Kate Middleton with Prince William.

A Channel4 poll to find a wife for Prince William came up with a surprisingly close result.

Kate Middleton, current girlfriend of the Prince came top with 31.6 percent.

However, William’s first girlfriend, Davina Duckworth Chad, polled a close second with 27.6 percent, ahead of the Prince’s last squeeze, Zimbabwean, Jecca Craig, on 22 percent.

Next in line was Arabella Musgrave on 14 percent. Bringing up the rear, as they say in horse racing, was Emilia d’Erlanger with 4.8 percent.

The surprise is that Davina Duckworth Chad seems to have received a surge of support. She must have a lot of friends … or wants the job very badly.