21.   Under the new constitution, the president is the ceremonial head of state.

22.   Yet even Barbados, a very different former British colony that remains genteel with low crime, is considering dumping the queen as ceremonial head of state.

23.   Children lining a street leading to a military airport waved Indian and Israeli flags as the ceremonial head of the Jewish state arrived with a high-ranking Israeli delegation.

24.   The opposition wants the president to be the ceremonial head of state while executive powers are returned to parliament.

25.   There has been growing support for the ex-king to be installed as ceremonial head of state at the Loya Jirga.

26.   One analyst has said it might be an attempt to trim the size of his majority to reduce his moral authority as the largely ceremonial head of state.

27.   Prince Takamoto, the ceremonial head of the Japanese Football Association, will attend with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

28.   Prince Takamoto, the ceremonial head of the Japanese Football Association, attended the ceremony for the emperor, who is a cousin.

29.   The Jamaican tour will be followed by royal visits to New Zealand, Australia and Canada where the queen is still ceremonial head of state.