Many Canadians are losing interest in the happenings at Buckingham Palace, and don't like the idea of Prince Charles taking over after Queen Elizabeth dies, a new poll released on Victoria Day indicates.
"Just fewer than four in 10 favour abolishing monarchy in Canada upon the death of the Queen," Forum Research says in a release Monday, based on the poll of nearly 1,300 Canadians.
Fifty-four per cent of the 1,286 polled don't want to see Charles on the throne after his mother dies.
While about 45 per cent of those polled were against distancing the nation from its royal roots, men (44 per cent), the rich (46 per cent of those earning $80 to $100,000 annually), Quebecers (71 per cent),NDPers (49 per cent), francophones (72 per cent) and moms with kids under age 18 (46 per cent) think severing those ties is just what Canada needs.
Excerpted from the CBC. Full article:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/royal-family-support-by-canadians-waning-poll-indicates-1.3072469?cmp=rssFull poll:
http://poll.forumresearch.com/post/289/majority-dont-want-prince-charles-as-head-of-state
