Harry of England and Meghan Markle aren’t at the peak of their popularity, at least in their host country, the United States. According to a Feb. 19 Redfield & Wilton poll for Newsweek, the affection Americans profess for the youngest son of Carlos III and his wife has fallen to an all-time low. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been at the center of controversy in recent months over both the airing of their documentary on Netflix and the release of King Carlos III’s son’s memoir, In the Shadow. This past month, however, the couple has chosen to keep a low profile, so much so that they haven’t been spotted in public together since Dec. 6, nearly three months ago, at the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation Awards Gala in New York.
Acceptance among Americans has dropped so much that they are now less popular than even Prince Andrew. The Duke of Sussex has dropped 48 points in the polls since December, the month the wedding documentary was released, giving him a -10 rating. His wife Meghan Markle has also lost many points, specifically 40, bringing her to -17. So far, Prince Andrew has been the worst viewed of British royalty (scoring -2) because of his controversial friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the controversies he was involved in, which he almost was. brought to justice with one of the victims. They even cost him his resignation from public office in November 2019. According to the poll, 26% of Americans support Andrés, compared to 28% who oppose him.
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It seems that uncle and nephew are entering a non-existent contest to see who is the most hated of the British royal family in the United States. So much so that Prince Henry of England was the first in his family to speak out and criticize Andrés. He did so in his book, calling all the controversy surrounding him a “shameful scandal”. A few words to demonstrate his differences: He explains how, following the Dukes of Sussex’s decision to leave the institution, Buckingham decided to deprive them of their private security, while the Duke of York, despite all the controversy, maintained the protections Allegations of sexual abuse: “He was embroiled in a shameful scandal, accused of sexually abusing a young girl, no one had even suggested his security be removed. People may have complaints against us, but sex offenses were not one of them.”
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s plummeting popularity comes days after the animated series South Park poked fun at them and the situation they have denounced for years. The skit aired on February 15 and was titled The Worldwide Privacy Tour; It shows them launching an advertising campaign to promote the prince’s new book while asking for their privacy to be respected. Some assured that the Duchess was “excited and overwhelmed” by the unflattering scene, but all remained rumours, which spokespeople for the marriage denied.
This latest Newsweek poll suggests that the massive amount of content the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have aired in just a few short months has only turned a larger segment of the public against them, which is what in the United States, a country , which has never happened before, housed the prince after his flight from Great Britain. At the beginning of 2023 it was also announced that in the British country 64% of the population had a negative image of the young son of King Carlos III. have. Popularity numbers that have been steadily declining since March 2021, the date when their acceptance was 43% and was already reduced to 34% in September of the same year – without documentation or reminders.