What is the name of those big furry hats the british guards wear? The kind that stand out in front of the palace and never move. Not sure what the guards are called just always see them on tv
There are two kinds, i dont know the name of either, but to clarify, here they are 
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Goshdarnit, I’m Belgian but eventhough, I used to know that… Ow come on… Garh, my memory 's a disaster… Curse it! Westminster Hats? lol, no, seriously, no idea at the moment, maybe I’ll think of it later… tortures brain
it is the ones from those dudes that stand in front of the palace and dont move and the chin strap like covers part of their mouth…ill see if I can find an exact pic. kinda looks like your second pic
Here’s an interesting article about it’s origin and material:
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/03/14/Worldandnation/British_in_search_of_.shtml
Ow, and:
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like these hats
yeah. like that
I am looking for some other image that would be a well known image that would represent london. Besides the cliche big ben or the palace. And I came up with these hats. If I saw someone wearing one I would think london.
ask kitiara, she must know
Ive always heard their uniforms described as red tunics and bearskins. I just assumed the hat was the bearskin? I dunno.
For those who do not know they are called a “Busby”. A kind passer by on the forums emailed me and let me know. thx man
“BUSBY, the English name for a military head-dress of fur. Possibly the original sense of a busby wig came from association with Dr Busby of Westminster; but it is also derived from buzz, in the phrase ~ buzz wig. In its first Hungarian form the military busby was a cylindrical fur cap, having a bag of colored cloth hanging from the top; the end of this bag was attached to the right shoulder as a defence against sword-cuts. In Great Britain busbies are of two kinds: (a) the hussar busby, cylindrical in shape, with a bag; this is worn by hussars and the Royal Horse Artillery; (b) the rifle busby, a, folding cap of astrachan, in shape somewhat resembling a Glengarry but taller. Both have straight plumes in the front of the headdress. The word busby is also used colloquially to denote the tall bear-and-raccoon-skin caps worn by foot-guards and fusiliers, and the full dress feather bonnet of Highland infantry. Cylindrical busbies were formerly worn by the artillery engineers and rifles, but these are now obsolete in the regular army, though still worn by some territorial and colonial troops of these arms.”
I think theres two different kinds:
The bearskin Here
and the Busby Here
Even the two pics posted above look a bit different to me.
I think one is used in the summer and one in the winter, the uniforms change with the seasons.
Seems one is taller than the other.
I thought they were called beef eaters
Beef Eaters are the gaurds at the Tower of London
and beef eater is a brand of alcohol.
Beefeaters also have other hats.
I wish I had a hat. 
Just not like these guys. 
Yup, whoever PM’d / emailed you is right. And you know something else about teh Queen’s guards? They aren’t allowed to react to you. You can stand infront of them, next to them, poke them… They don’t move. 
I knew that, they made a funny parody on that in the Simpsons with the American Marine standing out front of the American Embassy in Australia lol
I’m going to London in three weeks, I really hope to pass one of those guys. I wonna check it out. takes out favorite poking stick
