Beloved member of the Royal Family crowned most popular in new poll - and it's not Kate

Prince William has been crowned as the most liked member of the Royal Family in an Ipsos poll - beating Princess Kate to the top spot. The Prince of Wales was ranked having 69 percent favourability, and received 11 percent of votes from the public for 'unfavourability'.

This places him ahead of the Princess of Wales, where 66 percent of voters had a favourable opinion of her. 1,036 participants aged 18-75 voted in the poll between October 20-21 of this year. Results also show Prince William's percentage vote has increased by 4 percent since the start of the month.

The poll also showed 82 percent of Britons have an unfavourable opinion of Prince Andrew. This is up 14 percentage points from polling conducted from October 10-13, before he relinquished his titles.

The decision comes as the Royal Family has faced calls to take action against Andrew over his association with the late Jeffrey Epstein, despite Andrew denying accusations made against him.

With regards to a level of public awareness, the Ipsos poll showed just over half of participants, 55 per cent, say they have been following recent revelations surrounding the former Duke of York.

Gideon Skinner, Senior Director of UK Politics at Ipsos said: "These findings underscore a critical moment for the British Royal Family in the court of public opinion. Prince Andrew's already low favourability ratings have sunk even further, and there is widespread support for him renouncing his official titles.

"Half the public also want to see parliamentary intervention to formally remove his titles, although there is slightly more nuance here, with 1 in 3 believing it isn't necessary. These results also reflect some criticism of the Royal Family's handling of the issue, indicating the challenges they face in navigating public perception."

The public's current favourite, the Prince of Wales, will shortly be travelling to Brazil for his Earthshot Prize awards show in Rio and will stay on to join world leaders at the COP30 global climate change summit in Belem in the Amazon.

When the Earthshot finalists for 2025 were announced a few weeks ago, William said the "urgent optimism" at the heart of his environmental project feels "unstoppable".

He founded the prize to recognise and scale up ideas to help "repair" the planet, with the five winning finalists each awarded £1 million to further develop their ideas.