 2
Opened – 4
Opened via Video Link – 1
Opening – 1
Presentation – 1
Presented Award via Video Link – 1
Received – 6
Received by – 1
Reception – 11
Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance – 1
Seminar – 1
Seminar via Video Link – 1
Service – 1
Spoke via Video Link – 11
Tandem Bicycle Ride – 1
Vision for the Commonwealth Event – 1
Visit – 39
Visited by – 2
Walked Up Street – 1
Westmoreland County Show – 1
Categories of Engagements to 31st December, 2021
Artistic Performance – 1
Church Service – 1
Did Something (Service, Visit etc) – 67
Interacted with Individuals or Groups – 147
Meals – 9
Service for the Dead (Funeral, Thanksgiving, Memorial) – 6
Sporting Event – 2
Patronages that were Supported via an Official Engagements to 31st December, 2021
100 Women in Finance – 1
Addington Fund – 1
Association of Show and Agricultural Organisations – 3
Awareness Foundation – 1
Brendoncare Foundation – 2 `
British Wheelchair Basketball – 1
Chartered Management Institute – 1
Disability Initiative – 1
Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association – 1
Foundation of Light – 2
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association – 1
Honorary Military – 6
International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness – 5
Java Far East Prisoners of War Club 1942 – 1
Leeds Children’s Hospital – 3
Love Musgrove – 1
Morden College – 1
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children – 6
Organisation for Social Change, Awareness and Responsibility – 1
Race Against Dementia – 2
Rochester Cathedral Trust – 1
Royal Bath and West of England Society – 1
Royal Smithfield Club – 4
Scar Free Foundation – 3
Shire Horse Society – 1
St John Ambulance in the Priory of England and the Islands – 4
Transform Housing and Support – 1
Treloar Trust – 2
Vision Foundation – 2
Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust – 1
Women in Business Committee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – 8
Women of the Future Programme – 1
Women’s Network Forum – 4
Honorary Military to 31st December, 2021
Honorary Air Commodore, Royal Air Force Wittering – 2
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps – 2
Royal Corps of Army Music – 5
South Alberta Light Horse – 2
The Lincoln and Welland Regiment – 2
The Rifles – 5th Battalion – 3
Organisations that were Supported via an Official Engagement to 31st December, 2021
“Warfare and Peace-making in the 21st Century” Seminar – 1
Angus Council, Forfar – 1
Bagshot Pavilion – 1
Bagshot Playing Fields Association – 1
Balmoral Show – 1
Bodney Camp – 1
British Formula 1 Grand Prix – 1
Brookwood Military Cemetery – 1
Bushy Park – 1
Caritas Shelter – 1
Centre for Women, Peace and Security, London School of Economics and Political Science – 2
Changing Perceptions for the Meath Epilepsy Charity – 1
Chelsea Flower Show – 1
Child Focus – 1
Commonwealth Day – 1
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s Fiftieth Annual British Isle and Mediterranean Region Conference – 1
Commonwealth War Graves Commission – 1
Corona Kitchen – 1
Craigmore Trees – 1
Eagle House School – 1
Edinburgh International Festival – 1
Elim Connect Centre – 1
Elmbridge Services – 1
Elmfield Market – 1
European Parliament Intergroup for Children’s Rights – 1
Finsbury Park, Hornsey Gate, Endymion Road, London N4 – 1
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office – 1
Forfar Golf Club – 1
Frimley Park Hospital – 1
Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security – 3
Group of Friends of Women in Afghanistan – 1
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association – 1
Guide Dogs National Centre – 1
Guide Dogs Scotland, Forfar – 1
Halow Project – 1
Harborough Indoor Market – 1
Harborough Museum – 1
Havant Club – 1
HMS Daring – 2
HMS Darling – 1
Home Start Corby – 1
In Kind Direct – 1
International Nurses’ Day – 1
International Support for Afghan Women’s Rights: Protecting and Promoting the Rights of Afghan Women – 1
International Women’s Day – 1
Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum – 1
Kingswood Neighbourhood Centre – 1
Lighthouse – 1
Lincolnshire General Practice Nursing and Healthcare Assistant Conference – 1
National Federation of Women’s Institutes – 1
