The Royal Family at Trooping the Colour 2024 (Image: Getty)
has retained the top spot as the hardest-working royal, having racked up 217 engagements in 2024. Princess Anne, known to be the ‘no-nonsense’ royal, completed 31 more official engagements this year than her elder brother , who carried out 186 – over the last year.The research, which was conducted by Reboot SEO company, is based on entries published in the Court Circular, The Duke of Gloucester and came in joint third, completing 126 engagements, while , followed in fifth place with 124 engagements.
Princess Anne came out top, despite briefly taking a break in June . The incident happened at her Gatcombe Park estate in Gloucestershire, and the princess was taken to Southmead Hospital, Bristol.
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Princess Anne has always been dubbed the ‘no-nonsense’ royal (Image: Getty)
Her sense of public duty combined with a no-nonsense approach has helped her status as one of the most popular royals, with consistently high approval ratings in opinion polls.
Usually among the top spots in the annual rankings, and Kate saw a dip in engagements this year, following on from the .
Prince Williamcompleted 71 engagements in 2024, while Princess Kate undertook just 11.The Prince of Wales spoke openly about the Firm’s health scares in an interview while in South Africa last month, saying 2024 has “probably been the hardest year in my life”.
Not only does Princess Anne work hard at her many engagements, the royal is known for her interest in horses and achievements in equestrian sports, becoming the in Montreal in 1976.
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Princess Anne carried out 217 engagements this year (Image: Getty)
As the second child of and Prince Philip, she was third in line to the throne when she was born and she is now 17th in the line of succession.She has married twice and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips, is the father of her two children, Peter and Zara.Speaking to Vanity Fair in 2020, : “I think most people would argue that there are downsides to having titles… So I think that was probably the right thing to do.”Zara Tindall has publicly spoken about her mother’s work ethic on Seven: , The Total Sport Podcast. She said: “From my point of view, I was obviously very lucky that my mother didn’t give us any titles so I really commend her on that. We were very lucky that we got to do it a bit our own way.”
“My family has a great work ethic as well which I’m hoping they instilled in me and is still going to this day.”