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    Well done HRH! A pre-diamond jubilee surge in royalism means the British royal family is enjoying record popularity. See the breakdown in numbers from 1950’s to present. Photograph: Carl Court/PA Was it all down to Wills and Kate’s wedding? Read our thinkpiece behind the figures here: “My sense is that Buckingham Palace feels pretty comfortable at the moment. The Cambridges are coming on. And the jubilee, barring a catastrophe, will work to their advantage,” said Oxford University historian Dr Frank Prochaska, author of The Republic of Britain. “Don’t forget, they are very clever at adjusting and they have been reasonably successful.”

    Well done HRH! A pre-diamond jubilee surge in royalism means the British royal family is enjoying record popularity. See the breakdown in numbers from 1950’s to present. Photograph: Carl Court/PA

    Was it all down to Wills and Kate’s wedding? Read our thinkpiece behind the figures here:

    “My sense is that Buckingham Palace feels pretty comfortable at the moment. The Cambridges are coming on. And the jubilee, barring a catastrophe, will work to their advantage,” said Oxford University historian Dr Frank Prochaska, author of The Republic of Britain. “Don’t forget, they are very clever at adjusting and they have been reasonably successful.”

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