As Charles and Camilla celebrate their wedding anniversary, perceptions of their relationship’s impact on the monarchy have improved over the decades

Ipsos UK’s latest polling on public opinion towards the British Royal Family coincides with the 20th wedding anniversary of King Charles and Queen Camilla this Wednesday. The survey, conducted online among 1,080 British adults aged 18-75 between April 4-7, 2025, reveals key insights into the public's perception of the monarchy and its members.

• Queen or Queen Consort?  The public is split on what Camilla’s title should be. Three in ten (30%) believe she should be officially known as Queen Consort, while nearly a quarter (23%) prefer "Queen Camilla." A further 15% believe she should be known as the Duchess of Cornwall, while 17% think she should not have an official title.

• Most think the Prince and Princess of Wales have had a positive impact on the monarchy (53% and 52% respectively), while a similar proportion think the King and Queen have made no difference (46% and 49% respectively).

• Perceptions of the relationship between the King and Queen have improved since the late 1990s but still say 45% say it had made no difference to the monarchy. One in five (18%) say it has benefited the monarchy, and a similar proportion say it has harmed it (23%).

• Support for the monarchy remains stable: Two in five Britons (40%) believe abolishing the monarchy would be worse for the country, compared to one in five (22%) who think it would be better. This balance of opinion has remained relatively consistent over the past five years.
• Favourability ratings for the Royal Family as a whole, as well as for King Charles, also remain stable.
  • Prince William and Catherine, the Prince and Princess of Wales, continue to hold the highest favourability ratings among the royals, at 65% and 63% respectively. They are followed by Princess Anne at 59%.
  • Around half of Britons have a favourable opinion of the Royal Family as a whole, as well as King Charles (51% each). 
  • Queen Camilla's favourability rating stands at 37%.
  • Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, hold favourability ratings of 28% and 20% respectively.

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

As the King and Queen celebrate their wedding anniversary, they will be pleased to see that Britons are much less likely to think their relationship has damaged the monarchy than the public predicted nearly 30 years ago. However, while attitudes towards Charles and the Royal Family as a whole remain broadly positive, and time has softened public criticism of the couple’s relationship, this has not moved into outright enthusiasm for them. There is though much more optimism over the impact of the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Technical note: 

• Ipsos interviewed a representative sample of 1,080 adults aged 18-75 across Great Britain. Polling was conducted online between the 4th and 7th April 2025. 
• Data are weighted to match the profile of the population. All polls are subject to a wide range of potential sources of error.