The petition calls for HM's Government to replace the National Anthem of the UK, "God Save The Queen/King" with the "The Monarch Song" as featured on the BBC's 'Horrible Histories'.

Whilst "God Save The Queen / King" is a venerable and ancient piece of music, let's face it, it's a bit of a dirge, a fact that has been underlined during the the Olympics when the celebrations of every successful Team GB athlete have been somewhat dampened by its funereal tones.

The United Kingdom deserves a more modern and updated anthem that reflects the eclectic, eccentric and absurd history and nature of the UK and that has more in common with Danny Boyle's vision of Britain than that of the Victorian gentry.

Adopting "The Monarch Song" as the nation's anthem would bring several advantages (as well as giving Team GB medal ceremonies a more Pythonesque/Benny Hill flavour):

1) You would not need to request people to stand for the anthem - most people would be overwhelmed by the urge to get up and dance to it, including one would hope, the Royal Family.

2) The sight of the entire congregation of Westminster Abbey singing the song at the coronation of the next monarch would be priceless.

3) The number of students achieving grades A-C in GCSE History would double over the next five years.

4) The UK Citizenship Test that all potential immigrants to the UK have to pass could be simplified to a single requirement to be able to sing this song.

5) Ardent republicans would be able to sing along knowing that they were simply recounting historical fact and not offering their support for an institution they profoundly disagree with.

6) The royalties (no pun intended) that would be payable to the BBC would enable the TV license fee to be reduced to £10 per household per annum within the UK.

7) With the accession of each new Monarch, an additional verse could be penned, thus allowing the UK to have the only national anthem in the world that became progressively longer over time.

Please sign this petition and help us achieve these most worthy of aims.

Many thanks

Wardrobe Hudson
International Yorkshire Pudding Brigade and Sicklemaker