Animal rights activists said Royal Guard uniforms need “to be brought into the 21st century”.
Merseyside Animal Rights spoke to the ECHO after it was reported 100 bears are killed each year to create King’s Guards' Hats.
The hats have been part of Royal Family tradition for some time now, with their history being traced back to the Napoleonic wars. Everyone in Napoleon’s imperial guard wore the hats to mark their status as elite troops, and when British forces defeated Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo, they captured the hats as trophies.
