1. Cost of bearskins for Guards regiments More than 321,000 has been spent on purchasing bearskins for the Guards regiments in the last five years, it was disclosed.

2. "The bearskins used are provided by licensed fur traders under the jurisdiction of the Canadian authorities," he added.

3. The bearskins worn by the Foot Guards have only been worn since the Grenadiers pinched them off the French Imperial Guard at the Battle of Waterloo.

4. She wrote to him saying she couldn‘t until he‘d explained why he went hunting (he never replied, which Pink publicly declared ‘a bit rude‘). This time, in advance of her appearance at the Prince‘s Trust concert, she wrote to the Queen asking why the bearskins of the Buckingham Palace guards couldn‘t be synthetic.

5. Miss Widdecombe said: "They shoot mothers regardless of whether she has got cubs; sometimes they shoot and don‘t kill them outright and they die a long, lingering death." «It‘s high time we ended our war against these beautiful animals – bears have no defence against hunters and this investigation highlights how urgent it is for the Government to go fake for the bears‘ sake.» Scroll down for more ... Waste of life: This dead bear‘s skin will now be used to make just one hat Miss Widdecombe, who won PETA Europe‘s 2006 Person of the Year award for her work to end the use of bearskins in ceremonial headpieces, is one of a long list of high–profile supporters of the campaign.