The Royal Family has dramatically increased their number of engagements with King Charles leading the way – their output is 75% up during the first seven weeks of 2025 compared to last year

The Royal Family are off to a flying start, clocking up more engagements in the first seven weeks of the year than at any time in the same period since the pandemic.

The King has led the way in boosting their output by 75% from last year. The royals, including Charles, Queen Camilla and the Prince and Princess of Wales, have clocked up 269 engagements from January 1 to February 13, according to official Court Circular records.

They were rocked in the first few days of 2024 when the King and Princess of Wales were hospitalised on the same day, Charles for a procedure on his prostate and Kate for an abdominal surgery.

Weeks later, they were both diagnosed with cancer, sending The Firm into a spin about its future. But the pace at which they have collectively bounced back this year is up massively from previous years,

The family carried out 154 engagements last year, so this year’s start is already up 75%. And it’s just under a third from 2023, when they undertook 204 engagements between them.

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The King, who is still having treatment for cancer, has already been to Poland for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, as well as going on away days to Cornwall and Middlesbrough. The Princess of Wales continued her comeback from cancer treatment by visiting a women’s prison in Cheshire and returning to the London hospital where she had seven months of chemotherapy.

News of the output is hugely positive for the King given his family were plagued by health woes last year, including Princess Anne being rushed to hospital and having to spend time in intensive care after she was knocked unconscious by a horse. Charles has welcomed faith leaders to Buckingham Palace, thanked Polish veterans for their Second World War service, visited a new housing estate in Cornwall with Prime Minister Keir Starmer and been to Tottenham Hotspur’s North London stadium.

Queen Camilla has opened a sexual assault centre in Exeter and celebrated Olympians and Paralympians at Clarence House, while the Prince and Princess of Wales attended Holocaust memorial events in London. Engagements in 2025 are however down 12% from those in 2020 but back then there were 14 working royals, including the late Elizabeth II, who completed 306 engagements by February 13.

King Charles got off to the fastest start of the year since before assuming the throne. His workload of 67 engagements from the New Year until February 13 is up 86% on the same period in 2023 – the year before he was ill – and up 109% from the 32 in 2022.

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In 2024, he had done just three due to his medical issues. But he is not alone in starting the year with a noticeably busier schedule. Camilla undertook 91% more engagements than during the same period of 2024. Although the overall number is low – 21 compared to 11 – she was last year widely praised for steadying the ship throughout a turbulent time when her husband and stepdaughter-in-law were both having cancer treatment.

Prince William was also taking a leave of absence to look after his three children while Kate was receiving chemotherapy. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, who recently returned from a visit to Nepal, are on track to post high annual numbers – they are already up 31% and 65% from 2024, respectively.

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, at 80 and 78 years old, have been busy with 21 engagements, and the 89-year-old Duke of Kent has chipped in with 11. Princess Anne’s tally is down 25% this year but the Princess Royal’s overall number of engagements is still impressive. As of February 13, she is in second place with 48 engagements, behind Charles, with 67.

The Prince and Princess of Wales are also ramping up their workload after a tumultuous time for the couple and their three young children. William undertook 21 engagements until February 13, up from the four he did in that period in 2024, and Kate – whose medical situation meant she had no engagements until June of that year – has already done six this year.

Patricia Treble, author of the Write Royalty newsletter, who undertook the analysis, said: “I knew they were doing more than last year but what surprised me is how much more they are doing than previous years when there were more working royals. Will this jackrabbit start to the year continue? It’s going to be fun to watch.”