Private pupils talk mockney to seem less posh: Harrow's ex-head

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Former private school pupils often 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.