{"id":328612,"date":"2025-08-08T19:05:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T19:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/328612\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T19:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T19:05:18","slug":"kate-middleton-beaten-by-unexpected-royal-relative-in-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/328612\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton Beaten by Unexpected Royal Relative in Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kate Middleton<\/a> is regularly considered to be one of the most popular<\/a> members of the Royal Family<\/a>. In fact, the Princess of Wales<\/a>‘s influence on the general public<\/a> has been made clear with “the Kate effect<\/a>.” Whenever Princess Kate<\/a> wears an item<\/a> of clothing, the extra attention the brand receives is often unprecedented. However, in a new poll<\/a> conducted by the British government<\/a>, Kate lost out<\/a> on the top spot to another senior royal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As reported by the Express<\/a>, YouGov’s latest poll<\/a> asked residents of the U.K. for their opinions on the Royal Family. On this occasion, “Kate was, in fact, beaten to the top spot by her husband, Prince William<\/a>,” the outlet reported.<\/p>\n

While 74% of respondents claimed to have a positive opinion of Prince William, 71% said the same was true of Princess Kate. Princess Anne<\/a> came close, with 70% of respondents reacting positively to the Princess Royal.<\/p>\n

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Prince William beat Princess Kate for the top spot.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately for King Charles<\/a>, only 59% of those surveyed held a positive opinion of the monarch. The Royal Family in general scored 62%, while Prince Edward<\/a> received a positive score of just 52%. Additional members of the Royal Family scored even lower.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Princess Kate beat Prince William<\/a> in a similar YouGov poll<\/a>. It seems as though the Prince and Princess of Wales<\/a>‘s popularity has only grown in recent years.<\/p>\n

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Only 59% of those surveyed held a positive opinion of the monarch. <\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

In 2018, actor Matt Smith, who portrayed Prince Philip<\/a> in Netflix’s The Crown<\/a>, told Variety<\/a>, “All the research I did found him to be brilliantly funny, very clever, very popular.” The actor continued, “In the royal house he’s the most popular<\/a> of all of them. If you’ve talked to any of the staff, Philip’s the one they all love really.”<\/p>\n

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