Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free The cellist who performed at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has said “Rule, Britannia!” should be axed from the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, 24, who performed at the royal wedding aged 19, has said some people “don’t realise how uncomfortable a song like that can make a lot of people feel”. The song is often deemed controversial due to its associations with slavery and Britain’s colonial past. Sheku Kanneh-Mason told ‘Desert Island Discs’ the song could be replaced by British folk music (PA) Some of the lyrics seen as controversial include the lines: “Britons never, never, never shall be slaves,” and: “The nations, not so blest as thee / Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall / While thou shalt flourish great and free: The dread and envy of them all.” The song is traditionally performed at the Last Night …