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Queen Elizabeth II's Daily Routine

Keep a steady rhythm that lasts for decades. Queen Elizabeth II heard a piper at 9:00 AM, saw the Prime Minister on Wednesdays and rode at weekends.

By Colin PaceUpdated

Overview

Queen Elizabeth II reigned for 70 years, from 1952 to 2022, longer than any other British monarch. Her days were famously regular. The same fixed points came round each week for decades.

She rose around 8:30 AM, The Crown Chronicles reports, and a piper played for 15 minutes under her window at 9:00 AM. Mornings went to letters and the red boxes of state papers, with short audiences from 11:00 AM, lunch at 1:00 PM, afternoon engagements and tea at 4:00 PM. On Wednesdays she saw the Prime Minister, a weekly audience still held on Wednesdays in 2021, CBS News notes, and at weekends at Windsor she rode in the Great Park.

It suits anyone who wants a dependable week: work at fixed hours, the same small rituals and time outdoors with animals at the weekend. She did her boxes almost every day of the year, so the steadiness was the point, not the hours. Her bedtime, the length of each block and the weekend times are our estimates.

Goals

Who's it for

At a glance

  • 9 hr 30 min sleep per night
  • 30.5 hr work per week
  • 4 meals per day
  • 13 hr eating window
  • 9 hr movement per week
  • 13 hr play per week

Sleep

66.5 hours/week
Bedtime
11:00 PM
Wake up
8:30 AM

9 hr 30 min per night

Sleepuntil 8:30 AM
Sleep 11:00 PM
Schedules
  • Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri11:00 PM → 8:30 AM· 9 hr 30 min
  • Wed11:00 PM → 8:30 AM· 9 hr 30 min
  • Weekends11:00 PM → 8:30 AM· 9 hr 30 min
Naps

No naps.

Work

30.5 hours/week
Start
9:30 AM
Finish
11:00 PM

5 hr 30 min a day2 hr 30 min admin3 hr meetings

Admin 9:30 AM
Meetings 11:00 AM
Meetings 2:30 PM
Admin 7:30 PM
Admin 10:30 PM
Admin 9:30 AM
Admin 9:30 AM
Meetings 11:00 AM
Meetings 2:30 PM
Meetings 6:30 PM
Admin 7:30 PM
Admin 10:30 PM
Shifts
  • Admin9:30 AM → 11:00 AM· 1 hr 30 min · Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri
  • Meetings11:00 AM → 12:30 PM· 1 hr 30 min · Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri
  • Meetings2:30 PM → 4:00 PM· 1 hr 30 min · Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri
  • Admin7:30 PM → 8:00 PM· 30 min · Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri
  • Admin10:30 PM → 11:00 PM· 30 min · Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri
  • Admin9:30 AM → 11:00 AM· 1 hr 30 min · Wed
  • Meetings11:00 AM → 12:30 PM· 1 hr 30 min · Wed
  • Meetings2:30 PM → 4:00 PM· 1 hr 30 min · Wed
  • Meetings6:30 PM → 7:30 PM· 1 hr · Wed
  • Admin7:30 PM → 8:00 PM· 30 min · Wed
  • Admin10:30 PM → 11:00 PM· 30 min · Wed
  • Admin9:30 AM → 10:30 AM· 1 hr · Weekends

Eat

22 hours/week
First meal
8:30 AM
Last meal
8:00 PM

4 meals11:13 eating window3 hr eating

Breakfast 8:30 AM
Lunch 1:00 PM
Coffee & tea 4:00 PM
Dinner 8:00 PM
Breakfast 8:30 AM
Lunch 1:00 PM
Coffee & tea 4:00 PM
Dinner 8:00 PM
Meals
  • Breakfast8:30 AM → 9:00 AM· 30 min · Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri
  • Lunch1:00 PM → 2:00 PM· 1 hr · Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri
  • Snack4:00 PM → 4:30 PM· 30 min · Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri
  • Dinner8:00 PM → 9:00 PM· 1 hr · Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri
  • Breakfast8:30 AM → 9:00 AM· 30 min · Wed
  • Lunch1:00 PM → 2:00 PM· 1 hr · Wed
  • Snack4:00 PM → 4:30 PM· 30 min · Wed
  • Dinner8:00 PM → 9:00 PM· 1 hr · Wed
  • Breakfast8:30 AM → 9:30 AM· 1 hr · Weekends
  • Lunch1:00 PM → 2:00 PM· 1 hr · Weekends
  • Snack4:00 PM → 4:30 PM· 30 min · Weekends
  • Dinner8:00 PM → 9:00 PM· 1 hr · Weekends
Eating window

Off

Move

9 hours/week
A day
1 hr
Sessions
1

Walk 4:30 PM

Walk 4:30 PM
Move 11:00 AM
Walk 4:30 PM
Sessions
  • Walk4:30 PM → 5:30 PM· 1 hr · Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri
  • Walk4:30 PM → 5:30 PM· 1 hr · Wed
  • Move11:00 AM → 12:00 PM· 1 hr · Weekends
  • Walk4:30 PM → 5:30 PM· 1 hr · Weekends

Play

13 hours/week
A day
2 hr
Blocks
2

Music 9:00 AMTV 9:00 PM

Music 9:00 AM
TV 9:00 PM
TV 9:00 PM
Free time
  • Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri9:00 AM → 9:30 AM· 30 min
  • Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri9:00 PM → 10:30 PM· 1 hr 30 min
  • Wed9:00 AM → 9:30 AM· 30 min
  • Wed9:00 PM → 10:30 PM· 1 hr 30 min
  • Weekends9:00 PM → 10:30 PM· 1 hr 30 min