There have been a number of royal stories in recent years that have appeared on the front pages of multiple UK Newspapers for consecutive days. This list only includes the more notable streaks, that I happened to track at the time.
While there may be an initial story that kicks off the media frenzy, we continue counting until that person/couple is no longer mentioned on multiple UK front pages for a day. We count a front page if the person is either mentioned by name, nickname, or appears in a photo.
For each event in the table below, the streak was broken by another story that dominated the headlines and appears on multiple UK Front Pages, usually for multiples days.
| # Days | Event | Year | First Day | Last Day | Headline that broke streak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Sussex Announcement Stepping Down | 2020 | January 7th | January 22nd | 1st Coronavirus Testing in UK |
| 13* | Prince Andrew's Interview & Stepping Down | 2019 | November 15th | November 27th | UK Election |
| 11 | Sussex Oprah Interview | 2021 | March 2nd | March 12th | Sarah Everard's Murderer Charged |
| 10 | Prince Philip's Death/Funeral | 2021 | April 10th | April 19th | Football Super Leauge |
| 5 | Pippa Middleton's Wedding/ Harry bringing girlfriend Meghan | 2017 | May 18th | May 22nd | Manchester Bombing |
| 3 | Prince Andrew Lawsuit | 2021 | Aug 11th | Aug 13th | Plymouth Terror Attack |
Last Day = The last day the story appeared on multiple front pages. However, that is not usually the end of the media coverage.
*It was almost a 15-day streak. Prince Andrew's 2019 streak ended when he only appeared on 1 front page on November 28th as papers were dominated by UK Election news. However, he then appeared on 2 front pages the next day (29th). Before the headlines were dominated on the 30th by the London Bridge Terror Attack.
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