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What the British think of Megan and Harry after the explosive interview

The popularity of Prince Harry and his wife Megan plunged into Britain after their explosive interview with American presenter Oprah Winfrey. It has never been lower before, according to a poll released today.

In the interview that aired last Sunday, the Megan She said her calls for help, while suicidal, were ignored and an unnamed family member asked how dark the couple’s son, Archie, might be.

Meanwhile, Harry, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, also complained about his family’s reaction to their decision to step down.

The in-depth interview plunged the monarchy into its worst crisis of the century and, according to a YouGov poll, also damaged the couple’s reputation.

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According to the poll and as broadcast by Reuters and rebroadcast by the Athenian News Agency, 48% of the 1,664 respondents had a negative attitude towards Harry and 45% a positive -the first time that the percentage of negative answers exceeds that of positive- while a decrease of 15 basis points is recorded compared to last week. Meanwhile, only 3 in 10 people had a positive view of Megan, while 58% had a negative opinion.

As with other post-interview polls, there is a generational divide, with most people aged 18 to 24 liking Harry and Megan and those over 65 having overwhelmingly negative feelings about the couple. .

The only other member of the family to see his popularity decline was Harry’s father, Prince Charles’s heir to the throne.. According to the poll, 42% of respondents now had a negative opinion of him compared to 49% with a positive opinion.

As for the 94-year-old queen, 80% of respondents like her, while Harry’s older brother, William, and his wife Kate were popular with two-thirds of the participants.

A separate poll, conducted in part before the broadcast of Britain’s interview, found that support for the monarchy as a whole remains largely unchanged, with 63% of respondents supporting the institution and 25% wanting an elected head of state.

However, there are some worrying facts about the royal family. In the younger age group of participants, the percentage in favor of an elected head of state was higher than in favor of the monarchy – 42% vs. 37% for the monarchy – although YouGov reported that the difference is within its margin. statistical error.

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