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"God Save the King" (alternatively "God Save the Queen" when the British monarch is female) is the de facto national anthem of the United Kingdom, [5] one of two national anthems of New Zealand, [1] and the royal anthem of the Isle of Man, [6] Canada and some other Commonwealth realms. [2]
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee", also known as simply "America", is an American patriotic song, the lyrics of which were written by Samuel Francis Smith. [2] The song served as one of the de facto national anthems of the United States (along with songs like "Hail, Columbia") before the adoption of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the official U.S. national anthem in 1931. [3]
With the consent of Queen Elizabeth II, it was gazetted as the country's second national anthem on 21 November 1977, on equal standing with "God Save the King/Queen". [2] New Zealand was the first of the current Commonwealth realms to officially adopt a national anthem separate from "God Save the King".
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The anthem includes the lines: ‘God save our gracious King, long live our noble King, God save the King’.
The first official rendition of God Save The King has been sung at St Paul’s Cathedral at the end of a memorial service for the Queen. The lyrics to the national anthem have changed from ...
"God Save the Queen" was included on Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, the band's only album, and several subsequent compilation albums. Rolling Stone ranked "God Save the Queen" number 175 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time [ 24 ] and it is also one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock ...
In April 2008, Mulholland called for the England national rugby league team to replace God Save the Queen with an English national anthem at the Rugby League World Cup to be held in Australia in autumn 2008 [9] and on 28 April he put forward another EDM in the House of Commons, noting that Scotland and Wales who were also taking part in the ...