And now the Sex Pistols are fighting over who can be most respectful to the Queen
John Lydon has denounced any efforts to commercialize the bands' iconic anti-monarchy anthem "God Save The Queen" in the aftermath of Elizabeth II's death

In what we can only describe as “a pure and unadulterated expression of the foundational principles of punk,” John “Johnny Rotten” Lydon and his former bandmates in the Sex Pistols are currently engaging in a high-profile and public argument about which of them is currently being too disrespectful toward the late Queen of England.
At the crux of the argument, per Deadline, is the Sex Pistols’ “God Save The Queen,” a 1977 single that you may be surprised to learn is not, despite its clear pro-monarchial title, actually about how great the Queen is. (Sample lyric: “God save the queen / She’s not a human being.”) Lydon—who’s gone through a long series of estrangements and reunions with his former bandmates over the last 40-plus years—started the battle shortly after Elizabeth II’s death, firing what seems to have been a pre-emptive shot denouncing any attempts to license “God Save The Queen” in the aftermath.