The Sussexes are still seen more positively among younger people, but by a narrower margin. It found the Queen is also a hit with young people, with three in five (60 per cent) aged 18-24 holding a positive view, compared to one in five (18 per cent) with a negative opinion. YouGov analysed different age groups for its survey of 1,692 British adults, from May 18 to 19. The second-in-line to the throne was described as “nice”, “king” and “boring” – a label also directed at the Prince of Wales, his father, of whom 46 per cent had a positive view compared to 33 per cent against. Ten per cent of those polled had a negative view of the former compared to nine per cent for the latter. JL Partners found the next most popular Royal to be the Duke of Cambridge on 74 per cent, while the Duchess of Cambridge had a 73 per cent approval rating. The Queen, who had a 75 per cent approval rating with just 10 per cent of those surveyed having a negative view of the 96-year-old monarch, was described as “amazing”, “wonderful”, “lovely” and “regal” in the JL Partners survey.Īccording to YouGov, eight in 10 Britons (81 per cent) held a positive opinion of the Queen, versus the 12 per cent who saw her negatively – giving the monarch a net score of +69. The YouGov survey gave him an approval rating of -80.
Other words included “disgrace”, “pervert” and “liar”. Asked what word first sprang to mind about the beleaguered Duke, most people said “paedophile”. Only the Duke of York proved more unpopular than the Sussexes in both polls, with a five per cent approval rating, according to JL Partners.
The Duchess attracted the words “manipulative”, “American” and “actress”. The most popular descriptions levelled at the Duke included “idiot”, “stupid”, “spoilt” and “ginger”. JL Partners also asked the 2,010 over-18s it surveyed between May 20-23 to sum up different members of the Royal family “in a word”. Only 23 per cent of the public hold a positive outlook on the Duchess while two in three (63 per cent) have a negative view. Likewise, his wife’s net favourability also dropped, from -39 to -42 in the latest survey. Just one in three, 32 per cent, see him in a positive light compared to more than half, 58 per cent, who think of him negatively. The Duke of Sussex now holds a net score of -26 among the British public, according to YouGov, compared to -25 from the previous survey in March. It came as the couple are preparing to fly from their £11 million home in Montecito, California, with their children Archie, three, and Lilibet, who turns one on Saturday, for the four-day festivities – joining the rest of the Royal family at official events for the first time since they stepped down from public duties in March 2020.įor the Duchess, it will be the first time she has seen the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in the flesh since the couple’s explosive Oprah Winfrey interview, where they accused the family of racism and the Duchess of Sussex claimed the Duchess of Cambridge made her cry during a bridesmaids' dress fitting ahead of the Sussexes’ 2018 wedding. One survey by JL Partners found just 27 per cent of British adults had a positive opinion of the Duke while even fewer, 22 per cent, thought well of his wife.Īnother poll by YouGov found the couple’s favourability has never been worse, with almost two-thirds holding a negative view of them. The popularity of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex is at an all-time low, according to two polls released as they prepare to return to the UK for this weekend’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.