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Should the Queen remain monarch as long as she lives or should she retire?

Looking to the future, do you think the Queen should remain monarch for as long as she lives, or do you think she should retire and let the throne pass to her heirs?

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Biannual tracker / 1632 - 1782 GB Adults per wave / Methodology / Download full data set

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