Rees-Mogg, former leader of the House of Commons (2019–2022) Brian Sewell, art critic Ed Stourton, broadcaster and journalist Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the UK (1979–1990) Emma Watson, actress Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury (2013–present) Rowan Williams, former archbishop of Canterbury (2002–2012) See also Accents (psychology) English language spelling reform Mid-Atlantic accent Linguistic prescription Prestige (sociolinguistics) U and non-U English Notes and references Bibliography External links BBC page on Upper RP as spoken by the English upper-classes Sounds Familiar?Listen to examples of received pronunciation on the British Library's 'Sounds Familiar' website 'Hover & Hear' R.P., and compare it with other accents from the UK and around the World. Whatever happened to Received Pronunciation? – An article by the phonetician J. C. Wells about received pronunciation Sources of regular comment on RP John Wells's phonetic blog Jack Windsor Lewis's PhonetiBlog Linguism – Language in a word, blog by Graham Pointon of the BBC Pronunciation Unit Audio files Blagdon Hall, Northumberland Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk Harrow Hexham, Northumberland London Newport, Pembrokeshire Teddington English language in England Standard English Standard languages