The Queen's English is no longer so posh: researcher
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Queen Elizabeth II's famous cut-glass accent, the Queen's English, is now sounding less upper-class, a scientific analysis of her famous Christmas broadcasts found.
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Royal historian David Starkey delivers less than rose-tinted verdict on the head of state
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Berlin: The Queen has been urged to say sorry for the World War II bombing raids which destroyed the German city of Dresden. The monarch is visiting Berlin next week and Germanyâs most popular newspaper, Bild
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Gordon Brown is told to use "temperate language" after accusing David Cameron of "misleading" people.
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ON HER visit to France earlier this year, to mark the anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, the Queen expressed her wish for a new spirit of cordiality in relations between France and Britain.
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The queen, hoping to further reconciliation between Britain and Germany, has urged the two former World War Two foes to learn from history but not be obsessed by the past and to reject national stereotypes.
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London - Queen Elizabeth II sounds more like her subjects than she did half a century ago, when she first assumed her royal "dutays", according to an academic study released on Monday.Comment
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The British critic A A. Gill loves the English language but detests the English people.
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Undergraduates in England spend less time studying than their European counterparts, a report suggests.
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Schemes to improve adults' English and maths skills need to be more "creative and responsive", a report says.
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Comment is free: Mariella Frostrup: The British once cherished their reputation for fairness. It's an image that needs Alastair Campbell-style spinning skills if we're to retain it
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Prince Charles is &quot;old-fashioned&quot; and out of touch with Britain&#39;s education system, a cabinet minister said Thursday.
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Researchers claim that teaching formal grammar is not the best way to teach writing.
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A proposal to define the countryâs national identity has been met with shrugs, scorn and British humor.
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MOST Slovaks are quick and competent learners of foreign languages, but under the former teaching regime an emphasis on grammar usage meant that less attention was given to communication skills.
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A meeting between the monarchy and multicultural Britain has ended in a mess.
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Comment is free: Oliver James: The growth in relative materialism over the past 20 years is taking a heavy toll on the wellbeing of English-speaking nations