The Essex accent has long attracted ridicule and disapproval. But primary school teachers say it also has a damaging effect on children’s spelling and grammar. So they have introduced elocution ...

Repeating ‘The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain’ helped transform Eliza Doolittle from a Cockney flower girl into a lady. These days, rising numbers of people are taking elocution lessons for a ...

Traditional elocution lessons are making a comeback as jobseekers attempt to “soften” their regional accents and boost public speaking skills to get ahead in the workplace, according to research. The ...

Many speakers felt that their regional accent showed them in a poor light and led to discrimination in the workplace. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint How now brown cow! This jingle was made famous by ...

The Princess of Wales has taken elocution lessons and now sounds more posh than her husband, a new book claims. She first met William while the pair were studying at the University of St Andrews in ...

A primary school in Essex has become one of the first in the country to offer its pupils elocution lessons to help them lose their accents. 27 January 2012 • 9:45am Cherry Tree Primary School, in ...

The Princess of Wales has taken elocution lessons and now sounds more posh than her husband, a new book claims. In Endgame, the royal commentator and journalist Omid Scobie details Kate’s journey from ...

Some royal fans think Meghan's accent is "changing" THE eagerly-awaited royal documentary, Queen of the World, aired this week and fans across the country took to social media to voice their opinions ...

Though the royal family are not the most private people, they do still demand quite a bit of discretion from their employees. This goes doubly so for the people who dress the Queen Back in 2018, the ...

The 40-year-old royal member is going to speak on CBeebies Bedtime Stories on February 13. In an exclusive interview with OK!, royal expert Duncan Larcombe spoke about Kate’s style of talking. Article ...