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If you want to play a recording of the UK’s revamped national anthem then you will probably have to rely on an unlikely source: a French opera singer.
The accession of Charles III has made recordings of God Save the Queen redundant, with the official lyrics updated to reflect the fact that a man is on the throne and pay tribute to a “gracious King”.
Yet because Queen Elizabeth II became monarch in 1952 there has been little or no reason for anyone to release a version of God Save the King for the last 70 years. A handful of older recordings were made, but they used more basic technology with old-style gramophone records in mind.
The only high-quality version of the current British national anthem easily available on streaming services such as Spotify is by Arnaud Kientz, 51, an opera singer and teacher from Paris.
He said he made his version in 2017 while recording other anthems.
