THE DUKE’S LIFE IN NUMBERS

inspired 2,717,714to obtain youngstersDuke of in UK Edinburgh

72,430 awardsmiles travelledsince 1956 on the

35,000Royal Yacht Britannia a Pacific island populationwhere the of Duke Tanna, is worshipped as a god

22,219 solo engagements

5,986 hours as a pilot in 59 types of aircraft in 44 years

5,496 speeches given

1963 year he founded a bagpiping competition for the Pakistan Army

1961 year he became first Royal Family member to be interviewed on television

785 patronages

637 overseas visits 75 prizes and medals associated with him 65 years as Royal Consort 57

minutes was the length of a broadcast on children’s TV, when he spoke without a script about a recent round-the-world tour on Britannia

32 senior military positions held

14 books he has written

18 months old, age he fled to UK when Greek royal family was overthrown

12 ranking in last year’s GQ magazine’s annual Best Dressed Men list

12 pence, the equivalent of how much he reputedly had in the bank when he married

2 pygmy hippopotami he received from the President of Liberia in 1961