1.   It could not be denied even by those who questioned the wisdom of retaining a monarchy.

2.   Angry Britons ruled the prime-time air waves in the first televised debate over whether Britain should retain its monarchy.

3.   Conservative Prime Minister John Howard favors retaining the monarchy, but some of his Cabinet members are expected to back the republican cause.

4.   For both constitutional and ceremonial reasons it is right that Britain retains its monarchy.