National Anthems
Nothing at all to do with Military Aviation, but a question some of you folks may care to answer.
Why, when the ENGLISH Football, and Rugby, teams play do they sing God Save the Queen, the national anthem of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? And. in a similar vein, why do the fans of England predominantly fly the Union Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and not the very pretty and very acceptable English national flag of Cross of St George?
Each of the other home countries fly their own official national flags and sing their own national anthems (unofficial apart from the Republic of Ireland).
Why don't English fans do the same? Are they not proud to be English? The Cross of St George is the official National Flag, and I'd nominate Hearts of Oak as a stirring and quintessentially English song that would serve admirably as an English National Anthem.
(Blue touchpaper lit, retiring to listen to England v Ukraine. Hope England win).