Royal family favourability trackers, October 2025

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The latest YouGov figures on the Royal Family are in:

• Andrew is spectacularly unpopular—91% negative (Honestly, I’d love to chat with the 4% who still like him 🤣)
• William and Catherine remain the crown jewels of public opinion, with favourability ratings of 76% and 73% respectively.
• Charles’ numbers have edged up slightly, from 59% in August to 62%, despite the ongoing Andrew mess.
• Camilla is still a divisive figure with 45% favourable, 41% unfavourable.
• Harry and Meghan continue to struggle, with favourability at just 30% and 21%.
• Overall support for the monarchy has slipped slightly, from 64% to 62% but is still holding up surprisingly well considering recent events
• A quarter of the population would rather have an elected head of state.

yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/53286-royal-family-favourability-trackers-october-2025

Really? And that would change my opinion of the way Camilla and Charles behaved, would it?

Well they weren't solely at KP, were they? Unless it was body doubles living at Anmer over the same time.

Anyway. We have a Central London 'forever home' renovated at huge public cost morphing into office space and an occasionally used pied-à-terre.

It doesn't really represent blazing value for money does it?

And it didn't need a crystal ball to forsee kids joining the mix and aged grandparents declining.

To be honest the popularity of the royal family is probably most dependent on how much it suits the aims of the current leaders in mainstream media. When all else is quiet they still sell stories. Most of us still like the glamour and occasional view of a tiara or dripping diamonds a bit of history, a view of a bygone era that defined much of British culture. When they do something wrong bonus, scandal ALWAYS sells. Yep, celebrities can offer these things as well, but with less gravitas. So papers will keep them on the edge of everyone's vision. Republicans will always hate them, Royalists will always love them. But I suspect that those who have no strong feelings either way would edge towards like rather thank dislike in a popularity vote in the same way we find it hard to throw out a chipped mug we have had for years because we like the comfort of familiarity. Who is most and least popular is entirely dependent on press coverage.

Yes, their private funds..

And where do you think they got those?

January figures: https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/53895-royal-family-favourability-trackers-january-2026

William and Catherine’s approval ratings have each risen by a point, and they remain the nation’s most popular royals, with around three quarters of Britons viewing them favourably.

Princess Anne continues to enjoy steady support, holding firm at around 70% approval.

King Charles has seen a small drop in approval but remains broadly popular, in line with his ratings throughout 2025.

Queen Camilla remains one of the more divisive figures, with favourability now at 42% and unfavourability at 45%, following a slight decline.

Prince Harry and Meghan continue to struggle with public opinion. Harry’s favourability has risen slightly to 31%, while Meghan has fallen to 19%, her lowest figure to date.

Overall, there remains little appetite for ending the monarchy, with 64% of Britons preferring the UK to remain a kingdom, compared to 23% who would rather see an elected head of state.

Is this a fair reflection of the general population how many people actually took part in the survey?

Who does take part in these surveys? i've never been asked.

my husband has been polled (not on RF) and I’ve commissioned Ipsos Mori and YouGov previously and their methodologies are robust

Neither have I or anyone I know hasn’t been asked either.

This is a sample of the general population. They aim to represent different age groups, political affiliations, and other demographics to get an accurate picture of the general population.

These latest statistics (from January 2026) are fairly consistent with polls from previous months and years—they go back as far as 2011 if you check the data (even just compare with the original post from October).

Or do you think they survey the same people each time?

Oh no—well, it can’t really reflect the general population… because YOU weren’t asked! 🤣🫣

What? All 20 people you know? 🤣🫣

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This isnt criticism aimed at the RF it is a general observation no need to be so defensive 😂

Wait—so you only trust polls if you and your mates were asked to participate in? 🤔

As far as I understand it the 'sentiment' tracker surveys are quite reliable (not just on RF but other societal interests) - if you compare trackers across the different polling companies - YouGov/More In Common/Ipso Mori/Survation etc they are usually within margins of error of each other (this is assuming a commonly held adherence to good question construction -which was not found in the most significant survey ONS 2020 Census which saw particular problems with their gender identity questions). I suppose the issue with these polls is there isn't a moment where they are proven right or wrong - unlike election polling.

Where polling throws up more challenges is when the pollsters try to bake in consumer behaviour - most obviously in general elections. Based on polling and then actual resutls in previous elections, pollsters try to account for voter behaviour - 'shy tories' etc. In the last election, the rise of the MRPs (multi level regression and post stratification) brought a new challenge (and they injected a fair sprinkling of drama into the election journey).

Am not a psephologist at all but I do think the polling companies do some self reflection after each election to learn the lessons - for example this event from what appears to be the umbrella body of political polling https://www.britishpollingcouncil.org/polling-lessons-from-2024/
Generally though, I do love to listen to Sir John Curtice!

Or only trust polls that show the Royals, particularly William and Catherine in decline, no doubt then they will be totally robust and reliable.

Lot of slave labour in the ME countries they move in, tho.

And their father was no saint, and Society took his side against their mother.

Not surprised at all that Camilla is less popular than Charles when they both had an affair with each other and Meghan is less popular than Harry even though he is the one who wrote a book, he is the one whos taking the court cases and its him who is in dispute with his father and brother. I mean, yes, the RF is fairly dim but really, if they constantly produce men who keep getting bewitched by evil women and led astray, maybe they cant be trusted to produce Heads of State at all?

Not surprised at all that Camilla is less popular than Charles when they both had an affair with each other and Meghan is less popular than Harry even though he is the one who wrote a book, he is the one whos taking the court cases and its him who is in dispute with his father and brother. I mean, yes, the RF is fairly dim but really, if they constantly produce men who keep getting bewitched by evil women and led astray, maybe they cant be trusted to produce Heads of State at all?

I have done some you.gov polls. I am on various survey sites to earn some extra cash. I have never been asked about the RF. Recently was asked about London politics, and in the past my UK political views.

In each case I have been asked a lot of additional questions - age, location, race, educational level, religion etc so they can adjust their results according to how 'typical' i am for various demographic factors.

I can't believe that anyone supports the royals in this day and age.

Evil women? This is a fairly misogynistic attitude here! It's not the menz fault it's their wives. Okaaay...hit it Cliff!

You can't believe it? So, are we all lying?