How popular is the Royal Family in the UK? - BBC News

The coronation of King Charles takes place in less than two weeks, with Prince William, Catherine and Prince Harry among those attending while Meghan stays in the US. 

To gauge the public mood ahead of the event, Panorama commissioned a YouGov opinion poll which has suggested public opinion about the British Royal Family is changing.

The results suggest broad support for keeping the monarchy, with 58% preferring it to an elected head of state - which was supported by 26%.

But the results found less than a third of 18 to 24-year-olds in the UK want the monarchy to continue.

It also found that almost half of those asked who were from ethnic minority backgrounds believe the Royal Family has a problem with race and diversity.

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[manonxg]

You can still visit a palace if no one lives inside it

[peterkirby]

If you can’t afford a house and will never likely to own your own home and you support the Royal family, and this greedy establishment, well there’s very little hope for you.

[jediofswtor]

I think it's pretty obvious what's going on here. Queen Elizabeth II was beloved by almost everyone. King Charles on the other hand just simply isn't, and that's partly because of what he did to Diana. Another factor is Queen Elizabeth kept her views Well hidden. That's the complete opposite with King Charles. And finally (cough cough) Camilla.

[plantpowered]

A family of billionaire oligarghs exempted from laws and taxes, having a private holiday at the public's expense, while there are no money to pay nurses and teachers and every third child lives in powerty - inconceivable!!😢

[bubandlisa]

Kings & Queens have no real power like old times.
Now they just get MILLIONS handed to them and go cut a few ribbons.

[shaunhullcoop]

An amazing ability to reach teenagers? She's thinking of Prince Andrew

[titteryenot]

About as popular as a fart in a spacesuit round my way.

[chrislucy]

Rapidly declining in popularity - much like the BBC is. Jimmy Saville anyone?

[kousitu-tenpan-kaisei]

In Japan, if Clown Prince Akishinomiya Fumihito will succeed the throne, most of the Japanese people think monarchy should be abolished.

[citizenVader]

I live in another monarchy here in Europe, and the public is slowly becoming aware that a royal court is nothing else than a glorified recipient of social benefits.

[vrclckd-zzpv]

I don't know. I liked Lizzie, she was alright but this Charles fella just gives me the creeps with his Richmond Sausage fingers you know?

[uksquall]

"Has an amazing ability to reach teenagers" His brother has that too.

[andrewharrington]

Andrew had an amazing ability to reach teenagers too.

[Foxy_ladyYTSL]

Get rid of them. A waste of tax payers money.

[Janika-xjbv]

The answer is clear. Get a homosexual black king and a transgender queen-consort. Modern sensibilities so demand. Anything less than that is offensive.

[kogaiononN]

4 millions children in UK in poverty, more that 10 millions adults in poverty not being able to afford the daily basis of survival needs!!!! WOW 😢

[jerste]

Great to know he connects with convicts, offenders and the jobless. That’s gonna help.

[smashtv]

I bet Charles whishes his best mate jimmy savile was at the coronation…..

[benshaw]

2:23 so does Prince Andrew… and look how that turned out.

[maxiillesi]

But there's another point to be aware of. Something that many people who live in a Monarchy system often forget. Calling a head of state King/Queen, or President of the Republic, doesn't change absolutely anything! The same palaces used by a Monarchy, become the residences of state of an elected Republic leader. We can see this in many countries around Europe. I'm Italian, and Italy once was a Monarchy, until 1946. The same huge palace inhabited by the Savoia royal family in Rome, The Quirinale, (the double bigger than Buckingham Palace) is now the humble 'house' of our President of the Republic. But apart from that, nothing has changed in terms of the money we pay to keep his Palace, servants footmen, lackeys, guards of honour with their horses, cars and motorcades of state, ceremonial butlers and so on...so isn't that much different than having a Monarchy. And I can assure you that our Republic costs us a lot more of money, than your Monarchy in the UK. And the same is, for Instance in Russia, where Putin officially lives in a Palace once owned by the Tzar, the Kremlin, or in France where President Macron live at the Elisee Palace, built by King Louis XV as a gift for his mistress Madame de Pompadour. So, even though the guy who lives in these palaces is not called "King" or "Queen" the rest is just the same, in term of costs and money we have to pay for their way of life. And sometimes, as here in Italy for instance, Republics costs us the triple (to say the least) than the British Monarchy. So, UK keep your Monarchy where it is now, for if you should get rid of it, Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle, will continue to cost you exactly the same, if not much more, becoming Presidential Palaces, rather than Royal Palaces. If UK should have a President, he would of course need a Palace in the Capital fit for his role, and what better place in London for a Presidential Palace, but Buckingham Palace? That's what happened here in Italy, the Quirinale is no more a royal Palace, but a Presidential Palace. But everything else it's exactly the same than before...so if you think that the Monarchy and its palaces and ceremonies are too expensive for you, think on what I've written.