The whole of England will be behind the Three Lions today as they take on Iran in their opening match of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Before the match kicks off this lunchtime, Gareth Southgate's men will line up on the pitch at the Khalifa International Stadium and proudly belt out the national anthem.
But the anthem they sing won't quite be the same as the one we heard the players sing last year at the European championships.
This is because the sad death of the Queen in September and King Charles taking the throne means the anthem is now God Save The King - not God Save The Queen.
And in addition any female pronouns or references in the song have now changed to male ones.
God Save The King was a patriotic song first publicly performed in London in 1745 - and came to be known as the national anthem at the beginning of the 19th century.
In September 1745, the 'Young Pretender' to the British Throne, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, defeated the army of King George II at Prestonpans, near Edinburgh.
In a fit of patriotic fervour after news of Prestonpans had reached London, the leader of the band at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, arranged 'God Save The King' for performance after a play.
It was a tremendous success and was repeated nightly, with the practise soon spreading to other theatres, and the custom of greeting monarchs with the song as he or she entered a place of public entertainment was established.
There is no authorised version of the national anthem as the words are a matter of tradition, with additional verses having been added down the years.
The words used today are those sung in 1745, substituting 'Queen' for 'King' where appropriate, but only the the first verse is usually sung at official occasions.
In total, around 140 composers, including Beethoven, Haydn and Brahms, have used the tune in their compositions.
The British tune has been used in other countries, as European visitors to Britain in the eighteenth century noticed the advantage of a country possessing such a recognised musical symbol.
As well as the UK, a number of other Commonwealth countries and Crown dependencies also use God Save The King as either a national or royal anthem.
It's one of New Zealand’s two national anthems alongside God Defend New Zealand - and is played in the presence of the monarch in Australia, Canada, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda and The Bahamas.
God Save The King lyrics
The standard version of God Save The King, which the England team will sing today is 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!
Second verse
The national anthem does indeed have a second verse - although it is rarely used and won't be sung by England at the World Cup. However, these are the words:
Thy choicest gifts in store
On him be pleased to pour,
Long may he reign.
May he defend our laws,
And ever give us cause,
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the King.
