COMMONWEALTH GAMES - natioinal athems

17 Mar 2006

1 .why in "the games" they play hope and glory for the english national athem, while in interntional football & rugby - god save the queen is sung?
2. I have been told that "God Save the Queen " is the Great britian national athem, if this is case why is it sung for interntional football & rugby?

17 Mar 2006

Quote by andy2120
1 .why in "the games" they play hope and glory for the english national athem, while in interntional football & rugby - god save the queen is sung?
2. I have been told that "God Save the Queen " is the Great britian national athem, if this is case why is it sung for interntional football & rugby?

'God Save the Queen' is the national anthem of the UK, but since there isn't a single official one for England it tends to get used for international football and rugby (as the other home nations all have other anthems that they're happy using). I imagine they picked something different for the Commonwealth Games due to the Queen also being President of the Commonwealth (and Queen of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and a few other Commonwealth countries).