The poll indicated that 66 percent of respondents believe that the Duke of Sussex and his two kids, Archie and Millie, should not be in line for the throne.
Despite stepping down as senior working royals in 2020 and currently enjoying life in California with Meghan Markle, Prince Harry still remains fifth in line to the throne. His son Archie is sixth in line, while his one-year-old daughter, Lilibet, is seventh.
The poll found that both Tory and Labour voters were in agreement on the issue, with 65 percent and 66 percent respectively stating that the Duke should be taken out of the line of succession. Both Brexiteers and remainers were also united on this matter.
Prince Harry's highly publicized memoir, which has become the fastest-selling non-fiction book in history, seems to have failed in changing public opinion about the Royal Family. Speculations are arising that King Charles may strip Harry and Meghan Markle of their royal titles soon, as he is focused on making his coronation a historic event.
A years-old conspiracy surrounding Meghan Markle has resurfaced with the release of Netflix's documentary series, "The Harriet Megan Conspiracy." The conspiracy revolves around false theories that claim Markle used a surrogate and that her children with Prince Harry are not biologically hers. In extreme cases, some even deny the existence of her children.
Recently, one of the women involved in creating this conspiracy had her Twitter account reinstated, which sparked controversy. Elon Sadie Quinlan, one of the creators of the conspiracy along with Markle's half-sister Samantha Markle, had previously been banned but now regained access to social media platforms.
On Sunday, Quinlan expressed her gratitude for having her Twitter account back. She was one of the few women who concocted lies and manipulated images in a private chat group to promote the conspiracy. Additionally, Quinlan launched a new YouTube channel after her previous channel was banned earlier this year. Within hours, she gained nearly 3,000 subscribers.
Her first video, which attacked Markle's mental health, generated almost 1,000 comments. The fact that Quinlan, one of the primary promoters of this hate campaign against Markle, has regained access to platforms like Twitter and YouTube shows the immense challenge social media platforms face in countering misinformation and hate speech.
The hate campaign targeting Markle began in 2018 when Quinlan created a private group on the French social network Miwi. Among the most active members of the group were Kate Laird, Connolly, and Natasha Cano, who, along with Quinlan, became the main promoters of the anti-Meghan hate campaign. Samantha Markle, who later became friends with these women online, was also a member of the group. The main conspiracy circulated by the group claimed that Markle's pregnancy was fake, and she had used a surrogate.
The falsehoods and memes spread from the Miwi group to Twitter and then to other social media platforms, as highlighted by the information tracking platform Bot Sentinel in a January report. The recent release of the Netflix documentary, featuring photos of Markle during her pregnancy and ultrasound images, has not silenced these conspiracies. In fact, believers of this conspiracy movement have seized upon these images as further proof that the pregnancy was fake.
