You recognize the tune, even if you don’t know the words, but why does England sing this particular song before their soccer games?

A controversy over national anthems has erupted at the Commonwealth Games, often dubbed the “Olympics of the Commonwealth.” Even England, the most prominent constituent country of the United Kingdom, ...

When Queen Elizabeth II died, it marked immediate changes for Britain’s royal family. The ripples made by the death of the U.K.’s longest-reigning monarch even extend to the British National Anthem.