If we’re looking in the beginning. January seems to have been a fairly quiet royal month
on the royal front. Even the new year receptions in Denmark received less press coverage than normal – with Crown Princess Mary on maternity leave, and Joachim and Marie taking the opportunity to go on vacation under the radar. (Was hosting the Christmas with the Prince Consort and Queen so tiring that they had to have a break afterwards?)
Anyway, here are the numbers for January.
Alphabetically.
Name: Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall,
Claim to Fame: married to the Prince of Wales.
Age: 63
Population size of the UK: Roughly 62 millions.
Number of total engagements: 12
Number of solo engagements: 7
12/62 = 0.19
Name: Daniel, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland.
Claim to Fame: Married to the Crown Princess of Sweden
Age: 37
Population size of Sweden : Roughly 9.3 millions
Number of total engagements: 0
Number of solo engagements: 0
0/9.3= 0
Name: Letizia, Princess of Asturias
Claim to Fame: Married to the Prince of Asturias
Age: 37
Population size of Spain : 46 millions
Number of total engagements: 13
Number of solo engagements: 4
Dividing: 13/46 = 0.28
Name: Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat
Claim to Fame: Married to the Crown Prince of Denmark
Age: 38
Population size of Denmark : Roughly 5.5 millions
Number of total engagements: 1
Number of solo engagements:
Dividing: 1/5.5=0.18
Maternity leave. The one engagement is leaving the hospital with the twins.
Name: Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant
Claim to Fame: Married to the Duke of Brabant, heir to the Belgian throne.
Age: 37
Population size of Belgium : 10.8 millions
Number of total engagements: 10
Number of solo engagements: 5
Dividing: 10/10.8=0.92
Name: Princess Máxima
Claim to Fame: Married to the Prince of Orange
Age: 39
Population size of The Netherlands : 16.6 millions
Number of total engagements: 7
Number of solo engagements:6
Dividing: 7/16.6= 0.42
Name: Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
Claim to Fame: Married to the Crown Prince of Norway
Age: 36
Population size of Norway: 4.8 millions
Number of total engagements: 7
Number of solo engagements: 2
Dividing: 7/4.8=1.45
Returned to work by going to the World Economic Forum in Davos, and then by continuing to Geneva.
Letizia had 12 engagements in her official calendar in
January, and a working meeting with the Spanish Association Agaisnt
Cancer. She’s the honorary president of this association and while
this meeting didn’t appear in the royal household website, it
appeared in the Spanish Association Agaisnt Cancer site. Here are
the links to Letizia’s past activities:
http://www.casareal.es/sar_princesa/Actividades-ides-idweb.html And
the Spanish Association Agaisnt Cancer statement on the meeting on
January 26:
https://www.aecc.es/SalaPrensa/Noticias/Paginas/NuevajornadadetrabajodelaPrincesadeAsturias.aspx
I forgot to say in my previous comment that this project is
very interesting. I’m afraid I follow the Spanish royals very
closely and will be checking to see if you have forgotten any of
Letizia’s engagements 😛 (BTW, I know you said in your December
post that you didn’t take into account any activity around
Christmas, but Letizia had at least 10 official
engagements)