90% support King Charles III's decision to remove Andrew’s official titles

Ratings of the Royal Family’s handling of the overall situation with Andrew have improved, from 23% saying they are handling it well two weeks ago to 37% now – though 40% still say they are handling it badly.

Ipsos in the UK has released its latest polling results on the perception of the Royal Family among the British public. Fieldwork was conducted from the 31st October – 3rd of November, in the aftermath of the announcement that King Charles III would be initiating a process to remove Prince Andrew’s title, resulting in his new designation as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.

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  • Public attention: 65% of Britons say they have been closely following recent developments about King Charles III removing Andrew’s official titles and honours.
  • Widespread support for King Charles removing Andrew’s titles: Nine in ten (90%) Britons think it was definitely or probably the right decision for King Charles III to remove his brother’s titles.
  • Continued low approval ratings for Andrew: 77% of Britons have an unfavourable opinion of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, while just 9% are favourable.  Although this is marginally improved from polling conducted from October 20th-21st (immediately after he had announced that he would not be using his titles but before his title as Prince was removed by King Charles III), it is still more negative than any other time over the last three years.
Almost half of Britons think it would be worse for Britain if the Monarchy was abolished in the future
  • Criticism of the Royal Family’s overall handling of the situation eases: Britons are split on whether the Royal Family have handled the situation with Prince Andrew well (37%) or badly (40%) since allegations were first made against him. But the percentage thinking they have handled it well is up from two weeks ago, when this figure stood at 23%.
  • But the public does see the Royal Family as more divided: Almost half (47%) of Britons think the Royal Family has become more divided since Charles III became King. This is up considerably from earlier last month (28%), before the first announcement that he would stop using his official titles.

Overall attitudes to the monarchy remain stable

  • Support for the monarchy sees a slight uptick: Almost half (47%) of Britons believe abolishing the monarchy would be worse for the country (up from 40% two weeks ago). 21% think it would be better (n/c), and a quarter (25%) see no difference. Over half (55%) of Britons continue to think it is likely that Britain will have a monarchy 50 years from now, and 8 in 10 (82%) that it will still exist in 10 years’ time, figures that have remained relatively stable since 2022.
  • Favourability ratings for the Royal Family outside of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor continue to remain stable.
    • The Prince and Princess of Wales remain the most popular royals, with favourability ratings of 71% (+2 ppts from October 20th-21st) and 69% (+3), respectively.  
    • They are followed by Princess Anne at 62% (+1).
    • 54% of Britons have a favourable opinion of the Royal Family as a whole (+4 ppts).
    • 53% have a favourable opinion of King Charles III (+2ppts), with 54% believing he is doing a good job as King (13% bad job).
    • A third (33%) are favourable towards Queen Camilla (n/c).
    • Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, hold favourability ratings of 28% (n/c) and 18% (+1) respectively.
  • Royal reform? Since Charles III became King, Britons on balance tend to think the Royal Family has become more modern than more traditional (46% vs 8%, 40% see no change), is more transparent (42%, vs 16% who say more secretive, 34% no change), and more in touch with the public (41% vs 21% more out of touch, 32% see no change).  Just over 4 in 10 (44%) think the Royals provide good value for money, against 28% who think they are bad value for the UK taxpayer.

Commenting on the findings, Gideon Skinner, Senior Director of UK Politics at Ipsos, said:

Our latest findings suggest that the British public largely supports King Charles III's decisive action regarding Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, with 90% thinking it was the right move to remove his official titles and honours. This is mirrored in the uptick in approval for the Royal Family's handling of the Andrew situation overall, from 23% to 37% over the last couple of weeks - although this is still matched by the 40% who think they have handled it badly, suggesting the monarchy can’t relax on the issue yet.  Nevertheless, the Palace is likely to be relieved that overall support for the monarchy so far at least seems to have been insulated from the public’s views of Andrew, alongside continued stability in favourability for core figures like the Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Anne, and Charles himself.

In addition, public belief in the monarchy's longevity remains steady, showing it remains anchored in society, and on some measures of reform such as modernisation, transparency and being in touch with the public, we are even seeing some improvements since earlier this year. However, the perception of a divided royal family remains a concern and is one area where the Andrew situation hasn’t helped, with almost half believing divisions have grown since King Charles took the throne.  And in the longer-term the monarchy still needs to work on its engagement with young people, who are consistently less invested in the institution.

Technical note: 

  • Ipsos interviewed a representative sample of 1,085 adults aged 18-75 across Great Britain. Polling was conducted online between the 31st of October – 03rd November 2025.   
  • Data are weighted to match the profile of the population. All polls are subject to a wide range of potential sources of error.

 

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