"GodSavetheKing" (alternatively "GodSavethe Queen" when the British monarch is female) is the national anthem of the United Kingdom, one of two national
performed as a patriotic song in Australia in 1878. It replaced "GodSavethe Queen" as the official national anthem by the Whitlam government in 1974, following
countries in the world—the other being Denmark—with two official national anthems of equal status. The traditional anthem "GodSavetheKing" is generally
defaulted in the absence of agreement to be "GodSavetheKing." In 2016 some MPs felt that England should have its own distinct anthem with the result that