Meghan Markle's popularity is facing a "steady decline" with Britons despite several attempts to "rebrand" her public image, it has been claimed.The Duchess of Sussex's favourability with the British public has hit an all-time low, according to new polling by YouGov.FULL STORY HERE.
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00:00The NewGov poll reveals Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, I'd bow, all curtsy,
00:06as popularity with the public has hit an all-time low.
00:11And Prince Harry doesn't have much better ratings.
00:15He's reached his lowest level in two years.
00:17And joining us now is GB News Royal Correspondent Cameron Walker.
00:21Yes, not ideal, is it?
00:22So let's take a look at this graph, which hopefully we can put on the screen,
00:25of Meghan's favourability ratings with the British public.
00:28This poll was carried out just three or four days after Prince Harry's infamous BBC interview at the start of May.
00:35So this red line here, for those of you watching on TV, you can catch up on our social media channels
00:40if you're listening on the radio, shows her net positive rating.
00:48So the line at the bottom shows how popular she was before she left as a senior royal
00:54and then how it dipped when they left in 2020, Harry and Meghan, and how it's continued a steady decline since.
01:01So at the moment, currently 20% of Britons only have a positive view of her.
01:0565% see the Duchess negatively.
01:09Of course, in the last few months, she has relaunched her Instagram to try and rebrand herself.
01:13She's launched her own lifestyle business, as ever.
01:16And of course, she's done that Netflix series, With Love, Meghan, which did have mixed reviews.
01:21Some people just liked it as an easy watch. A lot of people clearly thought it wasn't great
01:26and was painting this picture of Meghan, which wasn't perhaps the truth, for example, wasn't filmed in her own kitchen.
01:32Ridiculous.
01:32Meanwhile, Harry, he's not doing very well either.
01:35As I said, this poll was conducted just a couple of days after that BBC interview,
01:40where the tracker found only 27% of Britons have a positive view of him, 63% a negative view.
01:46Just to remind people, Cameron, in the BBC interview, this is where he raged about the decision of the courts
01:52to not allow the taxpayer to pick up the bill for his protection when he's here,
01:59unless he's on official royal duty.
02:01Yes.
02:01He's not officially a royal anymore. That's going to be very rare.
02:05Yeah, absolutely. So he lost his appeal over his security case.
02:09And just a couple of hours after, he sat down with the BBC, basically saying it was incredibly unfair in his opinion,
02:16and that the state is basically out to get him, the institution is out to get him as well.
02:21Whether he will appeal to the Supreme Court, we're not so sure.
02:24But of course, it was a bit of a rant.
02:26And also, it's the trust with the senior royals, which again has been eroded here.
02:31Because any olive branch which came...
02:32I mean, in that interview, it was the most shocking part for me when he said, on air,
02:37I don't know how long my father's got.
02:39Unbelievable that son would speak about his father's mortality in that way.
02:43Well, absolutely.
02:44And I think a lot of people are pointing to the fact that he probably doesn't know the prognosis of the king.
02:49None of us do.
02:50But considering it's the king's son, that is quite speaking volumes, isn't it?
02:55Let's take a look at the popularity of the royal family in general, the second clip we've got for you,
03:00which shows perhaps the prince and princess of Wales are the most popular members of the royal family with the public.
03:08Who knew?
03:08Yes, 75%, three-quarters of Brits have a positive opinion of the heir to the throne, Prince William.
03:1372% have a favourability towards our future queen, the princess of Wales.
03:17Interestingly, number three, hardest-working royal, Princess Anne, followed by the king.
03:22Good for her, because she really is an indomitable spirit, isn't she?
03:26She really is.
03:26She's a kind of lady who you feel will go on and on forever and will still be riding horses when she's 100.
03:33I guess Meghan and Harry are grateful for Prince Andrew, because I imagine he's even less popular.
03:38And you can see Prince Andrew right at the bottom and Meghan just above Prince Andrew.
03:42She's only just above Prince Andrew.
03:44Do you not get the sense, though?
03:47I mean, obviously, they've made themselves unpopular for all sorts of reasons.
03:51But do you not get the sense that there are some people in this country who enjoy a little bit too much constantly criticising Harry and Meghan,
03:58when they don't even live here anymore?
03:59Well, why are you guys polling this?
04:01They're not up for election.
04:02Do we need an opinion poll on Meghan Markle's popularity?
04:05Is this just another way of having a dig at her?
04:07I mean, it is an interesting point, because, of course, some of these royals on the poll are not working members of the royal family,
04:12so therefore, do we actually care?
04:13They're not members of public interest, yeah.
04:16They are, I suppose, but the public are interested.
04:19They are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and he rages on about...
04:22Well, we treat this like a soap opera, and it's not.
04:24It's real people's lives, and you can think what you want, but should it be headline news?
04:27I think they are completely appalling.
04:30Prince Harry is still legally fifth and ninth of the throne as well.
04:33Exactly. There is that.
04:34Well, I don't think he's ever going to become king, but...
04:36I hope not.
04:37Who knows?
04:38Anyway...
04:39Better make her queen.
04:40Somebody who's hoping to become...