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Antony Thrower

King Charles handed major Coronation boost by UK public who also back Kate and William

More than half of the country said the Royals were good for Britain, according to a new poll ahead of the King’s coronation.

As part of the survey by Deltapoll, 52% agreed with the statement in a boost for Charles ahead of his crowning moment on Saturday, May 6.

Some 1, 569 people shared their feelings on the Royals for the survey.

Of those only 23% said they wanted a republic to rule the country and a massive 64% said they believe Charles will be a good King.

And more than half (51%) said they thought the monarchy would still be in place in 50 years’ time, with just over a quarter (28%) disagreeing.

The poll showed the British public want the Royal Family to continue as heads of state (Getty Images)
The poll comes a few weeks before the coronation (Getty Images)

The new poll, taken for MailOnline, made damning reading for Prince Andrew as 79% said he should be removed from the line of succession entirely.

He currently sits eighth in line for the throne, one behind Princess Lilibet.

Some 46% agreed the Duke of York had done more damage to the royals, compared to Prince Harry’s 43%.

Meanwhile, a huge 76% agreed the Prince and Princess of Wales were better role models, with only 14% saying the same of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

It came as a friend claimed the backlash Meghan Markle faced last time she was in the UK helped sway her decision to skip King Charles's Coronation.

It has been confirmed Meghan would not be accompanying husband Prince Harry when he travels to the UK in a few weeks to see his father crowned in Westminster Abbey.

Instead, she will be staying at home in California with the couple's children Prince Archie, who turns four on the day of the Coronation, and Princess Lilibet, who is almost two.

The results were less kind for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (AP)

And now a close friend of the Sussexes has spoken out and said that Meghan did want to be at the Coronation to support her father-in-law, but did not want to put herself through the scrutiny she was under while in the UK for the late Queen's funeral last year.

The pal told PEOPLE: "Meghan wants to be there to support her father-in-law, but at the same time, the scrutiny she receives outweighs the support.

"There's always going to be that other side challenging their reasoning, and who wants to put themselves in that position?"

It comes as another friend said that Harry and Meghan 'didn't get what they wanted' from Coronation talks before publicly announcing their plans.

The Sussexes allegedly had a number of 'demands' that needed to be met if they were going to attend the ceremony at Westminster Abbey on May 6.

At the present time, it appears only three of these have actually been met, with another three definitely not happening and one still up in the air.

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