GLAMOUR’s Right Royal Survey: With the British monarchy going through one of the most seismic changes in history, here’s what you really think of the royal family

Dear loyal and devoted GLAMOUR subjects, the Coronation Weekend is here and that means one thing. Well, yes, a long weekend, but also: the return of our right Royal Survey.

Earlier last year, to commemorate the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, we canvassed your opinions on everything royal, from Megxit to Diana, from republicanism to racism. The results were fascinating, with mixed opinions on everything except, rather fittingly, Queen Elizabeth herself.

Now, as her eldest son and heir ascends the throne, we took a temperate reset. With the British monarchy going through one of its most seismic changes in recent history; what do you, our beloved GLAMOUR readers really think of the royal family?

Let’s start with some news that our new King may find encouraging. It seems Charles has surprisingly won over the Gen Z and millennial generation. When we asked, just last year, if Charles should be our next monarch, just 37% of Gen Z and millennial GLAMOUR readers agreed. Poll results this year show a significant shift- with 64% believing he is the right man for the job. In more shocking news, this upwards tick has not extended to the new Prince and Princess of Wales. In 2022, 57% of these generational cohorts thought William and Catherine should succeed to the throne. This has dropped to just 34% this year.

It seems, if there are any royals who really do connect with GLAMOUR readers, it is the women. When asked to rank the royals in order of preference, once again, the most popular regal family member proved to be the late Queen Elizabeth II, who took up 43% of the ‘top spot’ vote, had 70% of you including her in your top three and a record 0% of you placing her last. This is hardly surprising as the death of one of our longest standing monarchs was an undeniably momentous event last year, uniting us in observing both the absurd (hello, The Queue) and the inarguably grand solemnity of her funeral procession. Indeed, over half of you said you were upset at her death and 85% of you agreed that history will remember her as one of the greatest monarchs.

If Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy has influenced the poll, it seems her one-time daughter in law’s imprint on our cultural thinking is yet to fade. The late Queen was followed in popularity, in another continuance from our survey last year, by Princess Diana, with 28% of you giving her that number one spot. GLAMOUR readers are, evidentially, still ardent Diana stans (especially Gen Z, 45% of whom named her as their number one). Her daughter in laws followed, with Catherine and Meghan taking 10% and 5% respectively. Our new Queen, Camilla, did not even make the top five women royals; beaten to that spot by her sister in law Princess Anne. Yet if the future of the monarchy is in good hands, our readers believe this custodian to be our new Princess of Wales, as 71% of you think Catherine is a good role model for women. She even overtook her husband in our rankings, knocking the heir to the throne down to fourth place.