May 2012 - With Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee this weekend, the British public’s support for the UK remaining a monarchy is at a record high level according to our special Diamond Jubilee poll.

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The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
May 2012
Simon Atkinson
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2. 2
Monarchy or Republic?
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3. Monarchy or Republic?
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Q “Would you favour Britain becoming a Republic or remaining a Monarchy?”
Don’t know Republic
7% 13%
80%
Monarchy
Base: 1,006 British adults 18+, 12th - 14th May 2012
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Base: 2008, British adults, Version 2 (1,046)

4. Monarchy or Republic?
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Q “Would you favour Britain becoming a Republic or remaining a Monarchy?”
Monarchy Republic Don’t know
80 75%
74% 75% 80%
73% 74% 74%74% 74% 73% 74%
73% 72%71% 71% 72%
71% 70% 71% Avg. = 73%
73%
70 65%
69% 70%
60 Death of
Princess
Diana Death of Jubilee
50 Queen
Mother
weekend
40
18% in 1969
(Gallup)
30 21%
21%
19% 19% 20%
18% 20% 19% 19%
20% 19%
20 17% 18% 18%
16%16% 15%
22% 18% 18%
Avg. = 18%
16%16% 13%
10
7%
0 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Base: c. 500-1,000 GB 18+ except four polls (Dec 01, Feb 02, May 02 and Apr 04) which are all c. 1,000 GB 16+.
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5. Monarchy or Republic? - by age
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Q “Would you favour Britain becoming a Republic or remaining a Monarchy?”
% Monarchy % Republic
13
All 80
17
18-24 73
19
25-34 72
10
35-44 84
20
45-54 74
7
55-64 88
10
65+ 88
Base: 1,006 British adults 18+, 12th - 14th May 2012
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6. Monarchy or Republic? - by social class
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Q “Would you favour Britain becoming a Republic or remaining a Monarchy?”
% Monarchy % Republic
13
All
80
14
AB
83
13
C1
82
14
C2
81
13
DE
75
Base: 1,006 British adults 18+, 12th - 14th May 2012
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7. Monarchy or Republic? - by region
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Q “Would you favour Britain becoming a Republic or remaining a Monarchy?”
% Monarchy % Republic
13
All
80
9
Midlands
89
14
North
77
17
South
76
Base: 1,006 British adults 18+, 12th - 14th May 2012
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8. Monarchy or Republic? - by voting intention
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Q “Would you favour Britain becoming a Republic or remaining a Monarchy?”
% Monarchy % Republic
13
All
80
3
Conservative
96
10
Lib Dem
84
19
Labour
74
Base: 1,006 British adults 18+, 12th - 14th May 2012
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Next Monarch
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10. Next Monarch
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Q “Do you think that Prince Charles should or should not give up his right to be
the next monarch in favour of his eldest son, Prince William?”
Don’t know
Should
9%
40%
51%
Should not
Base: 1,006 British adults 18+, 12th - 14th May 2012
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11. Next Monarch
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Q “Do you think that Prince Charles should or should not give up his right to be
the next monarch in favour of his eldest son, Prince William?”
Should Should Not Don' know
t
%
70
60
50 51%
40 40%
30
20
10 9%
0
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Base: GB 18+, sample size c. 500 – c 1,000.
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12. Next Monarch – by age
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Q “Do you think that Prince Charles should or should not give up his right to be
the next monarch in favour of his eldest son, Prince William?”
% Should % Should not
40
All 51
57
18-24 36
38
25-34 49
39
35-44 55
30
45-54 60
40
55-64 56
44
65+ 48
Base: 1,006 British adults 18+, 12th - 14th May 2012
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13. Next Monarch – by social class
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Q “Do you think that Prince Charles should or should not give up his right to be
the next monarch in favour of his eldest son, Prince William?”
% Should % Should not
40
All
51
34
AB
58
38
C1
55
42
C2
47
49
DE
44
Base: 1,006 British adults 18+, 12th - 14th May 2012
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14. Next Monarch – by region
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Q “Do you think that Prince Charles should or should not give up his right to be
the next monarch in favour of his eldest son, Prince William?”
% Should % Should not
40
All
51
41
Midlands
54
41
North
49
39
South
51
Base: 1,006 British adults 18+, 12th - 14th May 2012
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15. Next Monarch – by voting intention
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Q “Do you think that Prince Charles should or should not give up his right to be
the next monarch in favour of his eldest son, Prince William?”
% Should % Should not
40
All
51
44
Labour
47
42
Conservative
57
36
Lib Dem
57
Base: 1,006 British adults 18+, 12th - 14th May 2012
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