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Briton God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and Glorious,
Long to reign over us;
God save the Queen!

O Lord our God arise,
Scatter her enemies
And make them fall;
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix,
Oh, save us all!

Thy choicest gifts in store
On her be pleased to pour;
Long may she reign;
May she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the Queen!

Not in this land alone,
But be God's mercies known,
From shore to shore!
Lord make the nations see,
That men should brothers be,
And form one family,
The wide world over

From every latent foe,
From the assassins blow,
God save the Queen!
O'er her thine arm extend,
For Britain's sake defend,
Our mother, prince, and friend,
God save the Queen!
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blown cherry erm, hope I don't offend anyone, but wasn't queen liz the 1st the Elizabeth who was daughter of King Henry VIII?
I don't even mean that as a question, that's who it was.

The lovely old Queen mum (may she rest in peaceful gardens somewhere with a nice cup of tea) was never given the title 'queen' just as the Duke of Edinburgh is known as Duke or Prince Philip and not 'King'.

Surely they teach this in British schools?
I was never taught it (in Australian schools) but I know it anyways...
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Arwyn very good! Blown Cherry, I was just about to comment on that, but I'm very pleased to discover that someone else actually knows that too!

and Briton... stop making us look bad...
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Casey Elizabeth the First, was, in my opinon, probably my favorite ruler/historical character of all time. A completly independent woman supporting the arts and ruling wisely. If I had been I knight back then I would have gladly served her. 020331
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silentbob i would have gone down on her, So she'd still be the virgin queen, but she could feel the pleasure every woman deserves 020331
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girl_jane How considerate of you. :) 020331
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minion Queen Elizabeth, was consort to King George VI -- not an actual ruling queen, distinguishable from Queen Elizabeth I (of the 1600s) 020405
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Photophobe we're still in elisabethan times... 020405
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dickless The Queen is dead; Long live the Queen -- 020405
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