Latest attitudes towards the Royal Family - January 2024
The latest polling from Ipsos shows the Prince and Princess of Wales remain the most popular Royals among Britons, with around three in five saying they have a favourable opinion of them (62%, 61% respectively). These numbers are relatively unchanged since last July. Fieldwork was conducted 26-29 January (before the news of the King’s cancer diagnosis).
Half say they have a favourable impression of King Charles (50%), against one in five (21%) who feel otherwise. Half (51%) also think he is doing a good job as King, compared with around one in ten saying a bad job (9%).
However, Prince Harry’s and the Duchess of Sussex’s ratings have fallen since last summer. Around one in four (23%) now say they have a favourable opinion of Prince Harry, which is down 7 percentage points since July. Those favourable towards the Duchess have also fallen 5 percentage points, to around one in five (18%). Around half say they feel unfavourable towards each of them (47%, 54%).
Prince Andrew remains the most unpopular Royal with only 8% saying they feel favourable towards him. Ratings for the rest of the Royals are shown below.
Two in five (39%) say it would be worse for Britain in the future if the monarchy was abolished, compared with around one in four (23%) who say it would be better. Three in ten say it would make no difference (29%). This is similar to the pattern over the last year.
Technical note
Ipsos interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,077 adults aged 18-75 in Great Britain. Interviews took place on the online Omnibus 26-29 January 2024. Data has been weighted to the known offline population proportions. All polls are subject to a wide range of potential sources of error.
