New Jubilee anthem has been composed in honour of the Queen’s 70 years historic Accession Day.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Platinum Record, which was announced to mark the Queen’s 70 years on the throne will be released on her 96th birthday in April.
The two-part composition features renowned soprano Lesley Garrett and West End baritone star Rodney Earl Clarke and the London Community Gospel Choir.
The first track – The Four British Nations which was composed by Olga Thomas, is an Elgar-inspired creation featuring state trumpets, and chants and shouts of Vivat, Regina, and Elizabetha.
The second on the other hand is titled We Thank You From Our Hearts and heralds the monarch as the ‘mother of this nation’.
Lesley Garrett said, “There has never been a greater need for a song to unite us all than now.
“COVID and its chaotic aftermath has touched every one of us, throughout the Commonwealth and the wider world.
“For 70 years our Queen has been there, the one sure and steadfast rock in our unpredictable world.”
The anthem also features sounds from around the world including Caribbean steel drums and the didgeridoo of Australia, Hindi, Maori, and Swahili chants referencing Queen Elizabeth II.
It was composed by Anton van der Mere, who also wrote the lyrics with the founder of the British Monarchists Society, Thomas Mace-Archer-Mills.
The anthem will be available on all digital download and streaming platforms from April 21.
Earlier today, the 14th British Prime Minister to occupy No10 during the Queen’s reign – Boris Johnson paid tribute to her for many years of service, and said he looked forward to “coming together as a country to celebrate her historic reign in the summer.”
Immediate past Prime Minister Theresa May described the Queen as “an extraordinary woman, who has dedicated her life to the service of her people & our family of nations.”
Former Prime Minister David Cameron also thanked the Queen, adding that ‘there can be a no finer example of dignified public duty and service.”
Similarly, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer also issued a statement expressing his “deepest thanks” to the Queen for “seven decades of unparalleled public service.”
Meanwhile, images of Queen Elizabeth II have also been displayed on the lights in London’s Piccadilly Circus today to mark her Platinum Jubilee.
The smiling 95-year-old monarch is pictured with her papers of state on a table in front of her and poignantly nearby is an image of her father King George VI.
Seventy years ago on February 6, King George VI died and his daughter, who was just 25, became Queen of a nation still recovering from the upheavals of the Second World War.
