Kate is now UK’S favourite royal after cancer news

The Princess of Wales has become the UK’S most popular royal in the wake of her cancer diagnosis.

Kate jumped ahead of her husband the Prince of Wales, with 76 per cent of Britons quizzed saying they had a positive view of the future Queen.

Her popularity rating has risen six percentage points since the start of the year during which time she delivered a video message to the nation announcing her chemotherapy treatment.

Heir to the throne William, with a 73 per cent positive rating in the Yougov poll, fell from the top position with a drop of one percentage point in contrast to January, but he still remains the secondmostfavouriteroyal.

Around a fifth of people (21 per cent) had a negative view of the prince, compared with 15 per cent for the princess.

The King's sister the Princess Royal was next with a 71 per cent positive rating, withannehavingthesmallest negative rating at 13 per cent.

She was followed by Charles,wholikekateisalso being treated for cancer.

The King has a 63 per cent positive rating and 30 per cent negative, and is followed by his brother the Duke of Edinburgh with 54 per cent positive, and the Queen, who has moved up two percentage points since January, with 50 per cent having a favourable view of Camilla.

Less than a third have a positive opinion of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, with 31 per cent for Harry and 26 per cent for Meghan.

The Duke of York, whose disastrous Newsnight interview was brought back into the spotlight this month with the release of the Netflix drama Scoop, remains the least popular member of the family of those included in the Yougov survey.

Some 6 per cent have a positive view of Andrew compared with 86 per cent a negative one.