{"id":417664,"date":"2026-01-16T20:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/417664\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T20:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:56:08","slug":"princess-kate-and-william-embarrass-meghan-markle-in-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/417664\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Kate and William embarrass Meghan Markle in public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/645534_7881935_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Princess Kate and William embarrass Meghan Markle in public\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Princess Kate and William embarrass Meghan Markle in public<\/p>\n<p>Prince William and Princess Kate continue to be the royals fans can\u2019t help but like.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh YouGov polling shows roughly three\u2011quarters of the public holding favourable views of the Waleses, leaving most of the rest of the family trailing in their wake.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest tracker released on Friday, the Prince and Princess of Wales remain the most popular senior royals, with about 74\u201377\u202fper\u202fcent of Britons viewing them in a positive light.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/645534_779371_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Princess Kate and William embarrass Meghan Markle in public\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Princess Kate and William embarrass Meghan Markle in public<\/p>\n<p>Princess Anne also keeps her steady fan base, while King Charles enjoys solid support from a majority of respondents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, YouGov barely notices Camilla, and the nation jokes that not even her nephew could fix it<\/p>\n<p>The Duchess of Sussex recorded her worst\u2011ever favourability score, with just around 19\u202fper\u202fcent of public speaking positively about her. This is the lowest YouGov has recorded since tracking began.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two\u2011thirds of respondents now say they have negative opinions about the American princess, even as tabloids chatter that she\u2019s planning a UK visit this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prince Andrew also hit new depths, viewed favourably by barely a handful of people that mirrors his ongoing status as one of the least liked members of the royal family following years of controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Some citizens responded with a shrug on social platforms, with one commenter quipping that \u201cwho honestly cares?\u201d about royal rankings while still \u201cadmiring their efforts\u201d in public service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Kate and William embarrass Meghan Markle in public Prince William and Princess Kate continue to be the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-417664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}