The royals’ official engagement figures reveal how much Kate worked in 2021

What can $2.40 get you? Turns out, a Twix multipack, one and a half packets of Tesco Licorice Allsorts, or a working monarch.

In the scheme of things, $2.40 is literally loose change, but this figure also shows how much the royal family ‘cost’ each Briton each year.

And while we’ve pondered many troubling questions about the royal family this year – are they racist? Ruthless? Will the entire omen-trimmed dog-and-pony show survive the Queen’s passing or will it fall down in one real housewivesThe flame of honor and lifeliness? – One that has been largely overlooked, are they good value?

Today we have an answer, of that sort—one that is great news if you’re a Princess Anne-phile and very disappointing if you’re a staunch supporter—Kate, Duchess of Cambridge Camp

Look, the official workloads for the year are starting to come out, that is, how many official engagements are in each of the rest working members of the royal household Done in 2021.

(Obviously the final figures won’t come out until after the month when we’re all utterly sick of turkey leftovers and tinsel is starting to sag, but neither is likely to change much.)

And that number? Those cold-hard numbers that irrefutably show how hard, or not, an HRH has put his shoulder on the wheel of the castle? Well, there’s one particular Duchess who ends up looking less than golden.

Here’s how things stand. Anne, a woman whose signature quiff is a masterstroke of backcombing, bobby pins and rectitude, made 368 engagements, which included 13 investments, more than sword-required ceremonies. prince charles And Prince William Combined (six and three, respectively) managed to start.

Nevertheless, her older brother took second place, with Charles second with 360 engagements.

So what about William and his wife Kate, the dazzling hopes of monarchists and monumental china collectors? She scored 232 while she fell far behind on … 115.

Oh Kate. Really?

Sure, she has three young children at home, but she also has a household worker, including a full-time nanny and devoted parents, who can be called upon to take care of the kids. (In 2019, a dog walker bumped into Carole Middleton with grandson and future throne-sitter Prince George in rural Berkshire, who reported that the little boy insisted, “I’m called Archie”.)

Last year, Kate hit a similar figure in the triple digits, with just over 80 engagements in 2019 and a nudge closer to 100 in 2018, but keep in mind, those were years that either included lockdowns, or She was pregnant or on maternity leave.

While I don’t think there’s any doubt that She and William (but especially her) ‘won’ the pandemicDoing a bang, zooming in with enough Blitz-era fervor to power Brixton, today’s numbers take some tack on the question of his work ethic.

Unlike her aunt Anne and the owner of Britain’s largest collection of mustard surge suits, it’s impossible not to conclude that Kate comes out a tad… shy.

And that brings us back to the value question.

This $2.40 figure shows how much sovereign grants cost per capita. (The grant is 25 percent of the profits of the Crown Estate, which the royal family pays for the maintenance of Crown-owned property, such as Windsor Castle, and to pay for official travel and office-related expenses, such as staff, working members of the royal family.)

But that blame doesn’t actually place the Windsor in Gordon’s gin or Jack Russell dog food, but rather money that comes from the treasury of the Duchess of Lancaster and Cornwall.

Assuming that Anne receives the same amount from her mother as her brother, Prince Andrew, through the Duchy of Lancaster, then this means that she earns $461,000 per year, meaning that her ‘rate ‘ works out to $1252 per official engagement. ,

William and Kate are annual beneficiaries of the Duchy of Cornwall’s bounty, which totals an estimated $4.16 million annually. Combined, the Cambridges had 347 engagements, meaning their ‘rate’ was $11,988 per outing.

And that’s a huge problem if you happen to limp your way into the 22nd century as either the Duke or Duchess or anyone interested in the house of Windsor.

The major criticism frequently and belligerently lobbied by Fleet Street in the early days of the couple’s marriage was that they were essentially lazy.

“The Meddling Wills Throne Is Dormant,” Sun Announced in 2016, while famous, pre-married, in 2008, daily mail reported that the Queen was becoming “increasingly concerned” with Kate because she didn’t have a job. (Nor did she get one — Kate had never had a full-time gig before her marriage to William.)

It was only in 2017 that the Cambridges became a full-time working member of the royal family, having previously managed to convince the Queen to give her the seldom watch so she could enjoy a normal family life in Norfolk.

However, since then, and having moved to London, William and Kate have established themselves as shining, lofty hopes of the royal family, both of which have a public appeal fundamental to the firm’s ability to survive seismic turmoil. . (A funeral, a coronation, a new king and maybe even a new queen.)

An absolutely integral part of this ‘William and Kate Save the Crown’ plan is to endure untold bargaining between the monarchy and the people, and this will only happen if the Rabble acknowledges the royal family which is not only relevant but relevant to contemporary society. useful for.

The Cambridges desperately need to gain wide acceptance – with Buckingham Palace being held somewhat respectfully by the public and for the couple’s view of the royal family – as a busy and temporarily active force.

Which is why, anything that offers vague suggestions that they may be overpaid part-timers is inherently dangerous. Anything that tarnishes or tarnishes the reputation of the Cambridges actually makes the monarchy less likely to be permanent.

There is no rest for the wicked but it seems there is a lot for some members of the Queen’s family.

Daniela Elser is a royal expert and writer with over 15 years of experience working with many of Australia’s leading media titles.