God Save the Queen

In honor of the UK's new royal ruler, King Charles III, the national anthem has been tweaked from "God Save The Queen" to "God Save The King."

“We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign and a much-loved mother. New stamps. New national anthem. New money. Since then, the anthem has switched back and forth between “God Save the King” and “God Save the Queen,” depending on the sex of the monarch. In honor of the UK’s new royal ruler, the national anthem has been tweaked from “God Save the Queen” to “God Save the King.”

Charles, the Queen's eldest son, has officially been crowned King Charles III. In a written statement on the Queen's passing, he said: “The death of my beloved ...

Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us, God save the king!“ “God Save the King” was a patriotic song first publicly performed in London in 1745. Additional verses have been added down the years, but these are rarely used.” It dates back to the 18th century, during the reign of George II. “We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved mother. [Charles, the Queen’s eldest son](https://inews.co.uk/news/king-charles-iii-first-speech-nation-today-uk-period-mourning-queen-1843363?ico=in-line_link), has officially been crowned King Charles III.

'God Save the King' was adopted under George III and remains the most enduring of patriotic songs.

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Ex-Sex Pistol John Lydon, fka Johnny Rotten, released a short and very sweet statement to honor Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday.

But she’s a human being and I will sorely miss her as a human being on Planet Earth. [Queen Elizabeth II Death: Obituary, Photo Gallery, Reaction & More](https://deadline.com/tag/the-queen/) The song, he said, was “about a political situation and the demand for obedience to a monarchy I don’t believe in. “Rest in Peace Queen Elizabeth II,” Lydon wrote on his website and in a tweet. In a 2017 interview with UK music site The Quietus, Lydon said he dreaded the inevitable use of the Lydon’s turnabout isn’t quite so shocking, though, to anyone who has been keeping up with the Public Limited Ltd.

Brittany Boll joins Frankie and Bobby this week to talk about the passing of Queen Elizabeth and money for the Quincy Riverfront.

With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday (September 8), I was curious as to how many rock versions there were of England's national anthem, ...

[Larry Martino](https://963kklz.com/shows/larry-martino/) is the long-time Afternoon Drive personality on 96.3 KKLZ. In fact, it was not complimentary to the British monarchy at all. Here is how it aired on British television on the BBC: