My wife is from Norwich, and like other parts of Britain, has its own accent. I can barely understand my brother-in-law who grew up in Norwich. My wife has lost a lot of her accent after living in the U.S. for about thirty years. The official name of the “posh” accent is The Received Pronunciation. There are far more regional accents in Britain than in the U.S. or any other English-speaking country. For instance, Australians have basically one pronunciation/accent from one end of the country to the other. According to sources I’ve heard tell me.
Kind of like how Dan Rather is from Texas, but got rid of his "icky" accent that made him unemployable nationally unless he talked like Walter Cronkite.
Personally I love accents.
I told my GF how much her accent turned me on, and she scolded me because it was "ridiculous".
You Americans! WHY do you like the way we speak? It's the PROPER way to do so.
To her ears, Americans are rubes. And she would mock my midwestern accent all the time.