It's just a good tune. They always do it on the last night of the Proms concerts.

"This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England."

mum mum sang it while vacuuming

I still have boxes stashed in the garage that have probably everything published about Queen Elizabeth which she saved. Don't have the heart to toss them out.

she died from cancer soon after - she loved the Royal Family, ever since they had stayed put during WWII - she found that enormously comforting

were going to be evacuated

"They won't leave without me. I will not leave without the King and the King will never leave."

In your face, Adolph.

true Brits!

And the rockets' red glaarrrrrre!
The bombs bursting in aaiirrrrrrrr!!
Gave prooooofff through the niiight
That our flag was still theerrrrrrrrrre!!

My parents were very pro-British, and so am I. Thank you for this posting.