With the US government expected to officially announce that King Charles III will make a state visit to America next month, a new YouGov survey shows that almost half of Britons (49%) are opposed to the trip.

This compares to only a third (33%) who want to see it go ahead, and represents a slight swing towards the ‘cancel’ side since we first asked two weeks ago following Lib Dem leader Ed Davey’s call to scrap the trip in protest at the US-Iran conflict.

Green voters are the most opposed to the visit (70%), with Lib Dems (65%) and Labour voters (62%) not far behind. Only Reform UK voters are firmly in favour (63%), while Tories are split 45-43% on the subject.

These figures are not dissimilar to sentiment last year when the circumstances were reversed: 45% of Britons thought it was wrong to invite Donald Trump for a state visit in September, with 30% opposed.

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