''I promise that I will do my best: to do my duty to God, to serve the Queen and my country; to help other people; and to keep the Guide law.

THESE are the first words a little girl utters when she becomes a Girl Guide and they haven't changed in more than 40 years.

Stepping away from the past ... the Girl Guides are examining how they can modernise the organisation to be more relevant to girls today.

But now the Girl Guide promise is being reviewed to bring the 100-year-old organisation into the 21st century - and God and the Queen could be casualties of the modernisation.

The word ''obedient'' as a girl guide law is also under review.