31.   First to go will be postage stamps bearing a protrait of the queen and postmarks bearing the mark of the British crown.

32.   Howard, Downer and the rest of the ministerial team will be sworn in by Governor General Sir William Deane, the representative of the British crown in Australia.

33.   It said that the Major administration had yielded to blackmail from Protestants loyal to the British crown.

34.   Yet the irony is that he remains, technically, a knight of the British crown.

35.   Keating wants Australia to sever its historical link to the British crown to become a republic to symbolise national maturity and place in the world.

36.   The following evening small groups of Protestants ventured out into the streets of the loyalist Shankill, in a peaceful show of attachment to the British crown.

37.   The irony is that he has remained a knight of the British crown but personally chose to drop the title.

38.   The present club insignia, which sells well on T-shirts, bags and other merchandise, comprises a Chinese dragon topped by the British crown.