31.   As far as Britain is concerned the agreement has no implications for British sovereignty over the islands.

32.   Britain and China have frequently been at odds over the Hong Kong budget in the final years of British sovereignty.

33.   They voted overwhelmingly to continue under British sovereignty with an elected local government.

34.   Labour, although expected to maintain a robust defence of British sovereignty, is likely to be more co-operative in Brussels.

35.   More importantly, he pulled it off without making any apparent concessions to British sovereignty over Ulster, and without withdrawing a single British soldier.

36.   Many clubs elsewhere in the former British empire have maintained royal patronage long after their host countries renounced British sovereignty.

37.   On the one hand it appeased Eurosceptics highly suspicious of any European infringement on British sovereignty or interests.

38.   Paying for a British fishing license could be construed as implicit recognition of British sovereignty over the archipelagos.

39.   Some Argentine hardliners were upset by the agreement, arguing that cutting a deal with Britain on offshore oil was tantamount to acknowledging British sovereignty over the islands.

40.   The moves come despite clubs elsewhere in the former British empire maintaining royal patronage long after their host countries renounced British sovereignty.