The Role of the British Monarchy, Popularity and Future discussion part 2

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Update of the Counsellors of State for the United Kingdom. There are now officially seven who can act in this role: Queen Camilla, The Prince of Wales, Princess Beatrice, The Duke of Edinburgh and the Princess Royal. The Dukes of Sussex and York are still officially on the list, but it is unlikely that they would be called upon in the near future.

The royals who can act as Counsellors of State, standing in for The King when needed ? Royal Central

Counsellors of State stand in for the Monarch if they are temporarily unavailable, either through being out of the country or for short term health reasons, like an operation.

The Regency Act of 1937 stated that the Monarch?s spouse and the first four adults in the line of succession could be called on to be Counsellors. That meant that, following the accession of King Charles III, the role could be fulfilled by Queen Camilla, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of York and Princess Beatrice. How

Two people must exercise the role together ? it can never be carried out by one person on their own. That led to discussion about the viability of the situation given that Prince Harry lives overseas and has stepped back from royal duties while Prince Andrew has withdrawn from public life following a court case.

In November 2022, King Charles wrote to the House of Lords asking it to consider making an amendment to the Act to add Princess Anne and Prince Edward to the list of people eligible to act as Counsellors of State.

The Bill to change who could take on the role was given Royal Assent, meaning it is now law, on December 6th 2022. It took just 22 days to make the changes.

Since then, seven people have been able to act as Counsellors of State.

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The Telegraph's Camilla Tominey shares her views on the first year of King Charles' reign.

King Charles has pulled off a miracle succession, despite Harry's criticism | Royal Insight - YouTube

The King has managed to steer the Royal family through choppy waters over the past year depsite controversy, says Camilla Tominey, The Telegraph?s Associate Editor.

From the way he reacted to the public outpouring of grief following the death of his mother, to executing a faultless tour of Germany, the transition has been largely seamless.

#KingCharles #Royal #Harry

The King?s approval rating has also held up despite very personal criticisms made about him by Prince Harry in his memoir, Spare.

?As captain of the ship, the King has managed to steer the good ship Royal through pretty choppy waters and is sailing into calmer seas,? Camilla says.

However, obstacles could lie ahead, with the possibility that Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, could publish her own memoir.

The Royal family also faces the difficult challenge of maintaining the monarchy?s relevance in an increasingly polarised world, where social media has taken over.

In this episode, Camilla analyses how successfully the King and Queen have conducted their duties over the past year since the death of Queen Elizabeth, and what is likely to lie ahead.

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NEW: Would you favour Britain becoming a Republic or remaining a Monarchy?

Remaining a Monarchy: 66%
Becoming a Republic 25%
Don't know: 9%

Ipsos: https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/two-thirds-prefer-britain-remain-monarchy

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Queen Elizabeth II of England delivered speech in French during 1964 visit   
Queen Elizabeth delivers speech in French during Quebec 1964 visit - YouTube

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Bristol University axes the National Anthem from graduation ceremonies amid students' claims it is 'old-fashioned' and 'offensive to some' | Daily

?Some students at the 147-year-old university have suggested the National Anthem was culled because it is 'irrelevant', 'old-fashioned' or might even be 'offensive to some'.

It comes just weeks after the university vowed to remove slave trader Edward Colston's emblem from its logo, after his statue was toppled during a Black Lives Matter protest in the city in June 2020.

Layla Daynes, 21, told The Sun: 'The monarchy isn't really relevant to my generation, so it wouldn't be missed.'




They aren?t the first educational institution to do this and they certainly won?t be the last. There have been moves afoot at other colleges and universities.

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It's a common occurrence in America as well. Supposedly people are 'triggered' lol -

I think it says more about the students then anything else. They're in for a surprise in the real world.

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Oh that is for darn sure, they think they know it all now at their age and in college they can do as they please......I think the real world will kick them down quite a few pegs before they know what hit them.

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William is third and Catherine second, behind the late Queen.

Kate Middleton and Prince William feature in top 5 most popular royals - full list - Mirror Online

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YouGov latest royal favourability results (6-7 Feb) -

Prince William: 77% positive view (+3 from 13-15 Jan) -
Catherine: 74% (+4) -
King Charles: 66% (+3) -
Camilla: 50% (+2) -
Prince Harry: 33% (+5) -
Meghan: 27% (+4) -

https://x.com/YouGov/status/1755567183957016731?s=20

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YouGov latest royal favourability results (6-7 Feb) -

Prince William: 77% positive view (+3 from 13-15 Jan) -
Catherine: 74% (+4) -
King Charles: 66% (+3) -
Camilla: 50% (+2) -
Prince Harry: 33% (+5) -
Meghan: 27% (+4) -

https://x.com/YouGov/status/1755567183957016731?s=20

I am curious to  see what the spring quarter will look like for the BRF. Especially as the Queen has taken on many of the King's public engagements.

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This latest survey is an extremely strange one. Why not just have a survey of the working royals, in which case where are Princess Anne, the Edinburghs, Gloucesters and the Kent siblings? Or, if YouGov intended to pit non working royals against working ones, where are Prince Andrew, Fergie, the York Princesses, the Tindalls and the rest?

Why pluck out the Sussex couple and pit them against the Waleses and the King and Queen (the figures aren't exactly brilliant still for Camilla or Charles anyway) with two of those on the survey battling serious health conditions and having a great deal of public sympathy.

If the object of this exercise was to show how unpopular two non working royals are against only four who are working royals and two of those battling serious illness (and Kate's cancer was not then known) then YouGov has succeeded. If however the object was to be fair to all the members of the RF then it's a big fail.

This company needs to stop pitting the Sussexes against the senior working royals years after the couple stopped being working royals and left GB altogether, and imo just have surveys with the King, Queen, the Waleses, the Prss Royal, the Edinburghs, Gloucesters and Kents, in other words the working RF, instead of carrying out completely illogical polling of this sort.

If there was a Scandinavian YouGov company then that quick survey would be akin to asking Swedes to match Prss Madeleine and her husband up against her siblings and parents when Madeleine has been a private citizen for years. Or doing the same in Denmark with Joachim and Marie pitted against his brother, sister in law, and aunt and widowed mother. Fair?

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The Princess of Wales and her husband are popular across the generations.

With rampant speculation about Kate Middleton's wellbeing coming to a screeching halt following the Princess of Wales' revelation that she has cancer, a new YouGov survey finds that she is now the most well-thought-of royal among the public.

Three quarters of Britons (76%) say they have a positive view of the Princess of Wales, up six points since the start of the year.

Similarly popular is husband William, at 73%, although more people have a negative view of the Prince of Wales (21%, compared to Kate's 15%).

https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/49089-kate-middleton-now-uks-most-popular-royal

https://x.com/YouGov/status/1777636963572498680

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The Princess of Wales and her husband are popular across the generations.

With rampant speculation about Kate Middleton's wellbeing coming to a screeching halt following the Princess of Wales' revelation that she has cancer, a new YouGov survey finds that she is now the most well-thought-of royal among the public.

Three quarters of Britons (76%) say they have a positive view of the Princess of Wales, up six points since the start of the year.

Similarly popular is husband William, at 73%, although more people have a negative view of the Prince of Wales (21%, compared to Kate's 15%).

https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/49089-kate-middleton-now-uks-most-popular-royal

https://x.com/YouGov/status/1777636963572498680

Thank you for sharing this information. 

To be honest I  don't see any surprises in the poll outcome.