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      <own:issuerName>Royalty Pharma plc</own:issuerName>
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        <com:street1>110 East 59th Street</com:street1>
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      <own:nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>Errol B. De Souza</own:nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>
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          <com:street1>270 Park Avenue, 10th Floor</com:street1>
          <com:city>New York</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>NY</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>10017</com:zipCode>
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      <own:securitiesExchangeName>NASDAQ</own:securitiesExchangeName>
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      <own:acquiredDate>06/06/2024</own:acquiredDate>
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      <own:acquiredDate>06/30/2023</own:acquiredDate>
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      <own:acquiredDate>06/30/2021</own:acquiredDate>
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      <own:amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>44644</own:amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
      <own:paymentDate>06/30/2021</own:paymentDate>
      <own:natureOfPayment>N/A</own:natureOfPayment>
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    <own:nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>Y</own:nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>
    <own:remarks>Of the shares filed today, 125,000 shares were acquired from Errol Bento De Souza, who transferred the LP Interests originally received on 06/16/20 from the Issuer, to the Revocable Trust on 01/12/22. The shares covered by this filing will be sold by the Errol Bento De Souza Revocable Trust.</own:remarks>
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      <own:noticeDate>08/12/2026</own:noticeDate>
      <own:signature>/s/ J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as agent and attorney-in-fact for Errol B. De Souza</own:signature>
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