Harry and Meghan’s popularity slumps post-Netflix

The Sussexes’ self-promotional tour is up and running: interviews with Tom Bradby and Anderson Cooper for Harry this weekend, ahead of the official release date on Tuesday. And there’s no sign of the circus slowing down any time soon, with three further books for the happy couple in the pipeline plus their Netflix commitments and the Archewell side-hustle. But is all this publicity really helping improve Harry and Meghan’s standing with the British public?

Polling by Redfield and Wilton for The Spectator shows that the couple’s popularity has slumped dramatically since the release of their six-part Netflix series last month. At the end of November, some 45 per cent of 1,500 adults surveyed said they had a ‘favourable’ or ‘very favourable’ view of Prince Harry, compared to 29 per cent who said it was ‘unfavourable’ or ‘very unfavourable.’

The inverse is now true: at the beginning of January, only 30 per cent said they had a ‘very favourable’ or ‘favourable’ view of Harry compared to 45 per cent who think the opposite.