Harry and Meghan’s popularity falls to lowest level EVER after Oprah interview, shows YouGov poll
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s popularity falls to lowest level EVER after Oprah interview – as unwavering support for the Queen retains her spot as Britain’s most popular Royal
- Harry’s popularity falls by 3 points since bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview, according to a new YouGov poll
- Meghan’s popularity drops by 13 points since explosive racism allegations against Royal Family were aired
- The Queen remains as most popular royal, with 80 per cent approval, while Prince William remains second
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s popularity ratings have fallen to their lowest levels ever after their bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, according to a new poll.
The couple’s popularity has plummeted in the wake of the explosive broadcast, in which the couple made accusations of racism within the Royal Family.
But the British public appear to have reacted negatively to the couple’s interview, with Prince Harry’s popularity plunging 15 points since the broadcast, according to a new YouGov survey.
Meghan’s popularity has also sunk by 13 points in the last 10 days, figures from the poll show.
Meanwhile, in a sign of unwavering show of support, Britons continue to be most fond of the Queen, with four in five people (80 per cent) liking her, the survey says.
Prince William and his wife Kate also remain very popular, according to the poll, with about three quarters of Britons giving them favourable reviews.
Prince Andrew remains by far the most unpopular royal, with an 82 per cent negative view, according to the poll.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s popularity ratings have fallen to its lowest level ever after their bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, according to a new poll
According to the data, of more than 1,600 Britons between March 10 and 11, public opinion of Prince Harry is now negative – having previously been positive prior to Sunday night’s world exclusive interview.
The figures show 45 per cent of Britons now have a positive opinion of Prince Harry, while 48 per cent regard him negatively.
This gives the once popular prince a net score of -3 in terms of popularity – a drop of 15 points from March 2.
Meanwhile, Meghan’s popularity scores have also fallen considerably.
Currently, only a third (31 per cent) of Britons have a positive opinion of the Duchess of Sussex, while more than (58 per cent) view her negatively.
This means she has a net popularity rating of -27, down from -14 just over a week ago.
Though the Queen’s popularity remains unwavering, Harry’s father, Prince Charles, has seen a fall in popularity since the interview, according to YouGov.
Two in five people (42 per cent) now have a negative opinion of the Prince of Wales – up from 36 per cent on March 2.
It comes as the Queen and Prince Charles this week backed Prince William after he insisted the royals were ‘very much not a racist family’.
William on Thursday became the first senior Windsor to address directly the string of allegations made by Harry and Meghan in their explosive Oprah interview.
Buckingham Palace and Clarence House, the official homes of the Queen and the Prince of Wales, were both said to be supportive of William’s solo intervention.
The Queen and Prince Charles (pictured together in 2019) have backed Prince William after he spoke out to insist the Royal Family are ‘very much not a racist family’ as the fallout from Harry and Meghan’s bombshell interview continues to grow
Pictured: Britain’s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Britain’s Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge gesture during a visit to School21 following its re-opening after the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions in east London on March 11, 2021
The prince was speaking as he and his wife Kate visited a school in east London to support a youth mental health support service.
Aides had initially insisted the couple would not answer questions about the interview because it would ‘not be appropriate’ in a school setting.
His firm rebuttal came after Buckingham Palace issued a statement on Tuesday on behalf of the Queen expressing the family’s sadness at learning the ‘full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan’.
The statement said the issues they raised, particularly that of race, were very ‘concerning’.
But it made clear that the Queen and other senior royals were keen to stand their ground, adding: ‘While some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately.’
Harry and Meghan raised claims of racism within the royal family during the Oprah interview.
They claimed they had experienced open racism from family members and staff, and alleged a member of Harry’s family even expressed ‘concern’ about ‘how dark’ their unborn son would be.
They also said the family had been uniquely unsupportive of the pressures they were going through, leaving Meghan feeling suicidal and fuelling their decision to quit the UK.
