Almost HALF of Britons say Harry and Meghan should be stripped of their royal titles amid backlash over couple’s Netflix documentary
- More than 40 per cent of the public think Harry and Meghan should lose titles
- Forty two per cent agreed that Prince Harry should be excluded from succession
- Nearly a third believe couple should not be invited to King Charles’s coronation
- Older people less likely to support couple but younger people are sympathetic
- HARRY AND MEGHAN NEWS: Read the latest on the fallout from the couple’s bombshell Netflix series
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex should be stripped of their titles while Harry should be excluded from the line of succession in the aftermath of their Netflix documentary, a poll for The Mail on Sunday has concluded.
The survey found that 44 per cent of people think that they should lose their titles, while only 19 per cent disagreed.
A similar proportion, 42 per cent, think Harry should be excluded from the line of succession, with 23 per cent disagreeing.
Nearly one third, 28 per cent, think they should be disallowed from attending the Coronation of King Charles III, with 31 per cent disagreeing.
Forty-two percent of people think that Prince Harry should now be excluded from the line of succession. He is currently fifth in line to the throne
There have been calls for King Charles to remove the Sussexes’s titles after the controversial documentary release
The poll, by findoutnow, also shows the wide divergence in views over different age groups.
While more than half of the over-65s – 51 per cent – think the Sussexes should lose their titles, only 16 per cent of those aged 25-34 believe they should.
Four out of ten voters who watched the TV series said it made them more sympathetic to Harry and Meghan, while 26 per cent felt less sympathetic.
A separate Deltapoll survey also challenges the couple’s view that they have been treated unfairly by the media.
A total of 51 per cent think they have been treated fairly, while 31 per cent think they have been unfairly treated.
Newly released footage shows the Duke and Duchess of Sussex celebrating their wedding in 2018. The first release of the Netflix drama has been panned by critics and received only a 15 per cent audience score on review site Rotten Tomatoes
The Netflix footage dropped today offers an intimate portrayal of the couple’s wedding day, which was attended by VIPs including Serena Williams and Elton John
Harry and Meghan have revealed that their first dance as husband and wife was to the iconic 60s hit Land of a Thousand Dances
Footage released by the US streaming giant today shows the Duchess of Sussex singing and a series of unseen photos of the couple dancing at their 2018 wedding with VIPs including pop legend Elton John, a friend of Harry’s late mother Princess Diana
The couple share a kiss at their wedding reception after a service in St George’s Chapel, in Windsor
That poll also found that nearly half of people (49 per cent) think the monarchy is good for Britain, with nearly two thirds (65 per cent) believing we should remain a monarchy and more than half (55 per cent) believing we will still have a monarchy in 50 years.
Chris Holbrook, founder of findoutnow, said: ‘More than two million people in the UK watched the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s TV series. So it is a ratings hit for Netflix.
‘It is less clear that it has changed people’s perceptions of the couple or the Royal Family. If anything, each side is becoming more entrenched. If you already liked Harry and Meghan over the Royal Family, you still do, only a bit more so. If you are inclined to side with the traditional Royal Family, this series makes you feel even more strongly that way.’
Findoutnow.co.uk asked a nationally representative sample of 2,065 British adults on Friday, December 9. Read the full report on their website here.
Deltapoll interviewed 663 British adults online between October 8 and 10, 2022. The data has been weighted to be representative of the British adult population as a whole.
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