This Year's Hardest Working Royal Comes as No Surprise — See Who Took the Crown

The dedicated family member packed 457 engagements into their royal diary

It’s time for a drumroll for this year’s hardest-working member of the British royal family!

Princess Anne attended the most royal engagements of any member of the royal family in 2023, The Telegraph reported. According to the newspaper’s tally using the Court Circular, the royal family’s official record of previous engagements, the Princess Royal, 73, conducted 457 engagements — meaning that she keeps the crown of most industrious for the third year running.

“She just gets on with it, often carrying out multiple engagements in one day,” Queen Elizabeth’s former press spokesman Dickie Arbiter told the paper of Princess Anne’s tireless dedication.

“Of course, much of what the King does is behind the scenes, in meetings and going through his red boxes, which doesn’t warrant a mention in the Court Circular,” he added about King Charles.

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The Telegraph said King Charles was second on the list with 425 royal engagements, snagging the same spot behind his sister that he did in 2022. Last year, the Reboot SEO Company calculated that Princess Anne undertook 214 engagements while King Charles made 181 stops — meaning that both embraced an even heavier royal workload during King Charles' coronation year.

Rounding out the ranks, the outlet said Prince Edward was the third busiest royal this year with 297 engagements, followed by Queen Camilla at 233 and Edward's wife Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh at 219. Prince William and Queen Elizabeth’s cousin Prince Richard, the Duke of Gloucester tied for sixth in productivity with 172 engagements each this year, followed by Kate Middleton at 128 and Richard’s wife Birgitte, the Duchess of Gloucester with 69 stops.

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According to The Telegraph, Princess Anne packed in between 12 and 14 engagements during a typical week in 2023. In contrast, the Prince and Princess of Wales would traditionally only step out once or twice on average weekly, as they juggled royal duty with raising their kids: Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, both 41, also navigate their public work with a slightly different approach than previous generations. The couple focuses on fewer patronages and highlights targeted campaigns through their Royal Foundation, like William’s Homewards initiative and Kate’s Shaping Us campaign, both launched this year.

Prince William’s late grandmother Queen Elizabeth was associated with a whopping 600 causes and organizations during her record reign. The steadfast sovereign retired from 25 patronages timed to her 90th birthday in 2016 like Prince Philip did before her. However, over a year after her death in September 2022, the royal family has yet to announce plans for the official redistribution of many of Queen Elizabeth’s former causes.

As explained on the monarchy’s Royal.UK website, which has yet to be updated in full following the Queen’s death, the royal family is asked to be affiliated with more organizations than is practicable.

“Every member of the Royal Family receives hundreds of requests each year from organisations asking for their support. Royal patronages add status to an organisation, and visits and involvement from a Royal Patron can often bring much needed publicity,” the Charities and Patronages page states.

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“For this reason, members of the Royal Family tend to limit their patronages to a manageable number to ensure that they can give each organisation a significant amount of their time. The exceptions to this are The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh who hold over a thousand Patronages between them, many of which were inherited from previous Monarchs.”

In his first speech as sovereign in September 2022, King Charles acknowledged that his royal relationship with charities and other organizations would change amid his accession.

“My life will of course change as I take up my new responsibilities,” he said. “It will no longer be possible for me to give so much of my time and energies to the charities and issues for which I care so deeply. But I know this important work will go on in the trusted hands of others.”

There also might be more work to go around as Prince Andrew, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are no longer working royals.

In January 2022, Queen Elizabeth stripped her son Andrew of his military titles and patronages after he was accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit filed by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an alleged victim of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Duke of York has denied any wrongdoing and settled with Giuffre out of court in February 2022.

In 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped back from their royal roles and relocated to Meghan’s home state of California, where they reside with their children Prince Archie, 4, and Princess Lilibet, 2.

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