Your Questions About Breaking News English

Nancy asks…Proper British English, reading the news about prince William's break up I saw this posting about...?Kate's mother: "She uses words such as "Pleased to meet you", "toilet" and "pardon". What would be the proper equivalent for these expressions?admin answers:The royal family is supposed to preserve elements of U (upper class) over non-U (working class) speech so they would prefer people to not say toilet but rather lavatory (or loo) or maybe something else. I totally agree on this as

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