Barely known royal voted more popular than Meghan Markle in damning poll

Harry and Meghan's popularity successful the UK and the US has plummeted successful the aftermath of their nationalist criticisms of the royal household - and present a caller canvass has placed Meghan adjacent further down the list

There was a clip erstwhile Meghan Markle was seen arsenic a precise invited summation to the royal family, with the precocious Queen believing that the erstwhile histrion would "be a enactment of caller aerial and a large plus to the Monarchy".

But little than 2 years aft the Sussexes' wedding, Meghan and Harry discontinue royal life - and person since gone connected to marque a bid of blistering attacks connected his loved ones. Their comments person proved arguable and divisive, and it has led to a accelerated diminution successful their popularity successful some the UK and the US, wherever they present live.

Now a new YouGov poll has revealed that Meghan has dropped adjacent further down the rankings, and has fallen down a barely-seen royal. The latest quarterly information compiled by the polling bureau shows the Duchess of Sussex is 17th connected the database of the astir fashionable Royal Family members based connected the size of her fanbase.

Meghan was liked by 23 percent of Brits and known to 99 percent, putting her 1 spot down Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, who is liked by 25 percent but lone known to 56 percent.

So who is Princess Alexandra? She was calved connected 25 December 1936, arsenic the lone girl of the precocious Prince George, Duke of Kent (King George VI's younger brother) and the precocious Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. She has 2 brothers – Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, 87, and Prince Michael of Kent, 80.

The Honorable Lady Ogilvy is inactive a moving subordinate of the royal household and was precise adjacent to her precocious cousin, Queen Elizabeth II, supporting Her Majesty astatine a large galore engagements implicit the years.

At the property of 11, she took connected a starring relation arsenic 1 of Princess Elizabeth's bridesmaids astatine her wedding to Prince Philip successful 1947, and Princess Anne was 1 of her bridesmaids erstwhile she joined businessman Sir Angus James Bruce Ogilvy astatine Westminster Abbey successful London 24 April 1963.

Alexandra and Angus welcomed 2 children unneurotic - James and Marina Ogilvy, calved successful 1964 and 1966 respectively. Sadly Angus died astatine the property of 76 connected 26 December 2004, aft spending 3 months successful infirmary with cancer-related illnesses. His decease came a time aft his wife's 68th birthday. His ceremonial took spot astatine St George's Chapel successful Windsor successful January 2005, and helium is buried successful the Royal Burial Ground astatine Frogmore.

Princess Alexandra has lived astatine Thatched House Lodge successful Richmond, London since 1963 and she besides has usage of a grace-and-favour flat astatine St James's Palace successful London, via Hello. She continues to look astatine large royal events and was featured successful the King and Queen Camilla's authoritative coronation photographs, placed successful betwixt the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh.