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Perceptions of Royal Family

6 Nov 2018

Q. Do you have a favourable or unfavourable opinion of the following members of the Royal family?

  Total favour-able Total unfavour-able   Very favour-able Favour-able Neither favour-able nor unfavour-able Unfavour-able Very unfavour-able Don’t know
Queen Elizabeth 61% 10%   29% 32% 26% 5% 5% 3%
Prince Charles 33% 30%   9% 24% 35% 16% 14% 3%
Prince William 68% 9%   32% 36% 20% 4% 5% 3%
Prince Harry 70% 9%   40% 30% 19% 4% 5% 2%

 

  Total favour-able   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
Queen Elizabeth 61%   63% 71% 47% 59%
Prince Charles 33%   33% 45% 27% 24%
Prince William 68%   69% 76% 57% 69%
Prince Harry 70%   74% 76% 64% 69%

 

 

 

 

Overall, perceptions of Queen Elizabeth, Prince William and Prince Harry were highly favourable. 70% had a favourable opinion of Prince Harry, 68% Prince William and 61% Queen Elizabeth.

However, only 33% had a favourable opinion of Prince Charles – with 30% unfavourable and 35% neither.

Liberal/National voters tended to have a more favourable opinion of these members of the Royal family than other voter groups.

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