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Jun 5, 2022 · But where did God Save the Queen come from, and how did it become a national anthem? Plus, how does it differ from Scotland and Wales’ national anthems?
- Seren Morris
Charles Dimont traces the origin and history of ‘God Save the King’ (or ‘God Save the Queen’), the British national anthem. Prime minister William Pitt and the Scottish Secretary of State for War Henry Dundas sing the national anthem, by cartoonist James Gillray c. 1795. Deutsche Fotothek.
Feb 19, 2013 · The phrase “God Save the King” dates back as far as a coronation anthem used for King Edgar in 973, modeled after 1 Kings 1:38–40: …And all the people rejoic’d, and said: God save the King!
Aug 5, 2019 · The origins of the British national anthem are shrouded in doubt. Though the phrase ‘God save the King, Long live the King’ goes back to Saxon times, the song’s verses arrived much later. It was the melody that came first, possibly as a Tudor plainsong, or chant.
Sep 12, 2020 · The phrase, ‘God save King Henry’, was used as a watchword in an order of the Fleet at Portsmouth on August 10, 1544, with ‘Long to Reign Over Us’ as the counterword. In the days of good Queen Bess, Royal Proclamations routinely ended with ‘God Save the Queen’.
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Sep 12, 2022 · At the beginning of the 19th century, ‘God Save the King’ started to be described as a national anthem. Charles III was proclaimed King on Saturday 10 September. Picture: Alamy. When did the anthem change to ‘God Save the Queen’?
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Sep 15, 2022 · It began: ‘God Bless our noble king, God save great George our king…’ Now our national anthem, it has never passed out of the popular consciousness since. The original British National Anthem as written down by Thomas Augustine Arne, in Arne’s own handwriting in 1745.
