God Save The Queen

To tell the truth, I’m not a particularly patriotic person, I’m also not particularly proud of our Monarchy, but that’s not to say that I want them all beheaded and their wealth redistributed to the Country, not at all. I’m happy that they do an excellent job as figureheads for Great Britain. They pull in the tourists, act as unofficial Good Will ambassadors to other countries and most of all, they make the Americans green with jealousy. So personally, I’m very happy to keep our current National Anthem, if God exists, which I’m seriously not sure about, he/she/it has been doing a pretty good job of saving our queen so far, long may he/she/it continue. In ...

Change the words by all means, but leave the music alone. It is only a durge because it is so badly aranged and played by military bands. It is much more suited to an orchestral rendition.
Rule Britannia and Land of hope and Glory are far too long winded and are connected with Imperial ambitions long unattainable.
If we must change, how about Bad Times Are Just Around The Corner by Noel Coward!

Being a strong supporter of the Monachy I do not find any problems with the sentiments expressed in the National Anthem but it is such a boring tune with repetative words. In fact it is a bit of a durge. There are however one or two other contenders for the Anthem which seem to arouse the spirits. Rule Brittania is of course so outdated, as we no longer rule anything, let alone the waves. But one that I would personally like to see replace our existing anthem is Land of Hope and Glory. The tune is good the sentiments expressed are good and the song certainly seems to raise the spirits of those singing it much more than our existing ...