Rule Britannia - Majestic Version

Long live Britain and her people, from the US. 🇺🇸 🤝🇬🇧

This turned my coffee into tea

My Mexican chihuahua just heard this and now identfies as a British bulldog.

I live in Russia but after that, I annex my apartment to the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. England now has a new county enclave - Wintershire 🇬🇧☕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 God save the king!

Fun fact: this song was written to unite the peoples of the kingdoms into one movement to strike back at ongoing raids the British coast was suffering. Although, at the time, the British fleet did exist and had a fearsome reputation, the British coast was largely undefended, the Mediterranean was rather lawless, and slavers and pirates swarmed the British coast. In response to huge numbers of Britons being stolen into slavery in North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean, Britain revitalised it's fleet, established new standards for warships (introducing the "rate" system to describe warship types and their roles), and put forth a patriotic call for the Isles' inhabitants to join this increased force. This song was written as part of that patriotic recruitment campaign. And it succeeded! In short order, slavers no longer posed a threat to British coastal settlements (and other European nations on the North Sea also enjoyed the reprieve, with several likewise conducting a coastal naval fleet revitalisation, including Holland and France), piracy was reduced, and the trade with the British overseas colonies was fairly safe on the final legs of their voyages home. This in turn established the economic and maritime capabilities necessary for Britain to become the dominant global powerhouse of the 18th and 19th Centuries. This is also why there is such a strong reference to antislavery in the song - this was the catchcry to unite the nation from the previous three kingdoms!

We were on a Mediterranean cruise and as we sailed out past the old battery of Malta harbour this herotic tune was played. God it was so poinent.

When you've never had an independence day because you were the reason independence days exist:

the only nation that doesnt need subtitles on their anthems because they taught it to whole globe.

When the Argentine kid touches your rockcollection.

Not me playing this full blast on the 4th of july to piss off my neighbors

I get chills of patriotism from this song and Im American. Its one of my favorites

Love uk, from Italy 🇮🇹❤️🇬🇧

last thing an uninhabited island hears before getting colonized:

This song can turn anyone, no matter where they are from, into a British patriot! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Great music for a Great People and Nation..............................from a Texan of English ancestry.

Britains military music is simply the best!

As an Indian lot's of respect for this mighty Empire 🔝🇬🇧🗿

Greetings To The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland 🇬🇧 From The State Of Libya 🇱🇾

As an American this version is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saludos desde Chile a nuestros estimados aliados Británicos. 🇨🇱🇬🇧🤝