THE King’s Guards are famous worldwide for wearing their recognisable furry black hats, known as bearskin hats. The name makes many people wonder whether the hats are actually made of real bear skin.

THEIR iconic uniforms are known the world over. But as they welcomed in a new monarch today, the King’s Guard removed their famous bearskin hats as a sign of respect for Charles III in an ...

National Guard troops will be allowed to wear Santa hats this holiday season during their deployment in American cities to ...

U.S.-based animal rights group PETA called on the U.K. Ministry of Defense to "stop supporting this barbaric industry" of bearskin caps worn by the King’s Guard. After the group conducted an ...

The guards had adopted the style of headdress, the bearskin cap, which had been used by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s own Guard units. It was at Waterloo where the Old Guard broke, having never done so ...

LONDON A British lawmaker is gathering support for his call to ban the towering bearskin hats worn for almost 200 years by the red-coated soldiers who guard the country's royal palaces. The motion, ...

Larry Douthwaite, a crossing guard in Littlestown, Pa., wore a different comical hat every day on the job. The kids loved it. The borough manager — not so much. This week, the Littlestown Borough ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. -- For Katherine Erickson, it all started with a wolf hat she bought from Yellowstone. Erickson is a paraprofessional at Hawthorne Elementary School who has served as the school's ...

Temperatures in the UK are expected to reach over 100 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday. Amid the heatwave, the Queen's Guard has been seen carrying out duties in their traditional uniform. The UK Met ...

LITTLESTOWN , Pa., Feb. 25 (UPI) -- The Littlestown Borough Council in Pennsylvania has voted to allow a school crossing guard to continue wearing his trademark silly hats to work. Larry Douthwaite, ...