64% of the British think that Carlos III will be “a good king”, according to a poll by The Daily Mail in the final stretch towards the Coronation on May 6. 57% believe that the monarch should continue to speak in public “of the things that concern him” and 43% even believe that Carlos has been “a good father to his two children.”
51% believe that the United Kingdom will still be a monarchy in 50 years and a similar proportion believe that the institution is “good for the country”. 59% clearly answer “no” to the question: “Should the UK be a republic?” 23% answered affirmatively, in line with the support for the republic during the reign of Elizabeth II (which was usually between 20% and 30%).
The popularity of the royal family has apparently rebounded after the crash caused by Prince Harry’s autobiography, “In the Shadow”. 64% think that Carlos’ youngest son should lose his status as fifth in the line of succession due to his attacks against the institution.
In the heads-up between the Dukes of Sussex and the Princes of Wales, and when asked which of the two couples is “a better role model”, the numbers speak for themselves: 71% favor William and Kate, compared to 14% who favor Enrique and Meghan.
When asked “who has done the most damage to the royal family?”, 47% put Prince Andrew ahead, compared to 43% for Enrique. More than half of Britons think that Prince Charles’s brother should be stripped of his titles and not even be invited to the Coronation.
The poll shows a still ambivalent relationship between the British towards Camila. Only 14% support her decision to make her queen after the Coronation, compared to 32% who believe that she should continue to be “queen consort” like her until now. 20% think she should not even have a title and 16% are in favor of her being known again as “Duchess of Cornwall”.
Finally, three quarters of the British support a “thinning” of the institution and are in favor of members of the royal family -with the exception of the monarch and his direct heir- working on their own account and no longer being “supported” by the taxpayers.
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