The year in royal work: Ranking the royals
The topline results of a year of royal work is Day 20 of my year-end work analysis
The year in royal work
WHO
Day 1: Princess Alexandra and the Duke of Kent
Day 2: The Duchess of Gloucester
Day 3: The Duke of Gloucester
Day 4: Princess Anne
Day 5: Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh
Day 6: Prince Edward
Day 7: Kate, Princess of Wales
Day 8: Prince William
Day 9: Queen Camilla
Day 10: King Charles III
WHAT
Day 11: Type of work
Day 12: Investitures
Day 13: Charity work
WHEN
Day 14: Months
Day 15: Days of the week
Day 16: Rhythm of the royal year
WHERE
Day 17: Foreign visits
Day 18: Engagements within the U.K.
Day 19: Location of work
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RANKING THE ROYALS
I’m now at the HOW part of my analysis of the 2024 royal work year. One can’t compare the duties of monarch with that of his daughter-in-law. At the same time, it’s illuminating to see the overall engagement data for all the royals presented on one or two charts. So, after 19 days of detailed analysis of all parts of royal work life, here is the first of my posts analyzing topline results for 2024.
It was an unusual year as three senior royals had serious health issues, which affected their work as well as that of their spouses. So it’s no surprise that the year 2024 will need an asterisk next to it.
The year 2024 turned out to be the lowest year in terms of engagements since the two pandemic years of 2020 and 2021.
The royal family crossed the 2,000-engagement mark on December 20, the last day of engagements before Christmas. They ended the year having done 2,002 engagements, down 420 engagements or 17 percent from 2023.
Another way to look at the royal year is by the number of days worked. This year, the order of working royals doesn’t change much — the clear leader is Princess Anne while the Duke of Gloucester worked more days than Sophie but did fewer engagements. Likewise the Duchess of Gloucester and Duke of Kent flipped spots depending on how you calculate their work.
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