9 Royals Who Have Real-World Jobs

Listen, not every member of the royal family spends all day every day doing royal duties, like the queen. Prince William and Kate Middleton and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may be tasked with keeping up with their royal duties daily, but some of the lesser-known royals who are lower on the line to the throne have the pleasure of finding jobs they really love. Some of them work in the arts — like at galleries or on films — some work in sports, and some even work in finance. They truly are just like the rest of us! Well, kind of.

Check out some of the hardest-working royals in the gallery ahead.

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Peter Phillips
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Peter Phillips

Princess Anne's son, Peter, doesn't have royal duties tying him down, so for a while, he worked with one of his biggest passions: cars. He worked for Jaguar and the Williams F1 racing team before moving on to working for the Royal Bank of Scotland and then SEL UK.

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Sophie, Countess of Wessex
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Sophie, Countess of Wessex

Before becoming a full-time royal, Prince Edward's wife, Sophie, founded her own public relations firm called RJH Public Relations. She stayed on as chairman until marrying Prince Edward but has since moved into doing royal duties full-time.

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Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
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Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex

Though now Prince Edward is a full-time royal, he formerly had a career in TV production.

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Princess Beatrice
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Princess Beatrice

Princess Beatrice currently works in business and finance at software company Afiniti.

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Princess Eugenie
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Princess Eugenie

Princess Eugenie uses her art degree in her everyday job as director at the London art gallery Hauser & Wirth.

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Zara Tindall
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Zara Tindall

Zara is an incredibly accomplished equestrian (she even won silver at the Olympics for it) and spends a lot of her time riding still. On top of that, the mother of two is also an ambassador for Land Rover and iCandy baby prams. She's also collaborated with Calleija on a jewelry collection.

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Lady Rose Gilman
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Lady Rose Gilman

Lady Rose Gilman (left) is the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, who is the queen's cousin. She spends her time working as an art assistant and has even done some film work, including helping with two Harry Potter movies.

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Lady Amelia Windsor
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Lady Amelia Windsor

Prince William and Prince Harry's second cousin Lady Amelia Windsor works as a model and is signed to Storm Models.

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David Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon
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David Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon

The queen's nephew David Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon, whose mom is the late Princess Margaret, makes furniture and works at Christie's auction house in London.