Shropshire Star: God Save the Queen is the only anthem for us

December 16, 2006 Letters No comments
! This post hasn't been updated in over a year. A lot can change in a year including my opinion and the amount of naughty words I use. There's a good chance that there's something in what's written below that someone will find objectionable. That's fine, if I tried to please everybody all of the time then I'd be a Lib Dem (remember them?) and I'm certainly not one of those. The point is, I'm not the kind of person to try and alter history in case I said something in the past that someone can use against me in the future but just remember that the person I was then isn't the person I am now nor the person I'll be in a year's time.

Someone is entirely missing the point here.  I am proud to be English and yes, long may Her Majesty reign, but I don’t see why being proud to be English and a monarchist precludes you from wanting an English national anthem.  Does that mean Scottish people can’t be proud Scots or monarchists because they have their own anthem?  And English cricket players have Jerusalem before their matches, not God Save the Queen.

God Save the Queen is the only anthem for us

In response to Mr Parr’s letter regarding the national anthem: although I love Jerusalem, Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory, the one and only national anthem is God Save the Queen.

It is sung with pride by English rugby and cricket players and just listen to the crowd at rugby, cricket and football matches.

Some international footballers fall to sing it, but that shows in their performances.

The fact that the majority of Irish, Welsh and Scots hate it and choose to boo it makes it even more English. So be proud to be English and long may her majesty reign.

Mr R Dunn, Telford

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