A thing of the past? Britain's Queen Elizabeth is pictured wearing fur in 1969. Photo: Central Press/AFP
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Queen Elizabeth has switched to fake fur – will the Buckingham Palace guards’ iconic bearskin fur caps be next to go?
Animal rights group PETA has praised Queen Elizabeth for finally ditching real fur garments – but there’s one more famous royal clothing item which is conspicuous on every palace guard’s head
PETA and animal rights organisation Humane Society International UK welcomed news that Queen Elizabeth officially abandoned the wearing of fur, citing her official dressmaker. Photo: AFP
Animal rights group PETA have praised Queen Elizabeth’s apparent switch to wearing garments made using fake fur.
The queen's long-term dresser, Angela Kelly, revealed the monarch’s plan to stop using animal fur in a new book, The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe.
“The queen’s decision is in line with the many forward-thinking consumers, businesses and nations that are recognising that innovative faux-fur fabrics are better for the environment and spare animals a miserable life and a bloody, painful death,” PETA UK said in a statement yesterday.
“Now, the obvious next step is for the Queen’s Guard [soldiers] to stop parading around in caps made from the fur of bears gunned down in Canada and instead wear the humane, luxurious faux bearskin that PETA has helped develop alongside faux-furrier Ecopel and designer Stella McCartney,” it said.
According to British Vogue magazine, Kelly wrote: “If Her Majesty is due to attend an engagement in particularly cold weather, from 2019 onwards, fake fur will be used to make sure she stays warm.”
Buckingham Palace did not immediately comment on the claim.
PETA – an acronym for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – estimates that some 100 million animals are killed annually for their fur worldwide.
The queen, 93, joined her contemporary David Attenborough, the wildlife presenter best known for his Blue Planet series, in a television documentary last year to discuss her “commitment to a greener planet”.
The royal family reportedly banned plastic straws and bottles from its estates last year.