{"id":675157,"date":"2026-05-16T17:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/675157\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T17:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:57:15","slug":"prince-harry-dealt-major-blow-as-uk-popularity-takes-huge-nosedive-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/675157\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry dealt major blow as UK popularity takes huge nosedive | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince Harry<\/a> has been dealt another major blow as his popularity in the UK declines further. The 41-year-old has experienced a decline in his popularity following his decision to step away from royal life back in 2020, a move that has seen him frequently discuss his experience of royal life and launch attacks on his family members.<\/p>\n

According to a YouGov<\/a> poll, Harry’s popularity has declined from 80% of fans having a positive opinion of him in June 2011 to just 31% in January 2026. A poll conducted on what would have been the late Queen Elizabeth II’s 100th birthday last month, showed this now stands at 30% – a one percent decrease since the start of this year.<\/p>\n

Just 6% voted that they have a ‘very positive’ opinion of him, with 24% having a ‘fairly positive’ view.<\/p>\n

Meghan Markle and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor are the two royals that rank lower than him in the poll.<\/p>\n

As of April 2026, Meghan has a 20% positive vote, whilst Andrew has a 3% positive vote.<\/p>\n

According to the Daily Mail, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex “love famous people” and that they are “very name-droppy”.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the couple, a source told the publication: “The association gives them a kick. But if someone stops calling they don\u2019t ask why.”<\/p>\n

The couple moved to the US in 2020 with their son, now-seven-year-old Prince Archie.<\/p>\n

They later welcomed their daughter, Princess Lilibet, in June 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry has been dealt another major blow as his popularity in the UK declines further. The 41-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134,5513,162237,162236,325531,325530,5514],"class_list":["post-675157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-prince-harry","tag-prince-harry-latest","tag-prince-harry-news","tag-prince-harry-poll","tag-prince-harry-popularity","tag-royal-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675157","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=675157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}