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Navy to spend £200k to redesign women’s uniform over ‘inappropriately placed’ buttons

The Independent·Alexandra Snow·22 days ago
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The Royal Navy will reportedly spend up to £200,000 to redesign uniforms for female sailors due to “inappropriately placed” buttons. An internal document, seen by The Times , indicates the No 1 jacket – worn by the Princess Royal at ceremonial events – will be altered “at the Crown's expense”, meaning taxpayers will bear the cost. The current uniform features four rows of two buttons, the highest set at breast level, but the new design will reposition all eight buttons lower down, the newspaper reported. The Times said a Royal Navy temporary memorandum sent to the whole of the fleet said: “The position of the top two ‘decorative’ buttons on the older design of the female officer’s No 1 jacket are deemed to be inappropriately placed.” The current uniform has four rows of two buttons (Royal Navy) A Royal Navy spokesperson said: “The Navy is both a modern organisation, which continuously adapts and is also hugely proud of our history.…

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