THE UK FLAG
The UK's national anthem usually prefaces The Queen's Christmas Message.
However, in 2007 it appeared at the end, taken from a recording of the 1957 television broadcast).
For important royal announcements, such as of royal deaths, it is played in a slower, sombre arrangement.
Other British anthems
Frequently, when an anthem is needed for one of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom – at an international sporting event, for instance – an alternative song is used:
- England generally uses "God Save the Queen", but "Jerusalem", "Rule, Britannia!" and "Land of Hope and Glory" have also been used.
- SPORT
- At international test cricket matches, England has, since 2004, used "Jerusalem" as the anthem.
- At international rugby league matches, England uses "God Save the Queen" and also "Jerusalem".
- At international rugby union and football matches, England uses "God Save the Queen".
- At the Commonwealth Games, Team England uses "Jerusalem" as their victory anthem.
SCOTLAND
- Scotland uses "Flower of Scotland" as their anthem for most sporting occasions.
- Wales uses "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" ("Land of My Fathers") for governmental ceremonies and sporting occasions. At official occasions, especially those with royal connections, "God Save the Queen" is also played.
- IRELAND
- Northern Ireland uses "God Save the Queen" as its national anthem. However, many Irish nationalists feel unrepresented by the British anthem and seek an alternative.[65] Northern Ireland also uses the "Londonderry Air" as its victory anthem at the Commonwealth Games. When sung, the "Londonderry Air" has the lyrics to "Danny Boy". At international rugby union matches, where Northern Irish players compete alongside those from the Republic of Ireland as part of an All-Ireland team, "Ireland's Call" is used.
ENGLAND
In April 2007 there was a motion to the British Parliament to propose that there should be a separate England anthem: "That this House ... believes that all English sporting associations should adopt an appropriate song that English sportsmen and women, and the English public, would favour when competing as England". An amendment was proposed by Evan Harris that the song "should have a bit more oomph than God Save The Queen and should also not involve God."
1 A popular song at Scottish Sports events is:
a) Flag of Scotland; b) Flower of Scotland; c)Thistle of Scotland
2 A popular Irish song is
a) Paddy boy, b) Danny Boy, c) Derry Boy
3 The original royal radio message was by which king?
a) George V, the Queen's grandfather, who died in 1936
b) George VI, the Queen's father
c) The king who abdicated
4 The UK flag includes flags of
a) England only, with two made up flags;
b) England, Wales and Scotland,
c) England, Ireland and Wales,
d) England, Ireland and Scotland
e) None of the above - three random flags
5 Alternatives to God Save the Queen are
a) God save the King
b) God Save the Prince
c) Save the Queen
d) Britannia
e) Star spangled banner
f) Londonderry
g) Jerusalem
6 The Queen's grandfather died in
a) 1910 b) 1936 c) 1952
7 The UK flag consists of which three flags
a) St George b) St Patrick c) St Thomas c) St Stephen e) St Andrew
ANSWERS
1 b
2 b
3 a
4 d
5 a d g
6 b
7 a b e
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