A recent YouGov poll in the US revealed Prince William enjoys a 63 per cent favourability rating among Americans - comfortably above Harry's rating of 56 per cent.
She has, for years, been splendidly indifferent to bien pensant opinion whether taking a drag on a cigarette while sauntering down the catwalk on No Smoking Day in 2011 or posing naked for Playboy
Taking place just two days after the Queen's death, the two brothers and their wives put on a united front to greet well-wishers and view the flowers outside the gates of Windsor Castle.
In a rare interview, James Middleton, 38, said his relationship with his sister the Princess of Wales, 43, has remained unchanged since she joined the Royal Family.