Britain will witness many changes following the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the accession of her son Charles III to the throne, from putting a new face on the country's postage stamps and coins to introducing amendments to the national anthem. Here are some aspects of British daily life that will affect the changes:

National anthem

The words of the British national anthem, whose current lyrics date back to the 18th century, will change from "God save the Queen" to "God save the King".

According to the royal family's website, the anthem "God Save the King" emerged amid the patriotic fervor that followed Prince Charles Edward Stewart's victory over King George II's army in Scotland in 1745, and was sung in London theatres.

Usually only the first stanza is sung and will now be: "God save our honorable king, long live our noble king, may God save the king, make him a happy and glorious victor, live to rule us, God save the king."

Coins and stamps

The King's face will be affixed to newly minted coins and banknotes, with the image of the heir appearing on the British coin.

Old coins and banknotes will remain in circulation until they are gradually replaced over time.

However, since the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 in the wake of Oliver Cromwell's decade-long Republic, it has become the norm for the king's face to appear in the opposite direction to that of his predecessor, and on this basis the right side of Queen Elizabeth's face has been shown so the left side of the Charles' face.

Postage stamps will also be updated to feature the new king.

According to tradition, the left side image of King Charles will be placed on the new coins, after the current coins bore the image of the right side of the late Queen (Reuters)

royal symbol

The royal symbol, which is the sign used by the king or queen, will change.

The late Queen's symbol was the E2R, and it was shown below an image of King St. Edward's Crown.

The symbol is printed across Britain and appears on everything from red mail boxes to police uniforms.

According to tradition, both the symbol and the royal coat of arms will change with the arrival of the new king.

However, changing the symbol on the mailboxes will only include the new chests, so the Queen's symbol will remain on thousands of them across the country, just as many of the symbols of


previous kings remain on the chests installed before the late Queen's inauguration.

One of the strange things in British history is also that the Queen’s symbol did not appear on all the boxes that were placed during her reign, as Queen Elizabeth I was not Queen of Scotland, and the English and


Scottish crowns did not unite until after her death in 1603.

As a result, some Scots did not recognize the late Queen as Elizabeth II.

At the beginning of her reign, some Scottish chests were vandalized and one was blown up, meaning that most


Scottish chests had their own code.

Legal changes

Senior barristers will become advisers to the king instead of the queen's advisers, and other legal titles that use the word queen will change to the word king.