RULE Britannia is a British patriotic ... also equated to civil liberty - and the song assumed extra significance in 1945 at the end of World War II when it was played at the ceremonial ...

Rule Britannia is a patriotic song which is based on a poem by James Thomson, a Scottish poet. It was set to music by Thomas Arne and slightly adapted in 1740, meaning it has been in the country ...

Since then, the song has become largely symbolic of Britain. Rule Britannia being performed at the Last Night of the Proms has proved controversial in recent months, with many people saying the ...

Rule, Britannia! is not a racist song, an academic insisted today after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding cellist called for the flag-waving anthem to be dropped from the Last Night Of The ...

It suggests the song, considered to some as Britain’s ... “To understand the original aim of Rule Britannia, we have to look at the context in which it was written and the political views ...

However, some people think that some of the songs including 'Rule, Britannia!' and 'Land Of Hope And Glory' should not be played any more, because of their words and links to the British Empire ...

A student has been banned from Aberdeen University Students’ Association (AUSA) for citing the song ‘Rule, Britannia ... 1945 at the conclusion of World War II when it was played at the ...

The anthem is strongly associated with the Royal Navy and the British Empire, so many people find the song problematic. There was controversy in 2020 about whether or not Rule Britannia would be ...

A presenter and choral arranger who has performed twice in front of the Queen says the patriotic song 'Rule Britannia' must be "confined to the history song books forever" and never sung again now ...

A Songs of Praise producer who compared singing Rule Britannia to Nazis singing about gas chambers has doubled down on her attack - and called for the anthem to be rewritten. Cat Lewis ...

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