{"id":42142,"date":"2018-10-29T13:34:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T13:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=42142"},"modified":"2018-10-30T14:32:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T14:32:14","slug":"loyal-to-the-royals-a-cardiff-voxpop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/culture\/loyal-to-the-royals-a-cardiff-voxpop","title":{"rendered":"Loyal to the Royals? A Cardiff Voxpop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is Royal popularity on the decline when they are in the public eye more than ever?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In a study by MyArtbroker.com<\/a> in October 2018 it was found that less than half of the general public prefer the Royal family to the street artist Banksy. <\/span><\/p>\n

The study found that <\/span>when asked who they thought best represents the British, 53 percent said Bansky, 42 percent said the Royal Family and only 5 percent said the Church of England.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What do you think of the Royal family? The Welsh perspective<\/b><\/h2>\n

Isobel Jones, 86, retired nurse, Penarth<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201cThey are alright, I don\u2019t think about them all that much. I think that Eugenie\u2019s wedding cost a lot of money for the taxpayer but by-and-large I think they\u2019re okay, and Harry in particular I think they\u2019ll do quite well those two boys.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ross Stenson, 29, Restaurant Manager, City Centre<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t have much of an opinion. I don\u2019t know much about them I don\u2019t know what they do for the country other than representing the country through the media. I don\u2019t see them doing much of anything other than being the face of the country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Madeleine Hughes, 26, mental health nurse, Gabalfa<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/span><\/i>The royal family bring a lot of tourism to this country and I think that we have the royal weddings and things like that which seem to lift people’s spirits, so that\u2019s good. On the other side of that I think that some things can cost the taxpayer a lot of money like the upkeep of the properties they live in, so I’m a bit undecided really whether I’m for or against them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rhydian Thomas, 54, computer programmer, Newport<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201cI think I\u2019m at heart a republican, I\u2019m Welsh speaking and all the rest of it, so not a big fan of the royal family.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Judith James, 72, retired, Cardiff<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201cI think the Queen has done a remarkably good job in keeping the royal family popular and I think after she goes there might be a significant change because a lot of the younger ones seem to be more like hangers on, but the Queen has been amazing. Maybe they\u2019ll continue but I think that at a time when people are having disability benefits cut, to spend millions on a wedding is inappropriate.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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Thomas Metcalfe, 25, NHS recruitment advisor, Roath<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201cI think they represent an outdated system, they\u2019re just a glorified tourist attraction. Apart from occasional charity work I can\u2019t see what they do for the country and I think they\u2019re just used to distract people from what\u2019s really going on in the news.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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