I DON'T agree with Keith Ellel (Letters, June 5). A national anthem should be for the nation and not just for one person like it is now, especially as not everyone is a royalist.

We need something that will make us proud of our country and all the people in it.

E BEACH, Brecon Avenue, Oswaldtwistle.

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