God Save The King is sung by Katherine

KATHERINE Jenkins yesterday made the first recording of God Save The King.

The Welsh mezzo-soprano was ‘heavy with grief’ after being invited by BBC Radio to sing the new national anthem, which was played on the station yesterday.

Miss Jenkins, 2, had a moment of silence and prayer before recording the song in a church in rural Sussex. The anthem closed an extended edition of Radio’s World at One.

‘I have only the fondest memories singing the national anthem for Her Majesty The Queen,’ Miss Jenkins said.

The new version ‘was sung with the belief that King Charles III’s reign will be happy and glorious’, she added. She performed God Save The Queen at Windsor Castle for the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June.