Beloved member of the Royal Family crowned most popular in new poll | Royal | News
Prince William was named the most popular member of the Royal Family, beating Princess Kate in an Ipsos poll. The Prince of Wales was ranked with a 69 per cent positivity rate and received 11 per cent of votes from the public for ‘negativity’.
This puts her ahead of the Princess of Wales, for whom 66 per cent of voters have a positive opinion. 1,036 participants aged 18-75 voted in the survey, which was conducted between October 20-21 this year. The results also show that Prince William’s vote percentage has increased by 4 percentage points since the beginning of the month.
The poll also showed 82 per cent of Britons had a negative view of Prince Andrew. This was up 14 percentage points from the poll conducted between October 10 and 13, before they relinquished their titles.
The decision comes after the Royal Family faced calls to bring charges against Andrew over his relationship with the late Jeffrey Epstein, despite Andrew denying the allegations against him.
Regarding public awareness, the Ipsos poll showed that just over half of respondents, 55 per cent, said they were following recent revelations about the former Duke of York.
Gideon Skinner, Senior Director of UK Politics at Ipsos, said: “These findings highlight a critical moment in public opinion for the British Royal Family. Prince Andrew’s already low positive ratings have fallen further and there is widespread support for him to give up his official titles.
“Half the public would like to see parliamentary intervention to formally remove their titles, but there is a bit more nuance here, with 1 in 3 believing this is not necessary. These results also reflect some criticism of the Royal Family’s handling of the issue and show the difficulties they face in navigating public perception.”
The public’s current favorite, the Prince of Wales, will soon travel to Brazil for the Earthshot Prize awards show in Rio and will continue to join world leaders at the COP30 global climate change summit in Belem in the Amazon.
When the Earthshot 2025 finalists were announced a few weeks ago, William said the “urgent optimism” at the heart of the environmental project was “unstoppable”.
He established the prize to recognize and amplify ideas that would help “repair” the planet; The five winning finalists were each awarded £1 million to develop their ideas further.
