Britain's young royals, William and Harry, have matched up to grandmother Queen Elizabeth II's record of the number of days spent on royal duties in a year for the first time in 2016.
As the 90-year-old monarch began reducing her workload this year, analysis of the 'Daily Court Circular' says that Prince William - Duke of Cambridge - equalled his grandmother by spending 80 days on royal engagements this year.
His younger brother, Prince Harry, was just ahead with 86 days of appointments.
The younger royal was also the most-travelled senior member of the royal family in 2016, clocking up around 61,800 miles on overseas public engagements.
Between them the princess and Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, put in 480 official appearances this year, according to 'The Times'.
This is more than twice as many as the 198 engagements they attended last year, when the Queen's husband, Duke of Edinburgh, outdid the three of them put together.
The monarch herself, having cut out long haul travel, increased her workload in Britain by attending 332 functions, up from 306 the previous year.
Her heir, Prince Charles, is now the busiest member of the family, having surpassed his sister, the Princess Royal - Princess Anne.
As well as touring Ireland, Belgium, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and the US, he carried out 432 engagements in Britain, up from 380 last year.
The second in line to the throne, Prince William, has faced criticism in the past for a perceived reluctance to take on a full schedule of events.
This year he increased his public appearances by 54 per cent. This included official trips to India, Germany and Canada as well as a three-hour trek to a mountain monastery in Bhutan.
It has been indicated that William and Kate may leave their countryside home at Anmer Hall on the Queen's Sandringham estate to make Kensington Palace in London their permanent home in the New Year to allow 3-year-old Prince George to start school in London.
There have also been indications the prince may also relinquish his charity job as a pilot with East Anglian Air Ambulance to take on more royal duties.
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