The Royal Wedding May 2018

© 2018 Ipsos. All rights reserved. Contains Ipsos' Confidential and Proprietary information and may not be disclosed or reproduced without the prior written consent of Ipsos. Three-in-ten Canadians are interested in the upcoming royal wedding; interest is highest among women, Millennials and Albertans

How interested, if at all, are you in news about the upcoming wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?

% interested Men 21% Women 38% Interested 30%

Millennial 33% Gen X 26% Baby Boomer 31% Not interested 65% BC 33% Alberta 40% Prairies 33% Don't know 5% Ontario 34% Quebec 18% Atlantic 22%

Public Perspectives © Ipsos 2018 | 2 Canadians are the middle of the pack of countries in their interest in the royal wedding % interested India 54% South Africa 49% Romania 43% Malaysia 41% China 40% Saudi Arabia 36% Great Britain 34% United States 34% Peru 31% Australia 30% Canada 30% Mexico 28% Brazil 28% Poland 27% Turkey 26% Chile 23% Russia 22% South Korea 22% Argentina 22% Belgium 20% Germany 19% Hungary 19% Italy 19% France 15% Serbia 13% Japan How interested, if at all, are you in news 12% about the upcoming wedding between Sweden 12% Prince Harry and Meghan Markle? Spain 8% Public Perspectives © Ipsos 2018 | 3 Canadians like Prince Harry and the Duchess of Cambridge (Kate Middleton) the most, following by the Queen and Prince William

Which of the following members of the Royal Family, if any, do you like the most? Prince Harry 31% The Duchess of Cambridge (Prince William's wife, formerly Kate Middleton) 30% Queen Elizabeth II 25% The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William 25% Meghan Markle (Prince Harry's fiancee) 18% Prince George (the son of Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge) 14% Princess Charlotte (the daughter of Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge) 12% The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip 7% The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles 5% The Duke of York, Prince Andrew (the Queen's second eldest son) 4% Princess Anne (the Queen's daughter) 3% Princess Beatrice (the daughter of Prince Andrew) 3% Princess Eugenie (the daughter of Prince Andrew) 3% The Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward (the Queen's youngest son) 2% The Duchess of Cornwall (Prince Charles' wife, formerly Camilla Parker Bowles) 1%

Public Perspectives © Ipsos 2018 | 4 Canadians are more favourable than not toward the Royal family; however it has limited impact on how they view the UK or whether abolishing the monarchy would make a difference to Canada How favourable or unfavourable are your opinions and impressions of the British Royal family overall? Favourable Neither/DK Unfavourable 37% 49% 14%

Overall, does the Royal Family make you feel more positive towards the United Kingdom, more negative, or does it make no difference to your feelings about the UK?

More positive No difference More negative Don't know

18% 62% 8% 12%

And do you think it would be better or worse for your country in the future if the British Monarchy was abolished or do you think it would make no difference? Better No difference Worse Don't know

15% 54% 8% 12%

SURVEY METHOD COUNTRIES SAMPLE WEIGHTING Data was collected between between Online surveys can be taken as The normal sample each wave Data collected are weighted so that 23 March – 6 April, 2018 in 28 countries representative of the general consists of an international sample each country’s sample composition around the world via the Ipsos Online working age population in of approximately 20,000+ adults age best reflects the demographic profile Panel system. (Argentina, Australia, Belgium, 18-64 in the US and Canada, and of the adult population according to Canada, France, Germany, Great age 16-64 in all other countries. the country’s most recent census Britain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Approximately 1000+ individuals data. Data collected are also Poland, Romania, Serbia, South participate on a country by country weighted to give each country an Korea, Spain, Sweden, and United basis via the Ipsos Online Panel with equal weight in the total “global” States). the exception of Argentina, Belgium, sample. Chile, Hungary, India, Malaysia, Online samples in Brazil, China, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Russia, Saudi Sample surveys and polls may be Chile, Colombia, India, Malaysia, Arabia, Serbia, South Korea, subject to other sources of error, Mexico, Peru, Russia, Saudi Sweden and Turkey, where each including, but not limited to coverage Arabia, Serbia, South Africa and have a sample approximately 500+. error, and measurement error. The Turkey are more urban, more precision of the online polls are educated and/or more affluent than measured using a Bayesian the general population and the Credibility Interval. Here, the poll has results should be viewed as a credibility interval of ±5.0 points for reflecting the views of a more countries where sample is 500+ and “connected” population. ±3.5 points for countries where the sample is 1,000+.

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