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God save our gracious Queen. Well there's at least one blantant lie in the first line and "save" would be profitably replaced with "help".
...And theres probably no god anyway*, so whats the point in even asking?
*copyright R.Dawkins
Well rewrite the words then.
Not easy. Besides the Queen is head of state which is a major part of British culture but people are moving on.
As long as she attracts tourism it's fine!
Ever thought that being a backward, inward-looking, euro-skeptic monarchy might put off tourists? Which is the most visited capital in Europe? A republican one.
The Germans now sing "einigkeit und recht und freiheit" with enthusiasm rather than "über alles" so rewrites to fit the times aren't unknown. There has even been talk of writing out something about spilling impure blood into field furrows in one anthem.