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         EXHIBIT 31.1

                                  CERTIFICATION

I, Joseph P. Campbell, Chief Executive Officer, certify that:

     1.   I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K, as amended, of Royal
          Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc.;

     2.   Based on my knowledge, the annual report does not contain any untrue
          statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
          necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
          under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
          the period covered by this report;

     3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
          information included in this report, fairly present in all material
          respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
          of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
          report;

     4.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
          establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
          defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
          control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
          13a-15(f) and15(d)-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

          (a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
               disclosure controls to be designed under our supervision, to
               ensure that material information relating to the registrant,
               including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
               others within those entities, particularly during the period in
               which this report is being prepared;

          (b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
               caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
               designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
               regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
               preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
               accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

          (c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
               controls and procedures and presented in this report our
               conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
               and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report
               based on such evaluation; and

          (d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
               control over financial reporting that occurred during the
               registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth
               fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
               materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
               affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
               reporting.

     5.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
          on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
          reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of
          registrant's board of directors:

          (a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
               design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
               which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's
               ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
               information; and (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that
               involves management or other employees who have a significant
               role in the registrant's internal control over financial
               reporting.


Dated: June 8, 2006


/s/ Joseph P. Campbell
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Chief Executive Officer