Young British people want to ditch the monarchy, poll suggests

FILE PHOTO: The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire guns from the East Lawn of Windsor Castle during the funeral of Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, who died at the age of 99, in Windsor, Britain, April 17, 2021. Corporal Cameron Eden/UK Ministry of Defence/Handout via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - Young people in Britain no longer think the country should keep the monarchy and more now want an elected head of state, with their mood souring over the last couple of years, a poll on Friday showed.

The British monarchy traces its history back to William the Conqueror who invaded England in 1066, though royals ruled the patchwork of kingdoms which stretched across what became England, Scotland and Wales for centuries before that.