Prince Charles and Prince William had the highest numbers of royal engagements during the coronavirus lockdown. The heir and second in line to throne, reportedly, fulfilled 69 and 65 engagements, respectively.
Resume.io revealed that Prince Charles topped the list even as he had symptoms of COVID-19 for a week. Queen Elizabeth, also, logged 54 official engagements while she was in isolation in Windsor Castle.
Princess Anne and Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, were the fourth and fifth royal on the list with the greatest number of official duties. The rest of the working royals had nine to 30 royal engagements each: Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex; Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge; Richard, the Duke of Gloucester; Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall; Birgitte, the Duchess of Gloucester; Edward, the Duke of Kent; Princess Alexandra. Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who retired in 2017, had one special engagement in July.
These royal engagements covered video conferences, phone calls and in-person meetings from May 23 to July 31. The figures were, reportedly, taken from the Court Circular from Buckingham Palace, which announces the official schedules of the royals.
Princess Anne, who is known as the hardest working royal, mostly spent the lockdown in her home in Gatcombe Park. Despite the COVID-19 threat forcing her to slow down, the Princess Royal still raked an impressive number of meetings and engagements which were reportedly completed within 43 days.
Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, on the other hand, had to pull double duty with her children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, who had to homeschool from March until June since schools were ordered closed. The wife of Prince William, however, recently joined her husband for a trip to Barry Island to help boost tourism as the idyllic place reopens to visitors.
The Wessexes had more royal engagements this year compared to last year because they likely needed to step up as Prince Andrew and Prince Harry are no longer working royals. The Duke of York resigned from his official duties in November 2019 while the Duke of Sussex moved to Los Angeles with Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, in March.
Meanwhile, Prince Charles joined his mother in sending a heartfelt message of condolences to the people of Lebanon, through President Michael Aoun, following the shocking explosion that rocked a Beirut port and killed hundreds of locals. The Queen, said in her statement, that she is deeply saddened by the tragedy. Prince Charles, on the other hand, said that they want to assure the Lebanese people they are in the thoughts and prayers.
Sophie, also, sent a message to Aoun and recalled her visit last year. The Countess of Wessex is the lone member of the royal family to actually set foot in the country. She said she has fond memories of her visit last June 2019.
