Researchers examining children's attitudes towards the monarchy have found more support among Britain's state schools than in private ones.
The King's College London study found 66% of children in state schools, aged six to 12, had a positive view of the royals, compared with 56% in private.
Overall it found higher levels of support for the monarchy among children than among teenagers and young adults.
The findings were based on questions for 2,000 pupils across 200 schools.
This study adds another dimension to the extensive research into attitudes towards the monarchy, with polling consistently showing a strong link between age groups and support or opposition to the royals.
The findings on primary school children in England, Scotland and Wales were in "stark contrast" to the views of young adults, said researchers, with a YouGov twice-yearly poll showing that only 27% of 18 to 24-year-olds saw the monarchy as "good for Britain".
It is not until the over-50 age range where a majority say the monarchy is good for the country, according to the long-running survey, which overall found 52% backing the royals.
But this latest university study has looked at an earlier stage and found a majority of primary school children had a positive response to the monarchy, in terms of making them feel "happy", "excited" or "proud".
On average, the study found 65% support for the monarchy from this representative group of primary schools, with the highest levels of 68% in faith schools.
State schools had significantly higher levels of support than independent.
Researchers could not fully explain this difference, but suggested it could reflect a higher level of international pupils in their private school sample, with these children having less of a connection to the British Royal Family.
