If the gift succeeded - if the queen liked it and wore it - it had fulfilled its function of winning the queen's favour and confirming the giver's devotion and loyalty.

BBC: A Point of View: Dazzling in an age of austerity

It was this sense of loyalty and devotion to his home country of Belize that would propel his legacy to that of more than a mere musician.

NPR: Andy Palacio's Garifuna Music Lives On

Loyalty to one or the other mirrors the competitive devotion typically reserved for sports teams.

BBC: Love, war and the Philly cheesesteak