«Breaking News» Ex-public schoolboys including Prince William ‘adopt mockney accents to appear less posh’

Former private school pupils speak in a mockney accent in adulthood in an effort not to seem posh, according to Barnaby Lenon (pictured)

Former private school pupils speak in a 'mockney accent' in adulthood in an effort not to seem posh, the former head of Harrow has said.

Many people who went to elite fee-paying schools do not want to seem upper-class because 'being posh these days is not a good thing', according to Barnaby Lenon.

He believes public figures such as Tony Blair, George Osborne and even Prince William have been known to adopt slang accents rather than those of their private school background. 

Mr Lenon said: 'Being posh these days is not a good thing. There has long been a tendency for schoolchildren at private schools to adopt their own language and certainly with an emphasis on mockney. 

'It continues into adult life. George Osborne and Tony Blair are both prone to lapse into estuary English so they resemble the Kray brothers rather more than the private school background they come from.

'Remember the Old Etonian Prince William saying "I need to check this with the missus". 

Mr Lennon, who is the new dean of the University of Buckingham School of Education, also believes politicians from elite schools such as Eton and Harrow will try to conceal being upper-class to appear to be a 'man of the people'.

He said: 'Former pupils from elite private schools went out of their way to hide their education.

'It is very important when you are with non-Etonians to try to conceal that you are an Etonian. 

'If you are in politics, for instance, you want to appear to be a man of the people.' 

Mr Lenon made the comments following research into prep school language -  which has its origins in cockney rhyming slang. 

He believes public figures, such as Tony Blair (left) and Prince William (right), have been known to adopt slang accents rather than those of the private school background they come from

The slang accent was due to what he described as 'levelling' of language when children from different backgrounds were brought together after the Second World War, research by Graeme Davis, a professorial research fellow in humanities at the University of Buckingham reveals. 

Mr Davis said: 'We might expect children at English preparatory schools in the post-war years to have an upper-class language register. They don't.

'Instead we see a levelled form of language which includes all social classes including London cockney, the slang of soldiers in two world wars and the jargon of criminals.'

The so-called 'estuary English', created when people moved out from the east end of London and took their accents with them, is still a feature of some speech today, said Mr Lenon.

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Former private school pupils speak in a mockney accent in adulthood in an effort not to seem posh, according to Barnaby Lenon (pictured)

Former private school pupils speak in a ‘mockney accent’ in adulthood in an effort not to seem posh, the former head of Harrow has said.
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