Royal Family News: Palace Trying To Pretty Up Prince Charles’ Image Before He Becomes King

British royal family news reveals that the monarchy will next be under the reign of Prince Charles. His mother Queen Elizabeth is the UK’s longest reigning monarch and immensely popular—Charles, not so much.

Thus the word is that Buckingham Palace is working overtime behind the scenes to polish Prince Charles’ image before he reaches the big boy chair, according to royal expert Jonathan Sacerdoti.

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He told Express.co.uk that the Queen’s, “It’s interesting because I’ve been keeping an eye occasionally on the surveys that YouGov do about the popularity of the royals, they have a sort of league table of whose the most popular that shows them going up and down.”

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“On the one hand, that seems frivolous, on the other hand, it’s quite an interesting idea because Prince Charles suffers, in a way, under the immense popularity of his mother, the Queen.”

Queen Elizabeth ascended the throne on February 6, 1952, following the death of her father, King George VI. At the time of her coronation, Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister and the British public were rationing food supplies due to WWII. Generations of individuals have known only Elizabeth as their leader and some fear no one will compare to her lofty example.

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The royal expert explained, “I think that there is one way in which that is slight problem for him and for the monarchy generally, because she’s been there for so long, that there isn’t anyone who can remember anything other than Queen Elizabeth II in their lifetimes.”

“She’s widely thought of as a very responsible, solid, safe pair of hands, who has shown incredible leadership in a very difficult, and some would say an antiquated role.”

But the palace is aware of this situation and reportedly have it well in hand. “I think that a lot of the Palace’s attention in terms of its public image is focused on bolstering his popularity, in preparation for the day when he’ll be monarch,” said Sacerdoti.

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To illustrate Sacerdoti’s point, Prince Charles is currently ranked the seventh most popular royal according to YouGov and his approval rating is 45%.

It doesn’t help that his wife, Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, is ranked as the 10th most popular royal. They took a combined hit in the popularity sweepstakes back in the 1990s when news of their extramarital affair hit the headlines.

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