The Royal Observer on MSN

Princess Kate sings in a flawless Cockney accent in unearthed childhood clip — watch

A rare childhood clip of Kate Middleton has revealed yet another unexpected skill she has.
Yahoo

Is Cockney Rhyming Slang Dying Out?

As alarmist headlines go, they were pretty puzzling. “Teenagers Aren’t Bobby Moore About Their Ruby Murrays and Their Rosie Lee,” fretted one British tabloid this week. “Is Cockney Rhyming Slang Brown ...
Yahoo

Farewell to Steve Harley, the impossibly glamorous Cockney Rebel frontman who made us all smile

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steve Harley of Cockney Rebel, in 1976 - Michael Putland/Getty Steve Harley has left the stage, dead at 73, and British music will ...
American Songwriter

Cockney Rebel’s Steve Harley Dead at 73 After Canceling Shows Due to Chronic Disease

While performing on stage for over 50 years and sharing songs like “Judy Teen”, “Mr. Soft” and “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)”, Steve Harley, known for being the frontman of Cockney Rebel, sadly ...
AOL

Cockney Rebel singer Steve Harley, who had a hit with 'Make Me Smile,' dies at 73

LONDON (AP) — Steve Harley, a British musician whose glam-rock band Cockney Rebel had an enduring hit with the song “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me),” has died. He was 73. Harley’s family said ...
The New York Times

MANY ORIGINS OF " COCKNEY."; And He Is Not Necessarily One Who Drops His H's.

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
The Independent

Don’t mock me because I’m cockney – we can ‘sound posh’ too

‘People I meet travelling often marvel that they’ve never actually met a real cockney, because I wasn’t what they were expecting’ (Getty) My best friend’s mother (who is also a cockney) told me when ...
BBC

'Being a Cockney means having community spirit'

As the Modern Cockney Festival enters its third year, people in south east England with a Cockney connection reflect on what it means to them. Throughout March, the month-long event organised by Grow ...
Daily Express

Cockney Rebel tragedies - star dies penniless in council flat to two victims of Lockerbie

Recently the death of Steve Harley rocked the music world as a legend was lost. He was the frontman of Cockney Rebel - an English rock band who formed in the early 1970s in London. However, several ...
Bustle

Listen To The Donald With A Cockney Accent

Thursday night was kind of a let-down, right? Sure, if you're a likely Republican voter who was trying to parse who you should support in the upcoming primaries, maybe the seventh GOP debate was ...
Los Angeles Times

British glam singer Steve Harley, who had a hit with ‘Make Me Smile,’ dies at 73

LONDON — Steve Harley, a British musician whose glam-rock band Cockney Rebel had an enduring hit with the song “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me),” has died. He was 73. Harley’s family said Sunday ...