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Sex Pistols aim to give queen’s jubilee a touch of punk

File - A member of staff poses next to the 'Lightness of Being' by Chris Levine, part of an exhibition at Sotheby's, in London, Friday, May 27, 2022. The exhibition comes ahead of the Platinum Jubilee of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II marking 70 year on the throne. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File) FILE - A woman walks past a billboard advertising "The Crown" TV series in central London, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. Television series “The Crown” has mined the queen’s long reign for drama, and blurred the lines between fact and fiction for millions of viewers. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File) FILE - People dressed as actor Daniel Craig and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II parachute into the Olympic stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Summer Games at the Olympic Stadium in London, Friday, July 27, 2012. Britain’s monarchy has a sometimes awkward, but increasingly close, relationship with popular culture. Who can forget the queen’s scene with Daniel Craig’s James Bond during the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony, which culminated in a stunt double for the monarch skydiving into the stadium. (Ezra Shaw, Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE - British group, the Sex Pistols, sign a new recording contract with A&M Records outside Buckingham Palace in London, 1977. In Britain, there are several traditional elements to a royal anniversary: pageants, street parties, the Sex Pistols. Queen Elizabeth II and the Pistols have been linked since the punk pioneers released the song “God Save the Queen” in 1977 during the monarch’s Silver Jubilee. The anti-authoritarian anthem has been re-released to mark the queen’s Platinum Jubilee, 70 years on the throne. (PA via AP, File) FILE - A promotional poster for the 1977 single God Save The Queen by the Sex Pistols on display, during a photo-op ahead of a rock and pop memorabilia auction, in central London, Thursday June 25, 2009. In Britain, there are several traditional elements to a royal anniversary: pageants, street parties, the Sex Pistols. Queen Elizabeth II and the Pistols have been linked since the punk pioneers released the song “God Save the Queen” in 1977 during the monarch’s Silver Jubilee. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File) FILE - John Lydon, of the Sex Pistols, poses in "The Gentlemen's Room" exhibit, part of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art "AngloMania, Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion" exhibition, Monday May 1, 2006.Lydon, formerly known as Johnny Rotten, recently told broadcaster Talk TV he was "really, really proud of the queen for surviving and doing so well." It's a far cry from 1977, when "God Save the Queen" was launched on the jubilee weekend with an anarchic Sex Pistols gig on a riverboat -- the Queen Elizabeth -- that was cut short by London police. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) FIE - John Lydon, right, formerly known as Johnny Rotten, and Steve Jones, of the Sex Pistols, pose at the Indie 103.1 studio in Los Angeles, Friday, March 10, 2006. In Britain, there are several traditional elements to a royal anniversary: pageants, street parties, the Sex Pistols. Queen Elizabeth II and the Pistols have been linked since the punk pioneers released the song "God Save the Queen" in 1977 during the monarch's Silver Jubilee. The anti-authoritarian anthem has been re-released to mark the queen's Platinum Jubilee, 70 years on the throne. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File) FILE - English punk rock group "Sex Pistols" perform, Jan. 7, 1978 in Memphis, Tenn., during the second stop of their US tour. In Britain, there are several traditional elements to a royal anniversary: pageants, street parties, the Sex Pistols. Queen Elizabeth II and the Pistols have been linked since the punk pioneers released the song "God Save the Queen" in 1977 during the monarch's Silver Jubilee. The anti-authoritarian anthem has been re-released to mark the queen's Platinum Jubilee, 70 years on the throne. (AP Photo, File) FILE -British punk rock band the Sex Pistols walk in the US, 1977. From left to right: Paul Cook, Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten and Steve Jones. In Britain, there are several traditional elements to a royal anniversary: pageants, street parties, the Sex Pistols. Queen Elizabeth II and the Pistols have been linked since the punk pioneers released the song "God Save the Queen" in 1977 during the monarch's Silver Jubilee. The anti-authoritarian anthem has been re-released to mark the queen's Platinum Jubilee, 70 years on the throne. (AP Photo, File)