European royal families work, on average, 187 days a year, a number equivalent to 51.23% or just over six months, according to data collected by the specialized website UFO No More, which closely follows the lives of European royal families and which prepared a survey on the days worked by royalty throughout 2025.
The transparency of European monarchical institutions is often analyzed from the perspective of productivity and cost to States. Therefore, the portal study uses as a criterion the number of days worked (presence in official diaries recorded in calendars or court circulars), instead of the total volume of individual commitments. In this methodology, if a member of royalty holds multiple meetings in a single day, the period is counted as just one day of work.
UFO No More argues that counting days is more honest, as it prevents royalty from “inflating” statistics by holding five quick 10-minute meetings in a single afternoon to appear as if they worked more than a monarch who spent the entire day on a state visit. The report excludes internal office activities that are not made public.
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Spain ahead
The leadership in the ranking belongs to the Royal Family of Spain, with 216 days worked, supported mainly by King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, totaling 216 days worked. The study notes that the heirs, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia, have limited participation due to their focus on their studies.
With 208 days, the Royal Family of Sweden maintained one of the most intense work rhythms, despite Princess Sofia having been on maternity leave after the birth of Princess Ines, in February 2025, and Crown Princess Victoria having divided her schedule with military courses.
At the bottom of the ranking was the Royal Family of the Netherlands, with 162 days worked. The Princess of Orange, Amalia, although not acting full time, gradually began to be included in the records as her presence in official diaries increased.
the most famous in the ranking, was slightly above average. The data focuses on the Princes of Wales (William and ) and the Dukes of Edinburgh (Edward and Sophie). The year 2025 marked the Princess of Wales’s gradual return to public engagements, following a period of remission from her cancer treatment.
The volume of days worked by the Royal Family of Luxembourg last year was influenced by the transition of power. Grand Duke Henri abdicated in favor of his son, Guillaume, in October 2025, which resulted in a natural reduction in the senior couple’s schedules in the last quarter.
In the case of the Norwegian Royal Family, the individual highlight goes to Prince Haakon, who was one of the most active members of all European royalty. He was responsible for 156 days of solo work, almost single-handedly supporting the Norwegian monarchy’s agenda, while Princess Mette-Marit is dealing with health limitations, and Princess Ingrid Alexandra is focused on her studies.
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Finally, the Danish Royal Family maintained its work rhythm stable compared to last year, but which represents a sharp drop compared to previous years – 260 days in 2017, for example – reflecting a trend of “Slimmed-down Monarchy”, focusing on events with greater institutional impact instead of a constant and fragmented presence.
See below the consolidated performance of the real families analyzedfrom highest to lowest volume of days with official commitments:
| Royal family | Number of days worked |
| Spain | 216 days (59.18% of the year) |
| Sweden | 208 days (56.99% of the year) |
| Denmark | 192 days (52.6% of the year) |
| United Kingdom (Wales and Edinburgh only) | 190 days (52.05% of the year) |
| Norway | 189 days (51.78% of the year) |
| Belgium | 178 days (48.77% of the year) |
| Luxembourg | 174 days (47.67% of the year) |
| Monaco (Princely Couple) | 172 days (47.12% of the year) |
| Netherlands | 162 days (44.38% of the year) |
