Prince William has been crowned second 'top royal' in the world behind a lesser-known Asian prince.
Prince Abdul Mateen of Brunei, one of Asia’s most popular royals, secured the top spot, according to a new study.
New data was gathered from six factors: gender, country, net worth, Google search volume, Google searches most attractive royal, and royalty out of 10.
Prince Mateen scored 8.95 out of 10 across all six factors closely followed by the Prince of Wales who scored 8.92.
Prince William was ranked the second 'top royal' in the world
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But while Abdul has a staggering net worth of £3.9 billion, placing him in the top ten wealthiest royals, Prince William ranked 35th with a net worth of £79 million.
Prince Harry came third on the list of top royals but ranked first as the most attractive royal in Google searches with 107,920 clicks.
It comes as Prince Mateen married his longtime girlfriend and entrepreneur Anisha Rosnah in a lavish 10-day wedding ceremony.
Rosnah reportedly went to university in the UK graduating from the University of Bath in England.
Prince Abdul Mateen of Brunei was ranked the top royal in the world in a new survey
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She now owns a fashion brand called Silk Collective and runs a tourism company called Authentirary with a friend.
The 32-year-old prince is sixth in line to Brunei’s throne and the 10th child of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, one of the world’s richest men.
Prince Mateen has met with members of Britain’s Royal Family before and accompanied his father to the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla.
The Asian prince shares similar interests to Prince William and Prince Harry by serving as a helicopter pilot in the Royal Brunei Air Force.
Prince Mateen married Yang Mulia Anisha Rosnah in January this year
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Prince Harry had the most searches in Google for the most attractive royal
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Out of the 10 highest ranked top royals in the world seven are from the UK: Prince William, Prince Harry, King Charles III, Zara Tindall, Peter Phillips, Princess Kate and Princess Anne.
In 2023, Prince William was the most searched for royal with more than 17 million searches between November 2022 and October 2023, according to the Slingo study.
The current monarch of the UK, Charles III ranked the 4th top royal in the world underneath both of his sons.
The only two other countries represented on the top 10 list were Monaco and Jordan with Princess Charlene Wittstock ranking 5th and Princess Haya coming in 8th place.
