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"God Save the Queen" is a song by the English punk rock band the Sex Pistols. ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; ...
"God Save the King" (alternatively "God Save the Queen" when the monarch is female) is the de facto national anthem of the United Kingdom, [6] one of two national anthems of New Zealand, [1] and the royal anthem of the Isle of Man, [7] 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]
The first official rendition of God Save the King will be sung at St Paul’s Cathedral at the end of a memorial service for the Queen. The lyrics to the national anthem will change from “Queen ...
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".
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 ...
The Sex Pistols. “God Save the Queen” (1977) Released during the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977 as the Sex Pistols’ second single, the single revealed that the only person with more to say ...
"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 ...