Overview
- The Royal Family posted a birthday message and new portrait on social media on Wednesday to mark Prince Richard's 82nd birthday, and the Royal Collection Trust published a throwback photo of him as a child.
- The palace describes the Duke as a full-time working royal who carries out national and international engagements in support of the King and his duties as head of state.
- This year the Duke and Duchess stayed in London to fulfil official duties, attending the National Day for Victims and Survivors of Terrorism on August 21 and joining Princess Anne for a Somme commemoration in France in July.
- Prince Richard unexpectedly inherited the Dukedom after his elder brother's death in 1972, studied architecture at Magdalene College, Cambridge, later practised as a partner at Hunt Thompson Associates, and lives at Kensington Palace with the Duchess.
- Now 33rd in the line of succession, the Duke remains a long-serving but lower-profile member of the working royal group, and official tributes help keep public focus on his selective duties and charitable interests.