“There’s no question in her conversations with me and subsequently on television, when she talked about (how) Prince Charles wasn’t fit to be king, that she always felt that Prince William should take on the role of the future king,” he said in an interview in his London home.
“Today we find that a majority of people would rather see the crown go directly to Prince William rather than Prince Charles.
“Ain’t going to happen, but that’s public sentiment — and it’s public sentiment in part, which has been influenced by Diana’s life.”
A poll conducted by YouGov found that the run-up to Thursday’s 20th anniversary of Diana’s death in a Paris car crash had hit Charles’s popularity.
Only a third of respondents said he had been beneficial for the royal family ?- down from nearly two-thirds four years ago.
Just 14 percent want to see his current wife Camilla, Diana’s nemesis during their marriage, as queen.
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