The year in royal work: Which days do royals work?

Which days are busiest (or not) is the focus of Day 15 of my year-end work analysis

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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

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Kate, Princess of Wales, Prince William, and King Charles III at the official welcome of the Emir of Qatar on his state visit to Britain on December 3, 2024 (Photo: UK MOD © Crown copyright 2024 / Simon Dawson)

WHAT DAYS OF THE WEEK DO ROYALS WORK?

I’ve been a freelancer for eight years. I’m used to working at all hours of the day, yet I still don’t like working on Saturdays or Sundays — muscle memory that still says, “It’s the weekend!” And don’t get me started about having to work past nine in the evening.

I’m sure royals are like all of us and have days that they prefer over others. Yet, while they can customize their schedules in ways that ordinary workers can’t, they are sometimes locked into timings beyond their control: Trooping the Colour is on the third Saturday of June, state visits start on a Tuesday, and Commonwealth Day is the second Monday in March.

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My analysis shows that the working royals really like the middle of the work week — around 70 percent of all engagements occur on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. In contrast, Monday is the least popular of the Monday-Friday days — working royals do 2.5 times more engagements on Wednesday than they do on Monday.