Quote Originally Posted by jsrnephdoc View Post
I just realized that I've seen many photos of the king, kilted. In NONE of them is he wearing a hat.

Is it likely he just doesn't like hats, or is there some convention he's honoring?
I think it's practicality.

He shows up at an event in a car, then he gets out of the car and walks a short distance to whatever venue, where he's either indoors or under cover.

Add to that, my impression is that people in the UK just don't wear hats as often as Americans do.

I've watched so many English Premier League football matches where it's pouring rain and thousands of people are in the stands getting drenched: no hats, no umbrellas, and though tons of them are wearing jackets with hoods none of them have their hoods up.

I saw that everywhere at the World Pipe Band Championships when it's raining: people standing around in the pouring rain, hatless, eating fish & chips and chatting like it's nothing. The Americans, Canadians, and Australians were the only ones wearing hats.