Exhibit 23.6

	Ashurst LLP 55 Hudson Yards, 18th Floor New York, NY 10001 www.ashurst.com
September 14, 2021
Royal Bank of Canada 200 Bay Street Royal Bank Plaza Toronto, Ontario Canada M5J 2J5
Ladies and Gentlemen
Royal Bank of Canada – Medium-Term Notes, Series I

Royal Bank of Canada, a bank organized under the laws of Canada (the “Bank”), has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement on Form F-3, file number 333-259205, for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, among other securities, the Company’s Senior Global Medium-Term Notes, Series H (the “Notes”). The Notes will be issued from time to time pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of October 23, 2003, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 21, 2006, by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 28, 2007, and by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 7, 2018, between the Bank and The Bank of New York Mellon, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York) (as successor to the corporate trust business of JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.), as Trustee.

We hereby consent to any reference to us, in our capacity as special tax counsel to the Bank, or any opinion of ours delivered in that capacity in a product supplement, product prospectus supplement or pricing supplement relating to the offer and sale of any particular Notes prepared and filed by the Bank with the Commission on this date or a future date.

In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Ashurst LLP

Ashurst LLP

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