Support for King Charles Crashes Below 50 Percent as Prince Andrew Scandal Triggers National Outrage
Public support for the British monarchy has fallen off a cliff and landed below the halfway mark for the first time in modern polling history. A new Savanta survey has exposed a meltdown in confidence that is being directly tied to the handling of the Prince Andrew crisis.
Only 46 percent of respondents now say they support the monarchy. That number has collapsed from 60 percent in June which shows an astonishing slide in a matter of months. The anti monarchy group Republic commissioned the poll and released the findings with a blunt warning.
Thirty nine percent of people now openly oppose the monarchy which is a huge jump from previous years. The gap between supporters and opponents has almost closed which would have been unthinkable during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
The collapse in loyalty is not because of Meghan Markle or Prince Harry or public boredom with royal traditions. The poll says the primary cause is fury and distrust over the Prince Andrew scandal and how the palace chose to manage it.
A majority of the people surveyed said that they believe senior royals knew about Andrew’s alleged behavior before it was exposed publicly. That is a devastating verdict because it implies a suspected cover up rather than a shock discovery.
Sixty one percent of respondents said it is likely that the royal family was aware of the allegations long before they reached the world. That statistic signals that trust in the honesty of the palace has been shattered at the core.
The anger does not stop at suspicion. Fifty seven percent of participants want a formal inquiry into what senior figures knew and when they knew it. People are no longer satisfied with carefully worded palace statements.
The demand for accountability goes further. More than three quarters of those polled say Prince Andrew should face a criminal investigation. That shows the public no longer accepts internal royal discipline as justice.
Seventy percent said the police have not done enough in relation to Andrew. That suggests the issue is now seen as a wider failure of institutions rather than one man’s disgrace.
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Nearly seven in ten respondents said stripping Andrew of his titles was not enough punishment. In other words the public sees the palace response as cosmetic rather than corrective.
Graham Smith the head of Republic said the numbers prove the monarchy is in serious trouble. He said the public clearly wants a wider inquiry and a national debate about whether the monarchy should even exist in the future.
This poll matters because it is not measuring gossip or trending emotions. It measures a structural shift in how the country now perceives King Charles Prince William and the institution they are trying to protect.
The Andrew scandal is no longer viewed as old news. It is viewed as an unresolved stain that remains unpunished and unexamined. That unresolved wound is dragging down the entire royal family.
The monarchy survived the Diana crash and the Megxit storm and the Queen’s death with its authority still intact. But this poll suggests the Andrew saga may be the crisis that finally bends the crown.
If political pressure grows from these numbers a future Parliament could be pushed to debate constitutional reform. That would put King Charles and Prince William in the most dangerous position the modern monarchy has ever faced.
The poll is not just a snapshot. It is a warning shot. The public patience with private royal secrets is gone. The palace can no longer assume loyalty is automatic or permanent.
