Nearly half of people in Britain think Prince Charles should step aside and allow his son William to become king instead, a survey has indicated. According to the Ipsos poll, 42% believe Charles should give up his chance to take the throne and allow the line of succession to skip a generation.
However, the survey suggested that 48% of people in the UK still believe Charles will do a good job as king, compared with 19% who think he will do a bad job and 27% who think he will do neither a good nor bad job. And more than four in 10 people (44%) think abolishing the monarchy would be worse for Britain – twice as many as the 22% who think it would be better.
Meanwhile 24% think Charles, the Prince of Wales, should not stand aside for William, the Duke of Cambridge. Another 29% do not have strong feelings on the issue.
