Britons Want the Monarchy! By Richard Miller (London)
More good new! I know that there is a report at the blog by one of the Aussie writers on the poll showing that 60 percent want the monarchy to remain. The good thing is that even more people in Briton support the monarchy, 64 percent in fact. Although there is an aggressive republican movement here, led by raging Leftists, they will have to keep working away if they want to undermine this most noble of institutions. After all, with the US coverage, who wants to become like those guys?
“The British public overwhelmingly still supports the Constitutional Monarchy system according to a poll taken after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, with just 21 per cent opposing keeping the Royal Family on the throne.
As the UK heads into the new Carolean Era under King Charles III, the support for the monarchy remains strong, with a YouGov poll that surveyed 1,727 adults finding that 64 per cent of the public support continuing the monarchy, three times the number who oppose the institution (21 per cent).
The support for the crown has been longstanding, even prior to the outpouring of emotion over the death of the Queen, however, support has waned slightly over the past decade, down from 75 per cent who supported the monarchy during her Diamond Jubilee year in 2012.
The poll this week found that while more people in every age group supported the monarchy than opposed it, older Britons were far more likely to show support, with 84 per cent of those aged 65 saying they want to keep the monarchy compared to 40 per cent among 18-24 year olds. Broken down by political affiliation, 87 per cent of Conservative voters supported retaining the monarchy, compared to 49 per cent of Labour voters and 69 per cent among Liberal Democrats.
When looking toward the legacy of the Queen, who reigned for a record seventy years, 87 per cent of the public believe that she will be seen as one of Britain’s greatest monarchs and 59 per cent saying that they believe she changed the monarchy for the better.
During her reign, the Queen has overcome times of scandal and strife such as the criticism over the Queen’s finances in the early 1990s when she agreed to become the first sovereign to pay income taxes in over six decades and the public backlash after the death of Princess Diana, following which the Queen transformed “The Firm” to become more open to the public.
In her later years, the Crown was also rocked by scandals from her progeny, including the Jefferey Epstein-linked sexual assault allegations made against Prince Andrew, who despite maintaining his innocence has stepped back from his Royal duties. Palace drama was once again stirred up following the controversial decision by Meghan Markle and her husband Prince Harry to renounce their responsibilities as Royals in favour of money-making ventures in Hollywood, with the woke couple levying allegations of racism against the family.
However, the move against the family has seemingly backfired for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, with just 27 per cent of the public wanting them to return to the United Kingdom from America, as opposed to 44 per cent who wish for them to remain abroad.
On the other hand, Prince Harry’s father, King Charles III has seen his popularity rise following his ascension to the throne, with 63 per cent of the public believing that he will do a good job as King, a six-point increase since May.
The public mood was likely swayed in part by his performance in his first address to the nation, which 94 per cent of those who saw the speech either rating it as having been fairly or very good. 73 per cent of respondents also said they believed that Charles has provided good leadership following the death of his mother.
Support from the British Commonwealth has also apparently been shored up, with a poll revealing this week that a majority of Australians, 60 per cent, believe that the country should retain the British Monarchy as sovereign, an increase of five per cent since 2012.”
A resounding majority of Australians embrace the British monarchy and accept Royal governance in place of becoming a republic with an elected president, polling figures show, with a common sentiment from respondents embracing the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” model as a reason for their support.
The revelation comes in a survey carried out by the Roy Morgan company in the immediate wake of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
It revealed a clear majority of Australians, 60 percent (up five percentage points since November 2012) believe Australia should remain a monarchy while only 40 percent (down five percentage points) say Australia should become a republic with an elected president.
Previous results on this question show more Australians have been in favour of remaining as a monarchy than becoming a republic consistently since November 2010. Prior to that point, there was a consistent majority in favour of becoming a republic from 1994-2008.
The survey was conducted entirely after Prince Charles took the oath on the weekend to become King Charles III.
Australians were asked: “In your opinion, should Australia remain a MONARCHY – or become a REPUBLIC with an elected President?”
Support for the Monarchy has increased from a decade ago after the passing of Queen Elizabeth II last week and the ascension of King Charles III to the throne over the weekend.
King Charles III was officially proclaimed as the new King of Australia on Sunday by Governor-General David Hurley who stated:
Because of the death of our blessed and glorious Queen Elizabeth II, the Crown has solely and rightfully come to Prince Charles Philip Arthur George.
May King Charles III have long and happy years to reign over us. With hearty and humble affection, we promise him faith and faithfulness.
There were several key themes that emerged for respondents who favoured retaining the British monarchy or moving to a republic with an elected president.
For the majority of Australians advocating the country remain with the monarchy, the key themes to emerge in the poll were those saying “Why change?,” “Why change what we have when it works?” alongside the stability and stable government through constitutional monarchy has brought Australia for many decades, and the sentiment that “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” remains dominant.
Alongside that theme there were those who relayed their distrust of elected representatives and that they don’t trust current politicians to deliver a republic because they “don’t want to end up like America.”
Roy Morgan manager Julian McCrann confirmed political turmoil in the United States played a part in turning poll respondents off the idea of an Australian president.
“They don’t want to go to a republic because they don’t want to end up like America. They don’t trust the politicians and ‘if it’s not broke, don’t fix it’ — that sort of attitude is very strong,” McCrann said.
Roy Morgan surveys found consistent majority support for a republic from 1994 until 2008, despite a 1999 referendum rejecting a proposed Australian head of state.
The latest polling result comes after Australia’s left-wing prime minister Anthony Albanese said he will not hold a referendum on abolishing the monarchy – in his first term, as Breitbart London reported.
This special Roy Morgan SMS Poll was conducted by SMS on Monday September 12, 2022, with an Australia-wide cross-section of 1,012 Australians. The survey was conducted entirely after Prince Charles took the oath on the weekend to become King Charles III.”
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