A FULL half of Scotland has no plans to watch or celebrate the coronation of King Charles, a new poll has suggested.
The YouGov survey, published on Thursday, found that 50% of Scots said they were “not at all likely” to “watch King Charles’ coronation and/or take part in celebrations surrounding it”.
A further 20% of people north of the Border said it was “not very likely” that they would celebrate the coronation in any way.
In contrast, just 15% of Scots said they were “very likely” to mark the occasion, while 12% said they were “fairly likely” to.
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The YouGov survey of 3070 British adults suggested that Scotland is far and away the least enthused part of the UK when it comes to the coronation.
While just 27% of Scots said they were “very” or “fairly” likely to watch or celebrate the coronation, this was 47% in London, 54% in the rest of the south of England, 49% in the midlands, 43% in the north, and 47% in Wales.
Furthermore, while 70% of Scots said they were “not very” or “not at all” likely to watch or celebrate the coronation, this was 45% in London, 42% in the rest of the south of England, 47% in the midlands, 52% in the north, and 50% in Wales.
As a UK average, 48% of people said they were likely not to mark the occasion, while 46% said they were likely to “watch King Charles’ coronation and/or take part in celebrations surrounding it”.
Conservative voters were the most likely to say they would be watching or taking part in the coronation celebrations, with 64% saying they were likely to do so.
Older people are also more likely to be taking part than younger people, according to the poll. Some 62% of people aged over 65 said they were very or fairly likely to celebrate, while just 31% of 18-24s said the same.
A separate question in the poll yielded similar results. YouGov asked people: “How much do you care about the forthcoming coronation of King Charles?”
In Scotland, a massive 80% said “not very much” or “not at all”.
As a UK average, 64% of people said that they did not care much or at all about the coronation. A total of 24% said they cared a fair amount, while just 9% said they cared a “great deal”.
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