Prince Harry's popularity hits record low just before his book finally goes on sale
Prince Harry's popularity has hit a record low with Britons, with 64% viewing him negatively, just ahead of the release of his memoir, Spare, according to a YouGov survey
Prince Harry's popularity has hit a record low in the UK, just a day before his tell-all book finally goes on sale, according to a new poll.
The slump in the Duke of Sussex's ratings coincides with a number of claims he's made about the royal family in his upcoming memoir.
Britons' negative view of the rogue royal has risen from 58% in May to almost two-thirds of the population (64%), with just a quarter (26%) seeing him in a positive light, according to the YouGov survey of 1,693 adults.
Harry’s book Spare, due out on Tuesday, has sparked a furore, following claims the Prince of Wales physically attacked him.
Meanwhile his net favourability among the British public is at an all-time low of minus 38, with his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, recording minus 42.
The King’s youngest son’s net favourability score among 2019 Labour voters is minus seven, while among 18-24-year-olds, the proportion of positive and negative views of him was equal (41%).
Meghan still has a positive net favourability score of 10 among 18-24-year-olds, but this has dropped from 55 in 2017.
The Duchess of Sussex holds a score of minus 11 among 2019 Labour voters and minus 30 among Remain voters, with minus 81 and minus 72 among 2016 Conservative voters and Leave voters, respectively.
Harry’s tell-all-tales in the book include how he killed 25 Taliban members during the Afghanistan war, recounting how he took cocaine and magic mushrooms, and losing his virginity to an older woman in a field behind a pub.
In television interviews, the duke has said he is “not texting” his brother, described the Queen Consort as “the villain” and criticised “family members” for a “really horrible reaction” when the Queen died.
