A year into his reign, Charles’s popularity has stabilized with 62% of Britons having a positive opinion of him, according to a YouGov survey at the end of August, down from 70% around his mother’s funeral, but far higher than when he was heir in waiting. A steady two-thirds of the British population want to keep the monarchy, a number that has remained largely unchanged for years. https://www.wsj.com/articles/king-charles-iii-proves-unexpectedly-popular-during-first-year-of-reign-b6c20819 (https://archive.ph/uqvqW) Aristocracy > democracy.