Here's why British people wear hats to every major occasion — including the royal wedding
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- According to royal protocol, women must wear hats to all official occasions.
- Hats are part of the "social fabric" of special occasions in British society.
- Women rarely showed their hair in public until the 1950s, and the royal family often maintains old traditions.
For the women of the royal family and members of the public alike, no formal look is complete without a hat to top it off.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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