British Support for King Charles Doubles: Poll

British support for King Charles III has doubled since his accession to the throne, as the first major polling of British sentiment to the monarchy was published on Tuesday.

The YouGov survey that took place just after the queen's death shows a huge spike in confidence among the British public in King Charles.

In the previous seven polls asking the question of how Prince Charles (as he was at the time) would perform as king, the answer "good" never rose above 40 percent. The country was stuck with "good," "bad" and "not sure" all around one third of replies.

Now, the British mood has shifted: 63 percent think he will do a good job, a 31 percent increase. Only 15 percent think he will do a bad job, and around a quarter aren't sure.

Other results in the survey show good news for the royal family. The Queen Consort, Camilla, has a popularity rating of 53 percent, against a negative rating of 18 percent. In previous YouGov polls, Camilla's popularity was similar to Charles' at around 30 to 40 percent.

Other aspects of the royal accession have been received well: the king's first speech was seen by 60 percent of respondents, and of those, 94 percent thought it was good. Overall, 73 percent thought Charles had provided good leadership since the queen's death.

There is more caution around King Charles' possibility of championing causes he cares about. In the survey, 53 percent thought it would be appropriate for him to continue to speak out about issues such as architecture and the environment, whereas 30 percent thought it not a good idea.

There was less desire to see Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, return to the United Kingdom. Only 27 percent wanted to see them move back to the U.K., with 44 percent preferring them not to return.

The overall power of the queen's death to move the population was seen by 76 percent of respondents saying they felt a little to very upset by the event. Only 22 percent were not upset at all. However, it was not necessary for those to have met the queen—69 percent had never met or seen her in person.

The overall support for the monarchy is still strong. Across all age groups there was more support than opposition. The youngest group asked, 18-24 year olds, saw the least support with 40 percent, but that was still higher than the 29 percent who opposed. Support rose by each age group, with 84 percent of those 65 and above supporting the monarchy.

Overall, 1,727 adults in the U.K. were surveyed.

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