Changing The British National Anthem After The Death Of Queen Elizabeth II

The words of Britain's national anthem were changed after a long period of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II  who died on Thursday at the age of 96, at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, while she was with her eldest son Charles, who is now the country's king.

In honor of the new royal ruler of the United Kingdom, some words of the anthem were changed from "God Save the Queen" to "God Save the King". According to the "nypost" website, the content of the anthem will remain the same, with the word "queen" replaced by the word "king", and its pronoun changed to "he" instead of "she".

The national anthem was written in 1745 and was originally titled “God Save the King” in honor of the then ruler, King George III.The song did not become the country’s anthem until the early nineteenth century. Since then, the anthem moves back and forth between “God Save the King” and “God Save the King”, depending on the gender of the king.

On the other hand, the Bank of England issued a statement expressing its intention to replace the image of the late Queen Elizabeth II with the image of King Charles on a number of bank notes.

The statement clarified that the bank,notes bearing the image of the Queen will remain in force until the change applies to all these notes bearing her image, which are 5, 10, 20, and 50 pounds. The statement confirmed that this measure will apply to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Jamaica, and the rest of the Commonwealth countries.