ITS PART OF OUR HISTORY : BYO COUNCIL ON MAYORAL REGALIA

A red robe trimmed with black velvet and mock sable fur worn with lace frill, a hat and gold chains have for years made up the city’s mayoral regalia. Be it under the hot October sun or the freezing winter cold, the ceremonial insignia has been worn from at least the 14th century. It is an English tradition dating back to the reign of Edward III when livery companies, which were heads of civic