Young People And The Monarchy Poll Topline Results

Topline of a survey of young adults, exploring attitudes towards the Monarchy

Combined results for Waves 1 & 2 17st August 2001

19 September 2001

This document summaries the findings of a survey conducted by Market & Opinion Research International (MORI) on behalf of Reader's Digest. The survey was carried out in two waves, each among a representative sample. In total 645 adults aged 15 - 25 were interviewed face-to-face, in-home, between 19 and 30 July 2001.

Where percentages do not sum to 100, this is due to computer rounding, multiple answers or the exclusion of categories such as "don't know" and "no answer".

People aged 15-25 years

Q1 Would you favour Britain becoming a republic or remaining a Monarchy?

:

  Total 15-17 18-25
(645) (180) (465)
  % % %
Republic 32 33 32
Monarchy 54 56 54
Don't know 14 12 15

People aged 15-25 years - July 2001

Q2a Looking to the future, do you think Britain will or will not have a Monarchy in five years?

:

  Total 15-17 18-25
(645) (180) (465)
  % % %
Will 76 71 77
Will not 15 20 13
Don't know 10 9 10

Q2b Looking to the future, do you think Britain will or will not have a Monarchy in ten years?

:

  Total 15-17 18-25
(645) (180) (465)
  % % %
Will 61 52 65
Will not 24 31 21
Don't know 15 17 14

Q2c Looking to the future, do you think Britain will or will not have a Monarchy in twenty-five years?

:

  Total 15-17 18-25
(645) (180) (465)
  % % %
Will 31 24 34
Will not 43 49 41
Don't know 25 27 25

Q2d Looking to the future, do you think Britain will or will not have a Monarchy in fifty years?

:

  Total 15-17 18-25
(645) (180) (465)
  % % %
Will 23 19 24
Will not 52 55 51
Don't know 25 26 25

People aged 15-25 years - July 2001

Q3 If Britain was to became a republic, who from the following list would you most like to see as its democratically elected president?

:

  Total 15-17 18-25
(645) (180) (465)
  % % %
Tony Blair 21 28 18
Richard Branson 19 16 20
Prince William 18 19 18
Prince Charles 5 4 5
Davina McCall 4 1 4
Ken Livingstone 3 3 3
Princess Royal, Princess Anne 3 * 3
Chris Evans 3 4 2
Sir Alex Ferguson 3 5 2
Steve Redgrave 2 * 2
David Beckham 2 2 3
J K Rowling * * 0
Other 1 * 2
None of these 10 10 11
Don't know 6 6 7

Young People aged 15-25 years - July 2001

Q4 For each of the statements I am about to read out, please could you tell me the extent to which you agree or disagree.

The media should leave Prince William alone while he is a student

:

  Total 15-17 18-25
(645) (180) (465)
  % % %
Strongly agree 53 50 55
Tend to agree 32 34 31
Neither agree nor disagree 7 5 7
Tend to disagree 3 5 2
Strongly disagree 2 4 2
No opinion 2 2 3

Prince William should be able to marry whom he pleases

:

  Total 15-17 18-25
(645) (180) (465)
  % % %
Strongly agree 67 67 66
Tend to agree 27 26 27
Neither agree nor disagree 3 3 3
Tend to disagree 1 1 1
Strongly disagree * 1 *
No opinion 2 1 3

The media should be able to say what they want about Prince William without any restrictions

:

  Total 15-17 18-25
(645) (180) (465)
  % % %
Strongly agree 8 10 8
Tend to agree 10 13 9
Neither agree nor disagree 7 7 6
Tend to disagree 31 31 31
Strongly disagree 41 37 43
No opinion 3 1 3

Prince William will help modernise the monarchy

:

  Total 15-17 18-25
(645) (180) (465)
  % % %
Strongly agree 24 18 26
Tend to agree 48 50 48
Neither agree nor disagree 13 16 13
Tend to disagree 6 11 5
Strongly disagree 3 1 3
No opinion 5 3 6

Prince William should be able to speak out on issues he feels are important

:

  Total 15-17 18-25
(645) (180) (465)
  % % %
Strongly agree 44 44 44
Tend to agree 44 48 43
Neither agree nor disagree 5 5 5
Tend to disagree 3 1 4
Strongly disagree * * 1
No opinion 3 1 3

The Royal Family costs more money than it is worth

:

  Total 15-17 18-25
(645) (180) (465)
  % % %
Strongly agree 34 32 35
Tend to agree 33 36 33
Neither agree nor disagree 16 20 14
Tend to disagree 9 8 10
Strongly disagree 4 2 5
No opinion 3 3 4

The Royal Family is too big and too grand

:

  Total 15-17 18-25
(645) (180) (465)
  % % %
Strongly agree 29 31 28
Tend to agree 33 30 34
Neither agree nor disagree 15 18 15
Tend to disagree 15 15 15
Strongly disagree 4 3 5
No opinion 3 2 3

Once he has finished his university studies, Prince William should get a paid job

:

  Total 15-17 18-25
(645) (180) (465)
  % % %
Strongly agree 26 28 26
Tend to agree 38 36 39
Neither agree nor disagree 18 16 19
Tend to disagree 11 16 10
Strongly disagree 3 2 4
No opinion 3 3 4

Prince Charles should marry Camilla

:

  Total 15-17 18-25
(645) (180) (465)
  % % %
Strongly agree 8 6 9
Tend to agree 19 13 20
Neither agree nor disagree 40 41 39
Tend to disagree 10 14 9
Strongly disagree 17 21 15
No opinion 7 4 7

Prince Charles should step down as heir to the throne in favour of William

:

  Total 15-17 18-25
(645) (180) (465)
  % % %
Strongly agree 20 19 20
Tend to agree 26 33 24
Neither agree nor disagree 20 20 19
Tend to disagree 20 16 22
Strongly disagree 9 9 9
No opinion 5 2 6

Once he has finished his university studies, Prince William should spend all of his time on Royal duties

:

  Total 15-17 18-25
(645) (180) (465)
  % % %
Strongly agree 4 5 4
Tend to agree 9 9 9
Neither agree nor disagree 12 8 13
Tend to disagree 47 54 44
Strongly disagree 26 23 27
No opinion 3 1 3

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