Every year, UFO No More counts the number of days worked by several royal families. We hope that learning about how many days these families worked during the year might help you put their totals in the “How Much Is It All Worth?” post into perspective.

Before diving into the data, we would like to make a brief disclaimer. We know that a lot of attention is usually paid to the number of engagements of the British Royal Family at the end of each year. The UFO No More team decided to count the number of days a royal has worked and not the number of engagements. Thus, the numbers presented in this post for the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Earl and Countess of Wessex are the number of days they worked in 2022 and not the number of engagements they undertook.

Obviously, it is important to note that there are countless hours of behind-the-scenes and private work and meetings that we don’t know about and thus can’t include in this count.  These numbers below reflect the number of days that an announced event was written on the Court’s Calendar (and the Court Circular), events not on the calendar but articles were written about on the Court’s website, events from the various Social Media accounts used by the Courts, and their various organization/charities/foundation’s social media accounts. Multiple events in a single day are calculated as one day.

Now, onto the data.

BELGIUM

Our count for the Belgian Royal Family focuses on King Philippe, Queen Mathilde, and Princess Elisabeth. Thus, in 2022, one of these three had a publicly announced event a total of 169 days of the year - 46,3% of the days in 2022. Princess Elisabeth is not a full-time working royal but she is included in this count as she started attending official engagements following her 18th birthday.

In the overview below, you can see how many days the family worked each month as a whole, a more detailed monthly count for each member of the family, and a 2021-2022 comparison for Queen Mathilde.

DENMARK

In the year 2022, a member of the Danish royal family had a publicly announced event a total of 216 days of the year- 59,1% of the days in 2022. It was 188 days in 2021, 153 days in 2020, 227 days in 2019, 220 days in 2018, and 260 days in 2017. We can note that Crown Prince Frederik was Regent for 17 days in 2022 while Princess Benedikte acted as Regent for 6 days and Prince Joachim for 2 days. Prince Joachim and Princess Marie still live in Paris, France, so their workload is still reduced. Prince Joachim has a day job while Princess Marie became a Special Representative for the Danish Embassy in October 2021.

In the overview below, you can see how many days the family worked each month as a whole, a more detailed monthly count for each member of the family, and a 2021-2022 comparison to put the numbers in perspective.

LUXEMBOURG

Our count for the Luxembourg Grand Ducal Family focuses on the Grand Ducal Couple and the Hereditary Grand Ducal Couple. In 2022, someone had a publicly announced event a total of 163 days of the year - 44,6% of the days in 2022. We can note that little Prince Charles joined the Hereditary Grand Ducal Couple on 13 of their days worked in 2022!

In the overview below, you can see how many days the family worked each month as a whole and a more detailed monthly count.

MONACO

In 2022, Prince Albert and/or Princess Charlene had a publicly announced event a total of 83 days of the year - 22,7% of the days in 2022. Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella joined their parents on 14 and 15 of these days respectively. It is important to note that Princess Charlene only started attending public engagements again in late April as she was still recovering from health issues at the beginning of the year.

In the overview below, you can see how many days the family worked each month as a whole and a more detailed monthly count for the Princely Couple.

NORWAY

In 2022, a member of the Norwegian royal family had a public engagement a total of 194 days of the year- 53% of the days in 2020. It was 176 days in 2021, 158 days in 2020 and 199 days in 2019. Crown Prince Haakon is still the member of the royal family with the most days worked with 150 days worked (i.e a day where he had an event on the calendar or a day where he had an unannounced event that we had photos of).

It has to be noted that since Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in 2018, she has had a reduced workload. Princess Märtha Louise also announced that she was no longer be a working member of the Royal Family in November 2022. Thus, while she is included in this 2022 count, she will no longer be included starting from 2023.

Princess Ingrid Alexandra is not a full-time working royal but she is now included in this count as she started attending official engagements following her 18th birthday. You can see the monthly details for the family as a whole in the overview below.

SPAIN

In 2022, the Spanish Royal Family as a whole worked 219 days which is 60% of the days in 2022. The family had worked 206 days in 2021, 213 days in 2020, and 205 days in 2019. This year, we also saw more of Queen Sofia. Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia also attended events with their parents and Princess Leonor had more solo events. However, it is still important to remember that Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia are still children and thus only attend specific events.

SWEDEN

In 2022, out of the 7 working adult members of the Swedish Royal Family- someone had a publicly announced engagement 228 days of the year. That is 62,4% of the days in 2022 which is more than in 2021. Princess Madeleine spent the majority of her time in Florida where she lives with her family, even though she spent part of the summer and the Christmas holidays in Sweden.

In the overview below, you can see how many days the family worked each month as a whole, a more detailed monthly count for each member of the family, and a 2021-2022 comparison to put the numbers in perspective.

THE NETHERLANDS

Our count for the Dutch Royal Family focuses on King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima, Princess Catharina-Amalia, and Princess Beatrix. Thus, in 2022, one of these four had a publicly announced event a total of 174 days of the year - 47,6% of the days in 2022. Princess Catharina-Amalia is not a full-time working royal but she is included in this count as she started attending official engagements following her 18th birthday.

In the overview below, you can see how many days the family worked each month as a whole, a more detailed monthly count for each member of the family, and a 2021-2022 comparison for Queen Maxima.

UNITED KINGDOM

Our count for the British Royal Family focuses on the Prince and Princess of Wales as well as the Earl and Countess of Wessex. In 2022, one of these four members of the family had a publicly announced event a total of 192 days of the year - 52,6% of the days in 2022. Of course, the year was marked by the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and sadly, her passing which saw the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge become the Prince and Princess of Wales.

In the overview below, you can see how many days the family worked each month as a whole, a more detailed monthly count for each member of the family, and a 2021-2022 comparison for the Princess of Wales and the Countess of Wessex.

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