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ArticleMost people agree with Prince Charles' Putin-Hitler comparison
53% agree with Prince Charles’ comparison of Putin with Hitler – and 51% say his comments were appropriate The Russian embassy in London demanded talks with the Foreign Office this week after Prince Charles compared the Russian president with Adolf Hitler. Russia is thought to be seeking clarification about ...
2014-05-25- Article
Thumbs up for Prince Charles' wider role and outspoken views
Amid reports that a ‘gentle succession’ is already underway, a new YouGov poll for the Sunday Times shows significant support for Prince Charles taking on some – but not all – of his mother’s royal duties.
2014-01-26 - Article
Public opinion of Prince Charles improves in latest royal favourability poll
The percentage of the public thinking positively of Charles, Prince of Wales, is up six points since August.
2021-12-02 - Article
Who will be a better monarch: the Queen, Prince Charles or Prince William?
The public think the heirs to the throne will do a good job as kings, but they have big shoes to fill
2022-05-31 - Article
Prince Charles: first in line for the throne, but only seventh in popularity
The Prince of Wales celebrates his 70th birthday today, but he won’t be celebrating YouGov’s new royal popularity data
2018-11-14 - Article
Prince Charles: A Legitimate Political Activist?
John Humphrys asks: is the Prince of Wales a legitimate political activist? We have long known that the Prince of Wales is a man of strong views. We’ve also known that he has seldom felt constrained by his position from making those views known to people in a position to ...
2014-07-01 - Article
Royals: ambassadors for Britain?
47% say Prince William is best royal British ambassador; 18% Prince Harry, 7% Prince Charles
2012-04-02 - Article
Public opinion of most senior royals improves
Prince Edward and Prince Charles saw the largest boost in positive opinion, while Harry and Meghan are the only royals who did not see a favourable uptick
2021-04-27 - Article
Positively princely
The monarchy has the support of the British public, and more people want Prince Charles to take the throne after Queen Elizabeth II than think the honour should pass to Prince William, our poll for Prospect reveals.
2011-03-25 - Article
Royal results round-up
In the past week, two separate surveys, including our weekly poll for The Sunday Times, have gauged the public’s response to the royal engagement, finding that although just as many are indifferent as are pleased by the announcement and feel the cost of the wedding should be funded by Prince Charles himself as opposed to the taxpayer, groom-to-be Prince William has still seen a surge in popularity among a largely royalist nation.
2010-11-22 - Article
Britain warms to King Charles
Support for the Queen staying in power for the rest of her life has dropped significantly since March, and confidence in Prince Charles is up Last week it was announced that the Queen would not be attending this year’s annual meeting of Commonwealth leaders. The November meeting is to take ...
2013-05-10 - Article
Brits to New Zealand: please keep the Union Jack
As Prince Charles begins his New Zealand tour, most British people think it would be a shame if they vote to remove the Union Jack from their flag
2015-11-04 - Article
A royal engagement
Yesterday's announcement by Clarence House, the household of Prince Charles, that Prince William has successfully proposed to his long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton has turned the topics 'Prince William', 'Royal engagement' and 'Kate Middleton' into overnight TellYouGov leaderboard sensations as people rush to comment on the news, both positively and negatively.
2010-11-17 - Article
Royal reception for Kate’s dress
As the excitement over the Royal Wedding dies down, and the happy couple squirreled away to an undisclosed location before William returns to work, it seems that the media’s universal seal of approval for the bridal gown is shared by the British public, which has voted Kate’s gown as preferable to that worn by Princess Diana for her wedding to Prince Charles in 1981.
2011-05-04 - Article
Fact check: Do Americans like the royals more than their own politicians?
YouGov’s data shows Barack Obama’s claim to be at least partly untrue
2015-03-20 - Article
How we think Britain has changed
Prince William’s marriage to Kate Middleton takes place 30 years after Prince Charles married Diana. YouGov has conducted the most detailed survey on how the public thinks Britain has changed over those three decades. It’s the first survey in a new partnership with Cambridge University to provide and analyse fresh data on an unprecedented scale on how we live and what we think. Today we are releasing some of our initial findings. This is how we think life in Britain has changed since 1981:
2011-05-16 - Article
Almost a third of the country has seen or met the Queen in real life
Ahead of the Royal wedding, YouGov investigated how visible the Royal family have been
2018-05-17 - Article
Who would Britons choose as their elected head of state?
Many people would prefer to have a member of the royal family as their head of state, but David Attenborough ranks highly too
2021-03-18 - Article
Camilla can become 'Queen', say public
Most British people want Camilla to take on the traditional title of queen consort if Charles is crowned, rather than take a lesser title – but women are more divided on the issue than men The Duchess of Cornwall made a royal splash last week when she appeared ...
2014-06-10 - Article
John Humphrys: Problems at the Palace... Time for the Tumbrels..?
Buckingham Palace has seen its share of controversy over the years but it’s possible that there’s never been a week quite like this one
2022-02-18
