For more than 250 years, the national anthem has been "long to reign over us" as a "happy and glorious" message of patriotism.

However, the immortal verses of God Save The Queen have became the latest target of a political correctness row after calls at a leading university to get it scrapped from graduation ceremonies.

King’s College London was forced to consider an attack on the traditional anthem from one senior student union officer who claimed the song had links to "far Right nationalism".

Mahamed Abdullahi, the vice president for welfare and community at King’s College London, called for it to be immediately axed from official services because it was “outdated” and “just a bit s---”.