How Many Days Did They Work in 2024?
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 Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh are the number of days they worked in 2024 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, Princess Elisabeth, and Princess Astrid. Thus, in 2024, one of these four had a publicly announced event a total of 187 days of the year - 51.09% of the days in 2024. It was 173 days in 2023. Princess Elisabeth is not a full-time working royal as she is currently studying in the USA but she is included in this overview as she still attends events when possible.
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 2023-2024 comparison.
DENMARK
In the year 2024, a member of the Danish royal family had a publicly announced event for a total of 191 days of the year- 52.1% of the days in 2024. It was 191 days in 2023, 216 days in 2022, 188 days in 2021, 153 days in 2020, 227 days in 2019, 220 days in 2018, and 260 days in 2017.
It is important to note that in January 2024, Queen Margrethe abdicated and Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary became King and Queen of Denmark. Crown Prince Christian was Regent for 17 days while Princess Benedikte acted as Regent for 5 days and Queen Mary for 3 days. Prince Joachim and Princess Marie now live in Washington D.C, USA so their workload is still reduced. Prince Joachim works as Brigadier-General at the Danish Embassy while Princess Marie is a member of the Board of Directors of the Veteran Coalition International.
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 2023-2024 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 2024, someone had a publicly announced event for a total of 171 days of the year - 46,7% of the days in 2024. It was 166 days in 2023. We can note that Prince Charles and Prince François joined the Hereditary Grand Ducal Couple on 7 and 13 of their days worked in 2024 respectively!
In October 2024, Grand Duke Henri appointed Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume as his Lieutenant-Representative which was a natural step towards Grand Duke Henri’s abdication in 2025. The Grand Duke also announced his abdication in October 2025 during his Christmas Speech.
In the overview below, you can see how many days the family worked each month as a whole and a more detailed monthly count as well as a 2023 - 2024 comparison.
MONACO
In 2024, Prince Albert and/or Princess Charlene had a publicly announced event for a total of 218 days of the year - 59.5% of the days in 2024. It was 172 days in 2023. Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella joined their parents on 30 and 27 of these days respectively.
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 2024, a member of the Norwegian royal family had a public engagement for a total of 181 days of the year- 49.4% of the days in 2024. It was 198 days in 2023, 194 days in 2022, 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 155 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).
King Harald suffered a health scare in early 2024 which resulted in a sick leave which has impacted his workload. It has to also be noted that since Crown Princess Mette-Marit was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in 2018, she has had a reduced workload. Princess Ingrid Alexandra is not a full-time working royal as she is currently undertaking her military education but she is now included in this count as she started attending official engagements in the past few years. You can see the monthly details for the family as a whole in the overview below.
SPAIN
In 2024, the Spanish Royal Family as a whole worked 222 days which is 60.6% of the days in 2024. The family had worked 213 days in 2023, 219 days in 2022, 206 days in 2021, 213 days in 2020, and 205 days in 2019. This year, we also saw more of Queen Sofia while Infanta Sofia undertook her first official solo engagement in December. Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia are both focusing on their studies and only undertake engagements when possible. 2024 also marked the 10th anniversary of King Felipe’s accession to the Throne.
SWEDEN
In 2024, out of the 7 working adult members of the Swedish Royal Family- someone had a publicly announced engagement 207 days of the year which is 56.5% of the days in 2024. It was 218 days worked in 2023, 228 in 2022, 210 in 2021, 199 in 2020, and 222 in 2019. It has to be noted that Crown Princess Victoria started a military course in the Fall of 2024 which meant she had to reduce her workload during that period. Princess Madeleine and her family have also moved back to Sweden this year which allowed Princess Madeleine to attend more events in the country.
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 2023-2024 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 2024, one of these four had a publicly announced event a total of 183 days of the year - 50% of the days in 2024. It was 162 days in 2023. Princess Catharina-Amalia is not a full-time working royal but she is included in this count as she started attending official engagements in the past few years.
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 2023-2024 comparison.
UNITED KINGDOM
Our count for the British Royal Family focuses on the Prince and Princess of Wales as well as the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. In 2024, one of these four members of the family had a publicly announced event for a total of 179 days of the year - 48.9% of the days in 2024. Of course, the year was marked by the Princess of Wales’ announcement that she had been diagnosed with cancer in early 2024 which meant she couldn’t attend engagements for most of the year.
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 2023-2024 comparison for both couples.
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