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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Bill McLoughlin

God Save the King sung for the first time at St Paul’s service

The first rendition of God Save the King was sung at St Paul’s Cathedral to mark the end of the memorial service for the Queen on Friday night.

The lyrics to the national anthem have changed from "Queen" to "King" and "her victorious" to "him victorious" to mark that King Charles III has now taken over as the new monarch.

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