With the death of the Queen and the new reign of King Charles III, the words of the national anthem immediately changed from God Save the Queen to God Save the King.
Those words were last sung in 1952, changing to “Queen” at the death of King George VI and the ascension of Queen Elizabeth.
With the new King and a male heir to the throne, it’s likely to stay as “God Save the King” for many years ahead.
There is no official author of God Save The King, but the song as it appears now dates back to the 18th Century.
One of the earliest recorded performances was arranged by Thomas Arne at the Theatre Royal, in 1745, at a time when the Jacobite "Young Pretender", Prince Charles Edward Stuart, who styled himself as Charles III, was making a play for the British throne.
The song proved popular and spread to other playhouses, where the custom of greeting monarchs with the song as he or she entered a place of public entertainment was established.
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