She may be approaching her 84th birthday, but the Queen is still carrying out official engagements at the rate of more than one a day. Figures compiled by the Daily Mail suggest that she conducted 375 visits, investitures and audiences in 2009 – two decades after most people her age retired.

The crown for “hardest working royal” once again goes to Princess Anne. Here are 2009′s numbers:

• Princess Anne ———- 554 public engagements
• Prince Charles ——— 540
• Prince Andrew ——— 490
• The Queen ————– 375
• Prince William ———- 27
• Prince Harry ———— 15

Article: Daily Mail

Other tidbits on the Queen:

• A widely known dog lover, she cheers up a pensioner with a condolence letter after he wrote to Buckingham Palace saying his dog has died.
• The Queen burst out laughing during a church service in Sandringham when Right Reverend Graham James told the congregation he believed John the Baptist should have appeared on British TV show “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here.”

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