Duke and Duchess of Sussex Achieved Success for the Royal Family:
- Before the Royal tour 2018 support for a republic in Australia was at 50% and it looked like a republican revolution was set to take place in the near future.
- Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry & baby Sussex went to Australia and there was turn around in public sentiment Newspoll survey found 10% drop in support for republic
- Today just 40% of respondents favoured Australia becoming a republic
- lowest level of republic support in 25 years
- “Crowds of that size have not appeared for Queen Elizabeth on any of her trips to Australia (which date back as far as the 1950s), and Harry and ‘Megmania’ easily eclipses the enthusiasm with which William and Kate’s 2014 trip to Australia royal expert Tom Sykes. Source- Forbes
- Interest in the Royal family activities
- 31.4 million social media interactions,
- 211,400 mentions
- 25,900 mentions on the first day alone