Prince Harry’s popularity with the British public hits record low: Duke’s net favourabilty hits -38 with 64% of people now having a negative view of him, YouGov poll reveals

• Prince Harry’s popularity with British public hits record low, YouGov poll shows 
• Duke’s net favourability among 1,600 adults at the start of 2023 now sits at -38 
• His popularity has consistently slipped from an all-time high of +70 six years ago 

Prince Harry’s popularity among the British public has slumped to an all-time low, a new poll has suggested.

The YouGov survey, undertaken by more than 1,600 adults between January 5 and 6, reveals the duke’s net favorability now sits at -38.

Almost two-thirds of those polled (64 per cent) admitted they hold a negative view of the duke, while his support among the 18-24 age group has also fallen to its lowest ever score. 

The duke’s public feud with Buckingham Palace appears to have also added fuel to the fire, with those reporting negative views up six percentage points since May. Just over a quarter (26 per cent) of those polled view Harry in a positive light.

Prince Harry’s popularity among the British public has slumped to an all-time low, a new poll has suggested 

Harry’s popularity hit an all-time high of +70 in 2017, just a year before he wed Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle, according to YouGov.

Public opinion on the duke has consistently slipped over the past six years, with there being more negative polling for Harry than positive since the end of 2021 – the year of his notorious Oprah Winfrey interview.

There was also a marked drop in favourability for Harry since undertaking his media blitz late last year after his bombshell memoir, Spare, was announced.

Support for the duke and his wife, Meghan Markle, dipped last month after they singled out Buckingham Palace for stinging criticism during their six-part Netflix docu-series.

The results come ahead of the release of Harry’s book Spare, due out on Tuesday, which has sparked a furore, following claims the Prince of Wales physically attacked him.

The King’s younger son’s net favourability score among 2019 Labour voters is minus seven, while among 18-24-year-olds, the proportion of positive and negative views of him was equal (41%).

The results come ahead of the release of Harry’s book Spare, due out on Tuesday, which has sparked a furore, following claims the Prince of Wales physically attacked him 

Meghan still has a positive net favourability score of 10 among 18-24-year-olds, but this has dropped from 55 in 2017.

She holds a score of minus 11 among 2019 Labour voters and minus 30 among Remain voters, with minus 81 and minus 72 among 2016 Conservative voters and Leave voters, respectively.

Harry’s tell-all-tales in the book include how he killed 25 Taliban members during the Afghanistan war, recounting how he took cocaine and magic mushrooms, and losing his virginity to an older woman in a field behind a pub.

In television interviews, the duke has said he is ‘not texting’ his brother, described the Queen Consort as ‘the villain’ and criticised ‘family members’ for a ‘really horrible reaction’ when the Queen died.

He spoke to ITV presenter Tom Bradby, denying branding the royals racist and accusing his family of ‘getting into bed with the devil’.

The YouGov data reveals the duchess has seen her net favourability also fall to its joint-lowest score of -42. 

Harry’s tell-all-tales in the book include how he killed 25 Taliban members during the Afghanistan war, recounting how he took cocaine and magic mushrooms, and losing his virginity to an older woman in a field behind a pub.

In television interviews, the duke has said he is ‘not texting’ his brother, described the Queen Consort as ‘the villain’ and criticised ‘family members’ for a ‘really horrible reaction’ when the Queen died.

YouGov surveyed 1,693 adults in the UK at the end of last week.

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