Leader of the black choir which sang at Meghan and Harry’s wedding says that Prince Charles invited them to perform and she cannot believe he is racist amid fallout from Oprah interview
By Ross Ibbetson for MailOnline and Harriet Alexander for DailyMail.com
The black choir that performed at Meghan and Harry’s wedding was invited by Prince Charles, it has emerged – and the gospel group’s founder said she refuses to believe that he is racist.
Karen Gibson MBE led her London-based Kingdom Choir in a widely-acclaimed rendition of soul classic Stand By Me at the May 2018 nuptials at Windsor Castle.
Ms Gibson told TMZ it was Charles who invited them to perform at the wedding and that he had gone ‘out of his way’ to congratulate them on their success since.
The conductor said she was ‘finding it hard to believe’ that it could have been Charles who said anything about the couple’s unborn baby being ‘too dark.’
Ms Gibson was referring to the shocking allegation of racism that was levelled at an unnamed senior royal during Meghan and Harry’s interview with Oprah on Sunday night which has sent shock waves through Buckingham Palace.
The couple chose to rule out that the remark was made by the Queen or the Duke of Edinburgh, leaving the allegation to hang over the remaining senior royals, including Charles, Prince William, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess of Cambridge.
The Kingdom Choir, based in London, performed at the May 2018 royal wedding
Karen Gibson, founder and choir leader, said she could not believe Charles was racist
Prince Charles, pictured with Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland, invited the choir to perform
Meghan and Harry on Sunday night alleged that questions were raised about Archie’s skin
The serious claim prompted William yesterday, on a visit to a school in east London, to emphatically deny the charge.
‘We are very much not a racist family,’ he told a reporter.
Buckingham Palace earlier this week issued a rare statement on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen to say how ‘saddened’ the family were by how unhappy Harry and Meghan told Oprah they had been.
It said: ‘The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning. While some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately.’
The choirmaster Ms Gibson also revealed this week how it had been difficult to get Harry and Meghan to agree to a version of Ben E. King’s song for the wedding.
She told The Sun: ‘They wanted the song stripped back, without a beat. Gospel is very lively and vibrant so it took a while for us to understand what they meant.
‘We sent 12 versions to them over email but none were approved so, in the end, we had to go with what we thought was best.
Prince Charles had been ‘gracious’ towards the choir, the founder told TMZ
‘We performed one version in front of them at Kensington Palace and they said, “That’s it.”‘
She added that the newlyweds sent them a thank you card after the wedding.
The royal family has been fighting off claims that they are racist, after Meghan, who has a black mother and a white father, told Oprah that someone within the family asked how ‘dark’ her son Archie’s skin would be.
Meghan also revealed that she had found her experience of living as a royal so unbearable that she had considered killing herself.
Harry told Oprah that he felt ‘trapped’ within the monarchy and said that his father, Charles, and brother, William, remained trapped by it.
He said that chief among his concerns for his wife had been ‘history repeating itself,’ a reference to his mother Princess Diana’s death in Paris in 1997.
On Thursday Prince William became the first senior royal to address directly the string of allegations made by Harry and Meghan in their explosive interview.
He also confirmed the depth of the rift between him and his brother.
William admitted he had not even spoken to Harry about the TV show – four days after it aired.
The Queen and Prince Charles (pictured together in 2019) have backed Prince William after he spoke out to insist the Royal Family are ‘very much not a racist family’ as the fallout from Harry and Meghan’s bombshell interview continues to grow
Asked whether his family were racist, William replied: ”We’re very much not a racist family.’
His reaction laid bare his clear hurt over the claims made by his brother and sister-in-law.
The prince’s comments were praised by insiders, who said the 38-year-old did ‘very well given the emotion and enormity of it all’.
On Thursday night, royal insiders claimed that although William and Harry have not spoken in months, the elder brother is prepared to stand ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with the Duke of Sussex at the unveiling of a statue of their late motherSources told the Mirror ‘both camps are prepared to come together’ and put on a ‘united front’ when the tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales is installed at Kensington Palace on July 1.
