Letter: In Brief

Sir: To the ongoing debate about the national anthem may I add the suggestion that the UK like Denmark adopt two anthems namely a royal anthem to be sung/played whenever the monarch or her deputy is present in a formal capacity and secondly a national anthem to be performed at sports games and the like. As the royal anthem I would think that "God Save the Queen" might be appropriate, whereas the more popular "Land of Hope and Glory" would serve amply as a national anthem.

KNUD V MOLLER

Stoke-on-Trent