The Queen's favourite sporting event, Royal ascot, is considering axing Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory from its singalong next year. Organisers have confirmed they will potentially scrap ...

An Executive Producer for the BBC's Songs of Praise has compared singing Rule Britannia to Nazis singing about gas chambers. Cat Lewis, CEO of television production company Nine Lives Media which ...

In 1740, the Scots poet and dramatist James Thomson (1700–1748), with the English composer Thomas Arne, presented “Alfred,” a masque celebrating the life of the ninth-century Saxon king, at the ...

A PETITION to reinstate the lyrics of Rule Britannia! and Land of Hope and Glory at the BBC Proms has smashed 20,000 signatures in just 24 hours. Thousands of Brits called for the words to be sung ...

The great tune “Rule Britannia” once had meaning with this refrain: “Rule Britannia, Britain rules the waves.” ...

RULE Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory have been sung by the Proms choir after weeks of controversy over their lyrics. The BBC previously said the pieces would be performed without lyrics but ...

15:19, Thu, Aug 27, 2020 Updated: 15:20, Thu, Aug 27, 2020 Rule Britannia! is a rousing tune many Brits know and love. We have all likely sung it at events, whether it is sporting matches or the end ...

Last Night of the Proms aired on BBC One on Saturday with the famous song Rule Britannia! performed with its reinstated lyrics. The broadcaster had originally intended to drop the lyrics – which ...

LONDON — The BBC has ditched the lyrics of “Rule, Britannia!” for its traditional end-of-summer concert amid a debate over the song’s celebration of the British Empire at a time when critics are ...

08:11, Mon, Aug 24, 2020 Updated: 18:12, Mon, Aug 24, 2020 Good Morning Britain (GMB) became the stage for a heated debate on whether the two songs should be dropped from the Last Night of the BBC ...

Orchestral versions of Rule, Britannia! and Land Of Hope And Glory will be performed at the Last Night Of The Proms, the BBC has confirmed. It had been reported the songs could be dropped over ...

If you love this country, you should sing “Rule, Britannia!”, not just at the Proms but all the time. Sing it around Sainsbury’s, and when they ask if you have a Nectar card (even though answering ...