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Nine out of 10 people are satisfied with the way the Queen performs her job, but the Duke of Cambridge is the most popular royal, a poll showed.
In the Diamond Jubilee year, 90 per cent of people quizzed said they were content with the manner in which the Queen carried out her duties, seven per cent said they were dissatisfied and three per cent said they did not know.
Despite the monarch’s high satisfaction ratings – no Prime Minister has ever scored more than 75 per cent in Ipsos Mori’s polls and Prime Minister David Cameron’s rating stands at 40 per cent – the Queen’s grandson is by far the most popular member of the Windsors in recent history.
When asked to name two or three royals they liked the most, 62 per cent picked William, 48 per cent the Queen, 36 per cent Prince Harry and 23 per cent the Duchess of Cambridge.
Some 16 per cent said they would favour a republic
The Prince of Wales, who is next in line to the throne, received 21 per cent and the Duchess of Cornwall two per cent, ahead of the Earl of Wessex on one per cent, the research by King’s College London and Ipsos Mori showed.
Support for keeping the monarchy stands at 79 per cent – one of the highest levels over the last 20 years. In May this year, just ahead of the Diamond Jubilee weekend, it was 80 per cent.
Some 16 per cent said they would favour a republic instead of the monarchy and the rest were undecided.
Public confidence in the monarchy’s long-term future is also the highest it has been for two decades.
Around 60 per cent think Britain will still have a monarchy in 50 years, compared with 27 per cent who do not.
On whether there would be a British monarchy in 100 years, 42 per cent believed there would and 38 per cent thought there would not.
More than half – 52 per cent – said they thought that the Royal Family should not receive as much money as it does, compared with 42 per cent who disagreed.
Professor Roger Mortimore, director of political analysis at Ipsos Mori and professor of public opinion and political analysis at King’s College London, said: “This has been a triumphant jubilee year.
“After a rocky period in the 1990s, public support for the monarchy and the Queen now looks as strong as it has been for many years.
“Most of the public now expect the monarchy to survive well into the future, and that is probably the best guarantee that it will do so.”
Ipsos Mori interviewed 1,014 British adults in the poll between November 10 and 13.