Kate Middleton becomes UK’s most popular royal after cancer announcement, overtakes King-to-be William: poll

Kate Middleton has surpassed her husband Prince William as the UK’s most popular royal following her emotional cancer announcement, a new poll shows.

In a prerecorded clip shared on March 22, the Princess of Wales revealed her health woes to the world, saying doctors discovered her cancer during a planned abdominal surgery in January.

According to a British YouGov poll, Middleton, 42, has since become the nation’s most favored member of the royal family between February and April of this year.

Back in February, before her diagnosis was known to the world, the Prince of Wales held a strong 77% rating as Britain’s most-liked royal, with his wife following closely in the second spot at 74%.

But at the start of April, the mom of three’s rating increased in the days after her shock cancer announcement, boosting her popularity to 76%, with William’s sliding to 73%.

What’s more, the third-most-liked royal is William’s aunt, Princess Anne, who is known for stepping up to the task when the going gets tough.

Anne, the Princess Royal, is liked by 71% of the UK population, proving just how popular she is.

In fourth place is King Charles III, who himself is currently battling cancer.

The monarch, 75, holds a 63% popularity rating on his home soil, while his younger brother Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, sits at 54%.

The king’s wife, Queen Camilla, follows behind with a 50% rating.

As for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — the runaway royals — it seems as though the pair’s popularity plunged soon after they shut the door on royal life in 2020.

The Duke of Sussex’s popularity rating sits at 31% as the “Suits” alum’s rating follows closely with 26%.

Still, the pair are placed significantly higher than scandal-scarred Prince Andrew, whose woeful rating lands him in the bottom spot at just 6%.

The Duke of York has consistently ranked the lowest since his alleged friendship with convicted pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein came to light.

Princess Kate, for her part, noted during her announcement last month that she is now in the early stages of undergoing “a course of preventative chemotherapy”

It’s understood that Middleton decided to share the news with the world that particular day as it was before her and William’s three children, Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5, left school for Easter break.

The Post revealed that the Waleses “sugarcoated” her health woes when breaking the news to their youngest son Louis, but had a more “difficult” conversation with George and Charlotte.

As the royal undergoes treatment, her parents, Michael, 74, and Carole Middleton, 69, are stepping in to support their grandchildren during this fraught time.