Overview

• PA analysis of the official Court Circular counts 175 days with engagements in the past 12 months, up from 133 in year two and 161 in year one.
• The King undertook long-haul travel including Australia and Samoa in October 2024, Italy in April 2025 where he addressed parliament, Canada in May 2025, and Poland on January 27 for Auschwitz commemorations.
• Constitutional business continued with 22 formal audiences with the prime minister and 11 Privy Council meetings during the third year.
• The Princess Royal led senior royals with 189 engagement days, while Queen Camilla logged 103, slightly down on the previous year’s 107.
• Buckingham Palace disclosed a cancer diagnosis in February 2024 and the King has continued treatment while maintaining audiences and meetings, including with Volodymyr Zelensky in June and Emmanuel Macron in July.