NECA Community Garden – 1
NHS Seacole Centre – 1
NHS Tayside Forfar – 1
Old Grammar School, Market Harborough – 1
Orbis International – 1
Orbis Surgical Fund – 1
Orbis UK (Orbis Charitable Trust) – 1
Police Scotland, Forfar – 1
Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – 1
Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (Colombia) – 1
Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (Sudan) – 1
Queen Elizabeth Foundation – 1
Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance – 1
Royal College of Surgeons of England – 1
Royal Horticultural Society – 1
Royal Military School of Music – 1
Royal National Institute of Blind People – 1
Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce – 1
Saddlers Bakery, Forfar – 1
S-Mart – 1
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust – 1
South Lake Leisure Centre – 1
St George’s Award – 1
St James Quarter – 1
Step by Step – 1
Survivor Champions – 3
The Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design – 1
The Queen’s Award for Enterprise – 1
The Royal Mile – 1
Therapy Garden, Manor Fruit Farm – 1
Treloar School and College – 1
United Kingdom’s Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative – 1
United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities – 1
Utopia Costumes – 1
Vaccination Centre at the Bath and West Showground – 1
Victims of Terrorism – 1
Victoria and Albert Museum – 1
VJ Day – 1
Voluntary Action Angus, Forfar – 1
W C Lee’s Resthouses – 1
Wellbeing of Women – 2
Wells Coronavirus Network – 1
Wells High Street to Market Place – 1
Westmorland County Show – 1
Windmill Hill City Farm – 1
Women in Defence Awards Woman of the Year Award – 1
Women, Peace and Security – 1
Overseas Engagements to 31st December, 2021
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 5
Countries Where Royals Have Undertaken Engagements to 31st December, 2021
Kingdom of Belgium – 10 – HRH The Countess of Wessex, 5
NOTE: COM = a Commonwealth country; COMR = Commonwealth Realm; BOT = British Overseas Territory; BCD – British Crown Dependency
Royals who have Official Meetings with UK Politicians to 31st December, 2021
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 2
Royals who Met with an Ambassador to 31st December, 2021
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 2
Royals who Met with an Overseas Politicians Overseas to 31st December, 2021
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 1
Royals who Met with a Visiting Head of State to 31st December, 2021
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 1
Royals who Received a Head of Government to 31st December, 2021
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 1
Used Secondary Title to 31st December, 2021
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 11 (Forfar – 11)
Countries of the UK where Engagements Occurred to 31st December, 2021
England – 136
Scotland – 7
Northern Ireland – 7
Counties of England
Royal Berkshire – 6
County and City of Bristol – 2
Cambridgeshire – 1
Cumbria – 1
Greater London – 52
Hampshire – 4
Leicestershire – 3
Norfolk – 2
Northamptonshire – 4
Somerset – 6
Surrey – 50
Tyne and Wear – 2
Warwickshire – 3
Counties of Scotland
Angus – 4
Edinburgh – 3
Counties of Northern Ireland
Antrim – 1
Armagh – 2
Down – 4
Royals who Represented Another Royal at an Event to 31st December, 2021
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 1
Royals who Accompanied Their Spouse on an Engagement to 31st December, 2021
HRH The Earl of Wessex and HRH The Countess of Wessex – 34
Royals who Accompanied Another Royal at an Event to 31st December, 2021
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 10
Royals who Accompanied a Foreign Royal at an Event to 31st December, 2021
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 1
Unofficial Engagements to 31st December, 2021
HRH The Countess of Wessex – 4
Birthdays Acknowledged in the CC to 31st December, 2021
HRH The Countess of Wessex – YES
Annual Summary 2021
Extended Family Members that Attended an Event and were Listed in the CC
Viscount Severn – 1
Annual Summary 2021
Extended Family Members that Attended an Event and were Listed in the CC
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor – 1