What will the national anthem be when the Queen dies?
Picture: Getty  When Her Majesty the Queen dies, Britain and the Commonwealth will no longer sing God Save the Queen. When our long-standing monarch Elizabeth II dies, the British and Commonwealth anthem will revert to its male version, which was used before she ascended to the throne. It goes as follows:  God save our gracious King! Long live our noble King! God save the King! Send him victorious,  Happy and glorious,  Long to reign over us,  God save the King. This version hasnt been used as an anthem since 1952, when the Queens father George VI died and she acceded to the throne. The composer of the UK and Commonwealth national anthem is unknown. It was adopted as an anthem in September 1745, during the reign of George II (1727  1760). When God Save the King was adopted in 1745, the lyrics were:  God save great George our king,  God save our noble king,  God save the king! Send him victorious,  Happy and glorious,  Long to reign over us,  God save the king! However, the third and fourth words were soon changed to gracious after they realised that William IV and Victorias names (who succeeded George IV) didnt scan. God Save the Queen or God Save the King is the national anthem in the UK, British Crown dependencies, a number of Commonwealth realms and their territories.