Prince Harry’s popularity has plummeted after his controversial BBC interview in which he criticised his farther saying the King won’t speak to him.

A YouGov poll released this week reveals the Duke of Sussex’s  favourability rating in the UK had dropped to 27 per cent from 30 per cent in March, its lowest for more than two years.

Harry’s wife Meghan Markle – who recently released a Netflix lifestyle show as part of an image rebranding – also saw her popularity drop to 20 per cent, its lowest since YouGov’s inaugural tracking poll in 2017, the year before she married into the Royal family.

Meghan’s previous ranking was 21 per cent.

The Prince and Princess of Wales remain the favourite royals, with 75 per cent of the 2222 adults surveyed reporting a positive opinion of Prince William, and 72 per cent for Kate Middleton.

William and Kate both had a rating of 74 per cent in the previous ratings.

Unsurprisingly Prince Andrew – embroiled in scandal and stripped of his official duties over his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein – was the least favourite royal with just over 5 per cent of those surveyed viewing him positively.

King Charles, sister Princess Anne and the royal family in general all scored above 60 per cent, a similar level of support held by the House of Windsor when the late Queen Elizabeth II was on the throne.

Surveys for the latest Royal family favourability ratings were undertaken May 6-7, days after the Prince Harry made startling claims in a lengthy interview to the BBC after losing his legal battle with the UK government over his security arrangements.

In the interview, Harry said while he wanted to reconcile with his family, he insisted the King would not speak.

He also said he did not know how long his father, who is being treated for cancer, has to live.

“Life is precious. I don’t know how much longer my father has. He won’t speak to me because of this security stuff but it would be nice to reconcile,” Harry told the BBC.

Harry was once one of the most popular members of the royal family with an 80 per cent approval rating in 2011.

His rating has steadily declined since he and Meghan stepped away from Royal duties and moved to North America.

Since leaving the UK, the Sussexes have made numerous allegation considered harmful to the royal family, including in a 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey and Harry’s 2023 tell-all memoir, Spare.

Markle’s highest approval rating of 55 per cent came in October 2019, shortly after her official tour of southern Africa with Harry.