# Just how busy are the British royal family?

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**Created:** [July 4, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-busy-are-the-british-royal-family/945656 "2021-07-04T11:34:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-busy-are-the-british-royal-family/945656/9 "2021-07-05T03:43:27Z")

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Here’s a post I made in the thread on Prince Philip:

> [@Prince Philip has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-philip-has-died/939670/88):
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> It’s estimated that in the last 66 years, Prince Phillip did 22,000 solo engagements, at community events, charity events, commercial conferences and so on. He’s also believed to have made 5,500 speeches.
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> That averages 83 speaking events a year, and 333 solo engagements a year. That’s a pretty impressive workload, especially considering he was still doing it (albeit at a reduced pace) until just 3 years ago, when he turned 96.
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> That doesn’t count the engagements when he was accompanying the Queen, two steps behind.
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> Stats from this article:
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> [Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, dead at 99 | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/prince-philip-dead-dies-obit-obituary-1.5981009)
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> > [@](#):
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> > Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth, died today at 99. He was the longest-serving royal consort in British history, and deeply devoted to his duty in that role.

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