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Princess Anne tops UK royal popularity poll, ahead of Kate and William
Princess Anne ranked as Britain’s most popular royal in YouGov’s third-quarter 2026 figures.
The poll measured positive views of members of the British royal family.
Anne received 67% positive opinions, compared with 64% for Catherine, Princess of Wales, and 62% for Prince William.
King Charles III had 53%, while Prince Harry and Meghan Markle each had 29% and 27%, respectively.
Anne’s score rose as Kate and William’s fell from the first quarter, when they had 75% and 74%, while Anne had 62%.
Her long experience and public duties are cited as reasons for her strong standing; she carried out 478 official engagements in 2025.
The ranking reflects responses gathered from July to September, and the figures are updated quarterly.
Princess Anne ranked as the most popular British royal in YouGov’s latest figures, with 67% of respondents viewing her positively.
Catherine, Princess of Wales, had 64% positive opinions, followed by Prince William at 62% and King Charles III at 53%.
The figures cover the third quarter of 2026, with responses collected from July to September.
Anne’s score rose from 62% in the first quarter, while Catherine and William’s scores fell from 75% and 74%, respectively.
The articles report different figures for Meghan Markle: 22% in Closer and 27% in Gala.
- Who
- Princess Anne, Catherine, Princess of Wales, and Prince William are the main royals in the poll.
- What
- Anne topped YouGov’s popularity ranking, ahead of Catherine and William.
- When
- Third quarter of 2026; the results were reported on October 15 and 16, 2026.
- Where
- The poll concerns opinions among people in Britain. The articles do not state where it was conducted.
- Why
- Not stated
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Catherine had 75% positive opinions, William 74%, Anne 62% and Charles 47%.
YouGov collected responses used for its third-quarter royal popularity figures.
Anne ranked first with 67% positive opinions, ahead of Catherine at 64% and William at 62%.
Gala and Closer published reports on the poll.
- Anne
- 67% positive opinions in the third quarter of 2026
- Catherine, Princess of Wales
- 64% positive opinions
- Prince William
- 62% positive opinions
- King Charles III
- 53% positive opinions
- Anne’s first-quarter score
- 62% positive opinions
- Poll period
- July–September 2026
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What people are saying
The Princess Royal, with more than half a century of duty and experience behind her, is considered by her brother the king to be the most reliable person there is
I don't think this younger generation really understands what I used to do, and that's often the case, isn't it? You don't necessarily look at the previous generation and say: 'Oh, you did that?' or 'You went there?'