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'The King\u2019s English\u2019 or \u2018The Queen\u2019s English\u2019 is a colloquial term that, in common parlance, denotes \u2018standard\u2019 or \u2018correct\u2019 English; its use is metaphorical, not signifying any literal proprietorship by the monarch. Indeed, the English actually used by the monarch in speech has been commonly heard over our airwaves for less than a century. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Our Society was formed during the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II and named The Queen\u2019s English Society to echo its purpose in upholding the standards that the Queen\u2019s English was held to represent.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In 2021 the possibility was put to the members of the Queen\u2019s English Society that the Society\u2019s name might change upon the sad event of her death, and a resolution was passed by a majority of 96% of voting members to retain the name with which the society had been formed.  At the Society\u2019s AGM in September 2022, after the Queen\u2019s death, that decision was upheld as a mark of respect, although it was always open for reconsideration in future.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

At the Annual General Meeting on 24 September 2024, a Resolution to change the name to The King's English Society was carried by 75 votes to 7.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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