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Attitudes towards the

15 April 2016 Strong majority continues to support Monarchy…

WOULD YOU FAVOUR BRITAIN BECOMING A REPUBLIC OR REMAINING A MONARCHY? 2

80% 7% 70%

17% 60%

50%

40%

30%

20% 76% 10%

0%

Feb-07 Feb-93 Feb-95 Feb-97 Feb-99 Feb-01 Feb-03 Feb-05 Feb-09 Feb-11 Feb-13 Feb-15

MONARCHY/ OR QUEEN REPUBLIC/ELECTED PRESIDENT ’T KNOW

Base: 504 British adults 18+, 13th – 16th February 2016; c. 500-1,000 British adults in each previous poll Source: Ipsos MORI/King’s London …but it makes a difference how you ask it

WOULD YOU FAVOUR BRITAIN DO YOU THINK BRITAIN SHOULD 3 CONTINUE TO HAVE A KING OR QUEEN BECOMING A REPUBLIC OR REMAINING AS OUR HEAD OF STATE, OR SHOULD WE A MONARCHY? HAVE AN ELECTED PRESIDENT?

7% 2% 12%

17%

76% 86%

MONARCHY/KING OR QUEEN REPUBLIC/ELECTED PRESIDENT DON’T KNOW

Base: 1,001 British adults 18+, 13th – 16th February 2016 (504 asked first version, 497 asked second version) Source: Ipsos MORI/King’s College London How important is the Monarchy to Britain’s future?

DO YOU THINK THE MONARCHY DOES OR DOES NOT HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY 4 IN THE FUTURE OF BRITAIN?

5%

20%

75%

DOES DOES NOT DON’T KNOW

Base: 1,001 British adults 18+, 13th – 16th February 2016 Source: Ipsos MORI/King’s College London How important is the Monarchy to Britain’s future?

DO YOU THINK THE MONARCHY DOES OR DOES NOT HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY 5 IN THE FUTURE OF BRITAIN?

1998 1999 2000 2016

75% 66% 70% 67%

29% 28% 25% 20% 6% 5% 4% 4%

DOES DOES NOT DON’T KNOW

Base: c. 800-1,000 British adults 18+ in each poll Source: Ipsos MORI Only a minority think the Queen should retire early, but more are sympathetic when case in favour is put strongly

THE QUEEN IS 90 THIS YEAR, AND 6 CHARLES HAS WAITED LONGER THAN ANY DO YOU THINK THAT THE QUEEN SHOULD OTHER HEIR TO THE THRONE IN BRITISH HISTORY. ABDICATE AT SOME STAGE, OR SHOULD SEVERAL OTHER EUROPEAN MONARCHS HAVE RECENTLY ABDICATED AS THEY REACHED OLD SHE REMAIN QUEEN AS LONG AS AGE, AND THE LAST ALSO RETIRED IN HIS POSSIBLE? EIGHTIES. DO YOU THINK THAT THE QUEEN SHOULD RETIRE AT SOME STAGE, OR SHOULD SHE REMAIN QUEEN FOR LIFE?

9% 7% 21% 32%

61% 70%

SHOULD ABDICATE/RETIRE SHOULD REMAIN QUEEN DON’T KNOW

Base: 1,001 British adults 18+, 13th – 16th February 2016 (504 asked first version, 497 asked second version) Source: Ipsos MORI/King’s College London Most think Prince Charles will make a good King, but he still falls short of the support he had in the early 1990s

DO YOU THINK PRINCE CHARLES WILL MAKE A GOOD KING OR A BAD KING WHEN HE 7 COMES TO THE THRONE IN FUTURE?

100% 18% 80%

60%

22% 60% 40%

20%

0%

Jun-01 Jun-91 Jun-93 Jun-95 Jun-97 Jun-99 Jun-03 Jun-05 Jun-07 Jun-09 Jun-11 Jun-13 Jun-15

GOOD KING BAD KING DON’T KNOW

Base: 1,001 British adults 18+, 13th – 16th February 2016; c. 1,000 British adults 18+ in each previous poll Source: Ipsos MORI/King’s College London Should the Queen speak out on Brexit?

AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THERE WILL BE A REFERENDUM IN THE NEAR FUTURE ON WHETHER BRITAIN 8 SHOULD STAY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION OR NOT. DO YOU THINK THAT THE QUEEN SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT EXPRESS HER VIEWS IN PUBLIC ON WHAT OUTCOME SHE BELIEVES WILL BE BEST FOR BRITAIN?

4%

45% 51%

SHOULD SHOULD NOT DON’T KNOW

Base: 1,001 British adults 18+, 13th – 16th February 2016 Source: Ipsos MORI/King’s College London Version 1 | Public

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