Princess Diana Statue Unveiling Shows Mixed Emotions Over Role Of Princes Her Sons

NPR’s Frank Langfitt reports on what differing attitudes towards the prince and his wife, Meghan, the duchess of Sussex, say about Britain today.

LANGFITT: Prince Harry joined his brother, Prince William, at the ceremony.

has fallen from about 80% to 45%, according to polls by the firm YouGov, while Meghan’s approval ratings have slid from around 50% to about 30%.

LANGFITT: Many Britons saw the airing of such charges as inappropriate in a culture that remains far more circumspect than America’s.

LANGFITT: The couple retains strong support among those age 18 to 24, in part because they focus on issues such as race and mental health that resonate among young people.

CAIRO EMERSON: I think they’ve been dealt a really bad hand, possibly due to Meghan being American but also because she’s a Black woman.

LANGFITT: And in the past two years, YouGov polls show those same young people have changed their minds about the royal family as an institution.

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