God Save the Queen lyrics

The leader of the Theatre Royal band performed God Save the King after a play in September 1745, after the news that Prince Charles Edward Stuart had defeated ...

It is not known who wrote the song’s music and lyrics, but God Save the King was first publicly performed in 1745, as a patriotic song. This version has not been used since the reign of the Queen’s father, King George VI, who died in 1952. For many of us, God Save the Queen is all we’ve ever known.