11.   Later, as protocol dictates, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri personally informed Lahoud of his election.

12.   Megawati was absent from the ceremony, which protocol dictated she should have attended.

13.   Protocol dictates that everyone, even presidents, get there before royalty at public events.

14.   Palace protocol has dictated a rigid stage-managing of every aspect of the visit, with the princess barred from any spontaneous contact with ordinary people.

15.   Royal protocol dictates that they continue.

16.   Royal protocol normally dictates that the heir to the throne does not travel together with the next in line, William.

17.   Royal protocol generally dictates that the heir to the throne -- in this case Charles -- does not travel together with the next in line, Prince William.