Go faux: Buckingham Palace guards’ ceremonial bearskins in crossfire

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The Queen’s Guard can be seen lined up in front of Buckingham Palace or on patrol in St. James’s Park, clad in scarlet jackets and tall fur caps. The official defenders of the British monarch are seen as typically British, like the classic red telephone boxes or London’s Big Ben. But just as those telephone boxes are gradually becoming part of history, so too should parts of the guards’ uniform, at least if you ask the campaigners demanding the hats should be made from fake fur. The black bearskin caps are 46 centimetres high and weigh 7 kilos, according to the Waterloo 200 organization, which…

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