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Thread #109353 Message #2286645
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
12-Mar-08 - 03:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: Swearing an oath to the Queen
Subject: RE: BS: Swearing an oath to the Queen
The irony about "Fidei Defensor" is that it was a title given to Henry VIII by the Pope, for putting his name to a book attacking heretics.
People did indeed rush to get out of the cinema before God Save the Queen. But if they didn't make it they would generally freeze where they were till it was done. These days, of course, the end credits on most films are so long that the cinema has virtually emptied before they have finished, so it wouldn't make much difference if they did play the National Anthem then, or anything in fact.