Stephen Fry wants King's Guard to ditch bear fur

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Stephen Fry wants King's Guard to ditch bear fur

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The actor says it is unnecessarily cruel to use real bear fur in soldiers' bearskin caps.

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This doesn’t exactly seem like a revelation to me, and I don’t know why you’d need undercover footage… how do you think they hunted bears?

Because most people don’t think about it. Video is a good way to get them started.

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