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God save our gracious King! Long live our noble King! God save the King! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us: God save the King! Thy choicest gifts in store, On him be pleased to pour; Long may he reign: May he defend our laws, And ever give us cause, To sing with heart and voice, God save the King! [5]
The King's paternal grandmother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, watched proudly in the choir as the presiding cleric, Archbishop William Warham, [20] presented King Henry to his subjects. A mass of voices shouted the traditional Latin cry of Vivat, Vivat Rex, which means 'Long Live the King!'. [21] Henry swore his coronation oath before the Bishop of ...
"Long live our noble Duke" is an alteration traditionally made within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire [a] to the anthem "God Save the King". [1] The anthem still uses the same lyrics and instrumental tune, but the second line "Long live our noble King" is changed to "Long live our noble Duke" out of respect to the reigning monarch ...
God bless her: and long live our great new King.” Sir Rod revealed it had been a “devastating 48 hours” for him as his brother Don had died aged 94 on Tuesday before the death of the Queen ...
Tomb of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in St George Chapel, Windsor; she is one of two British royals to live past 100.. Twenty-nine members of the British royal family [a] have lived to the age of 80 years or older since the Acts of Union 1707 established the Kingdom of Great Britain.
The phrase "The king is dead, long live the king!" was first declared upon the death of King Charles VI in 1422, proclaiming his son Charles VII (shown above) king of France. "The king is dead, long live the king!" [a] is a traditional proclamation made following the accession of a new monarch in various countries. The seemingly contradictory ...
Merovingian kings and queens used the newly forming ecclesiastical power structure to their advantage. Monasteries and episcopal seats were shrewdly awarded to elites who supported the dynasty. Extensive parcels of land were donated to monasteries to exempt those lands from royal taxation and to preserve them within the family.
"God Save the King" John Bull (attrib.) 1619, 1744 The national anthem of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. God save our gracious King! / Long live our noble King! / God save the King! / Send him victorious, / Happy and glorious, / Long to reign over us: / God save the King!