{"id":408192,"date":"2026-05-02T10:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/408192\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T10:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T10:11:13","slug":"meghan-and-harry-hit-by-major-blow-as-most-popular-royals-exposed-in-channel-5-documentary-tv-radio-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/408192\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan and Harry hit by major blow as most popular royals exposed in Channel 5 documentary | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have faced a huge blow as the most popular royals have been exposed. A new television programme on Channel 5<\/a> will disclose that the Prince and Princess of Wales<\/a> have been chosen by the public as the two most popular royals \u2013 though viewers must wait until broadcast to discover who claims the top position.<\/p>\n

William and Catherine,<\/a> who wed in 2011, are separated by merely one point in the survey, according to the 5 documentary, The Royal Popularity List. At the bottom of the list of 14 royals was Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a>. The former Duke of York, who was stripped of his titles by the King over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal<\/a>, was ranked the 14th most popular royal in the documentary, which conducted its research through a YouGov poll of over 2,000 British adults. But the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were embarrassingly not far behind him in 11th and 12th positions respectively.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Andrew’s former wife, Sarah Ferguson<\/a>, who has likewise faced criticism for her connections to the paedophile financier, was the only other person below Meghan and Harry as she was ranked 13th most popular.<\/p>\n

The documentary, which will examine “who we’d proudly put on a tea towel \u2013 and who we’d rather banish to the Tower”, discovered that both Catherine and William are perceived as “warm and hardworking”.<\/p>\n

They are followed by the Princess Royal in third place, meaning the King occupies fourth position.<\/p>\n

The poll revealed Anne was regarded as “strong, dependable and hardworking,” and is widely admired for her straightforward approach, honesty and dedication to duty.<\/p>\n

Charles, who ascended to the throne following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II<\/a> in 2022, is regarded as hardworking, reliable and progressive, according to the programme.<\/p>\n

Coming in at number five is Zara Tindall, the daughter of Anne, while the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh occupy sixth and seventh place respectively.<\/p>\n

The Royal Popularity List will air on 5 at 9pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have faced a huge blow as the most popular royals have been exposed.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[79487,10573,210019,156,15858,15860,9860,20163,4866,210020,111,139,69,18318,3578,3366,210018,172885],"class_list":["post-408192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-andrew-mountbatten-windsor","tag-channel-5","tag-channel-5-documentary","tag-entertainment","tag-harry-and-meghan","tag-jeffrey-epstein","tag-king","tag-meghan-and-harry","tag-meghan-markle","tag-most-popular-royals","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-prince-andrew","tag-prince-harry","tag-queen","tag-royal-popularity-list","tag-william-and-catherine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}