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A recent survey by The Times has confirmed what many royal watchers already know. The Queen is the hardest working royal.

Even at the ripe old age of 80, Her Majesty has managed to out do those in her family nearly half her age. The lists of who does what is very interesting with Prince Andrew’s royal engagement quota surprising most, as he is often mistakenly given the tag of a free-loader.

This week saw a major development in the relationship of the Queen’s grandson Peter Phillips and his Canadian girlfriend, Autumn Kelly. Autumn has joined senior members of the Royal Family on a cruise to mark the monarch’s 80th birthday. The invite is significant because only those who are arguably “accepted” into the world’s most famous family would be invited on such a trip.

Queen Elizabeth II has set off on a cruise of the Western Isles in celebration of her 80th birthday.

The Queen payed £125,000 out of her own privy purse to hire the MV Hebridean Princess for eight days. The ship is a converted car ferry and is crewed by low paid Latvian workers earning only £40 a day.

Diana, Princess of Wales is to be remembered in a special service next year. 2007 will mark the 10th anniversary of her death in a car accident in Paris, which also killed driver Henri Paul and Dodi Fayed.

Queen Elizabeth II has attended the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London to mark her official birthday.

The Trooping of the Colour marks the Queen's official birthday every June - this year the designated regiment to troop the colour was the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards.

Over 2000 guests will honour the Queen in a service of thanksgiving at St. Paul's Cathedral on Thursday.

Forty members of the royal family, including Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince Harry, Prince Edward and Princess Anne will attend the service to help mark the Queen’s 80th birthday.

Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the royal family have attended a special service of thanksgiving to mark the Queen's 80th birthday in St George's Chapel, Windsor.

The Dean of Windsor paid tribute to her "sense of calmness, serenity and stillness".