OUR British the national anthem with changed lyrics (“God Save the King” instead of “God Save the Queen”) was played today for the first time in 70 years at St Paul’s Cathedral in London in the presence of the Prime Minister. Liz Truss.

The new version (“God Save the King”) replaces “God Save the Queen”, an anthem played at official events since her accession to the throne. Elizabeth II on the British throne (1952) to the present.

Britain’s King Charles III described the death of his mother, Elizabeth II, as the moment he dreaded in a brief conversation with Prime Minister Liz Truss earlier today that was captured on television.

“A moment I feared, as did many other people,” Charles III said when welcoming Prime Minister Truss to Buckingham Palace, referring to the Queen’s death.

In his first address to the nation, Britain’s new King Charles III thanked the world for joining in the mourning for his mother, promising to follow her example.

^{Source: APE-MEB, AFP.}