Weekly Update to 24th March, 2024
MISSING DAYS from the CC on the British Monarch Website:
3rd and 24th February – 4/458
Milestones achieved this week: NIL
Approaching a milestone: HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh (46) is approaching her half-century for the year as is HRH The Duke of Gloucester (40).
Total Engagements with Individual Percentage of Total
HM The King – 30 (23 – up 7 – 6.6%)
HM The Queen – 35 (27 – up 8 – 7.6%)
HRH The Prince of Wales –21 (18 – up 3 – 4.6%)
HRH The Princess of Wales – 0
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 76 (62 – up 14 – 16.6%)
HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh – 46 (39– up 7– 10.0%)
HRH The Princess Royal – 138 (126 – up 12 – 30.1%)
Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence – 34 (33 – up 1 – 7.4%)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 40 (36 – up 4 – 8.7%)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 22 (18 – up 4 – 4.8%)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 14 (13 – up 1 – 3.1%)
HRH Princess Alexandra, The Honorable Lady Ogilvy – 1 (1 – no change – 0.2%)
The League Table
HRH The Princess Royal – 138
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 76
HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh – 46
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 40
Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence – 34
HM The Queen – 35
HM The King – 30
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 22
HRH The Prince of Wales – 21
HRH The Duke of Kent – 14
HRH Princess Alexandra, The Honorable Lady Ogilvy – 1
Year to Date Total – 458 (397 – up 61)
Percentage and Total of Engagements
90s (Katherine Kent) – 0
80s (Edward Kent, Alexandra, Michael) – 16 (3.5%)
70s (Charles, Camilla, Anne, Richard, Birgitte, Marie-Christine) – 265 (57.9%)
60s (Andrew, Edward after 10th March, Tim) – 53 (11.6%)
50s (Edward up to 10th March, Sophie) – 103 (22.5%)
40s (William, Catherine, Meghan, Edoardo) – 21 (4.6%)
30s (Harry, Beatrice, Eugenie, Jack) – 0
20s (Louise) – 0
10s (George, James) – 0
0s (Charlotte, Louis, Archie, Lilibet) – 0
Over Retirement Age (65) – 315 (68.8%)
Number of Days on which a royal undertook Official Engagements to 24th March, 2024
HM The King – 14 (up 3)
HM The Queen – 22 (up 2)
HRH The Prince of Wales – 13 (up 2)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 30 (up 5)
HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh – 25 (up 4)
HRH The Princess Royal – 53 (up 5)
Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence – 15 (up 1)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 23 (up 1)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 14 (up 3)
HRH The Duke of Kent – 14 (up 1)
HRH Princess Alexandra, The Honorable Lady Ogilvy – 1 (no change)
Royal Palaces where Events Occurred to 24th March, 2024
Buckingham Palace – 9
Buckingham Palace – The King – 21
Windsor Castle – 14
St James’ Palace – 19
Clarence House – 5
Kensington Palace – 8
Holyrood Palace – 1
Sandringham House – 4
Balmoral Castle –
Marlborough House – 2
Dumfries House –
Hillsborough Castle – 1
Edinburgh Castle –
Tower of London –
Hampton Court Palace –
Windsor Great Park –
HMY Britannia –
Highgrove House –
Cathedrals, Abbeys, Chapels etc (Royal Peculiars in Particular)
Westminster Abbey – 5
St Paul’s Cathedral –
St George’s Chapel – 1
The King’s Chapel of the Savoy – 1
The Queen's Chapel, St James's Palace –
Types of Engagements from 18th March, 2024 to 24th March, 2024
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.
Arrived – 15
Audience – 14
Awards (Ceremony) – 3
Called Upon – 7
Centenary – 4
Centenary Service – 1
Concert – 4
Conference – 5
Conferred City Status – 1
Departed – 10
Dinner – 24
Invested Individual/s – 4
Investiture – 11
Launched – 1
Lunch – 9
Meeting – 15
Met People – 9
Opened – 18
Pass Off Parade – 1
Performance – 3
Presented Award/s – 5
Received – 29
Received Address – 1
Received by – 9
Reception – 45
Replied to Address – 1
Visit – 145
Patronages that were Supported via an Official Engagements from 18th March, 2024 to 24th March, 2024
Benenden School – 1
Benenden Society – 1
Butler Trust – 3
Chartered Management Institute – 3
Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association – 1
Honorary Military – 17
Leeds Children's Hospital – 1
Lutyens Trust – 2
Prostate Cancer UK – 1
Royal Academy of Music – 2
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 – 1
Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales – 2
Save the Children UK – 7
Sense – 1
Stroud Hospital League of Friends – 1
The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation (and Association) – 10
The Queen's Reading Room – 1
United Grand Lodge of England – 4
Organisations that were Supported via an Official Engagement from 18th March, 2024 to 24th March, 2024
Arcadia Delicatessen, Belfast – 1
Babbage Building at the University of Plymouth, Plymouth – 1
Barn Arts Centre, Banchory – 2
Bogenraith Equestrian Centre, Banchory – 2
Castle Drogo, Exeter – 1
Coffey’s Butchers, Belfast – 1
Commonwealth Youth Orchestra and Choir – 1
Dartmoor Community Kitchen Hub, Newton Abbot – 1
Homewards Innovative Housing Project in Sheffield – 1
International Financial Review Annual Awards – 1
Joanna Simpson Foundation – 1
Kabojja International School, Buziga (Uganda) – 1
King’s College Dental Hospital, London – 1
Knott’s Bakery, Belfast – 1
Real Ideas, Devonport Guildhall, Plymouth – 1
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 – 1
Sheffield Homewards Coalition – 1
SOAR Learning Zone, Sheffield – 1
Stroud Maternity Unit, Stroud – 1
University of Huddersfield – 1
Overseas Engagements to 24th March, 2024
Year to Date Total – 99 (86 – up 15)
HM The Queen – 3 (0 – up 3)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 37 (27 – up 10)
HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh – 7 (7 – no change)
HRH The Princess Royal – 32 (32 – no change)
Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence – 20 (20 – no change)
Countries Where Royals Have Undertaken Engagements to 24th March, 2024
Dubai – 8 – HRH The Princess Royal – 8;
France – 7 – HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh – 7;
Isle of Mann (BCD) 3 – HM The Queen – 3;
Namibia (COM) – 4 – HRH The Princess Royal – 4;
Republic of Ireland – 2 – HRH The Princess Royal – 1; Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence – 1;
South Africa (COM) – 7 – HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 7;
Sri Lanka(COM) – 38 – HRH The Princess Royal – 19; Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence – 19;
St Helena St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (BOT) – 20 – HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 20;
Uganda (COM) – 10 – HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 10;
NOTE: COM = a Commonwealth country; COMR = Commonwealth Realm; BOT = British Overseas Territory; BCD – British Crown Dependency
Royals who have Official Engagement with Politicians, including Ambassadors and High Commissioners to 24th March, 2024 (Note the engagement often includes multiple politicians etc such as a STATE BANQUET)
HM The King – 13 (up 2)
HM The Queen – 4 (up 2)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh – 18 (up 3)
HRH The Princess Royal – 6 (no change)
Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence – 5 (no change)
HRH The Duke of Gloucester – 1 (no change)
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester – 2 (no change)
Used Secondary Title to 24th March, 2024
HM The Queen – 2 (Lord of Mann – 2 – officially representing The King who holds that title)
Countries of the UK where Engagements Occurred to 24th March, 2024
England – 319
Scotland – 24
Northern Ireland – 6
Wales – 10