Polls: British Public Can’t Make Up Mind About Royal Wedding

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We live in an age where information flies at us from all angles, at all times. But who are we meant to believe as two different opinion polls are released Tuesday regarding the upcoming Royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton?

On the one hand, the ComRes survey conducted for the Independent newspaper reveals that the majority of Britons feel indifferent about the announcement. Thirty one percent said they “couldn’t care less,” 28% describe themselves as “largely indifferent” and only 11% are “very excited.”

(See pictures of previous Royal weddings.)

But just as NewsFeed began to come to terms with this obvious show of treachery toward the Royals, along comes Angus Reid Public Opinion, a veritable Knight in shining statistics, to show that, actually, most Brits are interested in the wedding, but would like a low key affair, thank you very much. Two-thirds admit to having an interest in the Royal Family and 3-in-5 feel the same way about the impending nuptials.

(See pictures of Kate Middleton, Britain’s Queen-in-Waiting.)

But the key takeaway might well be that almost half of respondents would prefer to have Prince William as monarch after Queen Elizabeth II dies or abdicates, with 33% wanting it to go to Prince Charles (he’s first in line to ascend the throne). Only 13% don’t want a monarch after the current one. And while that might indeed be unlucky for some — in this case, the Royal Family — Queen Elizabeth II and her family will no doubt take solace in the majority of this poll’s findings and have almost certainly canceled their subscription to the Independent, sending the editor to the Tower.