How much longer than the rest of us do royals live for? And do kings and queens enjoy a "healthy stress"?

Costa-Font, Joan ORCID: 0000-0001-7174-7919 (2025) How much longer than the rest of us do royals live for? And do kings and queens enjoy a "healthy stress"? LSE Inequalities (15 Oct 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

For centuries, Europe’s royals enjoyed standards of living that most of their subjects could only dream of, reports Joan Costa-Font. This “royal advantage” is now quite small, but monarchs continue to outlive their (non-ruling) siblings and consorts – suggesting a health boost from the “positive stress” associated with a strong sense of purpose and agency. If that is right, what does it mean for wider health policy debates?

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Health Policy
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Date Deposited:	14 Nov 2025 15:24
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2025 15:24
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/130192

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