According to data from online travel agent Opodo 34 per cent of those booking travel over the three May bank holiday weekends are doing so over the Coronation weekend, 5-8 May. Thirty-four percent are leaving the UK on May 8 and 27 per cent on May 26.
Tourism is expected to boom in London as people flock to watch King Charles III crowned on May 6, but some people appear to instead be planning a Balearic escape or exploring further afield in Canada with the extra time off work.
The Ipsos poll released today found 49% of the public believed Charles, who will be formally crowned on May 6, was doing a good job versus 9% thinking otherwise.
Almost a third had no view either way.
The approval level is down from 61% last September after he succeeded his mother Queen Elizabeth.
“With less than two weeks until the coronation, King Charles may be happy to know that half of Britons think he is already doing a good job, numbers recent prime ministers would envy,“ said Kelly Beaver, chief executive of Ipsos UK and Ireland.
“It’s a good start for Britain’s new King and something he will no doubt want to continue to work on once the coronation quiches are eaten and the bunting is down.”
A separate Ipsos survey also found 57% were satisfied with how Charles was doing his job, down 8 percentage points from when a similar poll was carried out in May last year.
When it came to which royal the public liked best, Kate, the Princess of Wales, came out on top ahead of her husband and heir to the throne Prince William, “any of the king’s grandchildren”, and Charles’s sister Princess Anne.
Among the least favourite members were Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, and the king’s second wife Camilla, now the Queen Consort, the pollster said.
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Well, tug me forelock, what a load of poppycock and balderdash! And as for Charlie boy? He has done sweet Fanny Adams except for making himself a multi-millionaire. The Windsors ( aka Saxe-Coburgs ) are a snotty bunch of privileged dysfunctionals sucked up to by sycophants and vested interests. Blimey, come over all republican there! That won’t go well here. I’ll count the dislikes and smile.
What a rubbish headline. How can 34% be more popular than 66%. At any rate, why not watch the coronation from your hotel than at home, you are not invited to the event.