question: What's the significance of the Queen's Guard's Hats? Bonus Explanation: What purpose do they serve in a modern attack with glowing uniforms and massive heads?
comment: The queen's guard aren't commandos that get sent on covert Missions. They're meant to stand out, and be a very visible show. They aren't just ceremonial, though. They're full trained soldiers in their own right on full guard duty. But to do their job there is no need to hide or blend in. They want to be a very visible deterrent.
passages: The flag and uniform of the Commander-in-Chief's Guards was described by historian Benson John Lossing:
   The primary and most visible function of the Ceremonial Guard is, as mentioned, the Changing of the Guard on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, the national capital of Canada. The Changing of the Guard Ceremony is a parade representing the changing of the guards/sentries posted at Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Canadian monarch when in Ottawa, and her representative, the Governor General, in her absence. The tradition began on Canada Day in 1959 when the 1st Battalion, Canadian Guards mounted the new guard on Parliament Hill with its band and corps of drums. The ceremony was so popular that the Ottawa Board of Trade asked for permission from the army to continue the ceremony the following year. A full company of two platoons is employed in daily public duties, with both divisions of one platoon parading as the 'new guard' – those to take over duties at Rideau Hall – and the other platoon of the company split, one division parading as 'old guard', and the other performing sentry duties at Rideau Hall and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for the day.
   BULLET::::- At St John's, Smith Square, teams encountered the leg's Double Battle. One team member from each team would dress up as a member of the Queen's Guard and had to stand before a guardhouse. The remaining team member of the opposing team would then try to get them to flinch or laugh, using whatever means they wished without touching them. The first guard to crack would lose the Double Battle.
   Section::::Operating area.:Other Commonwealth units to have mounted the King's/Queen's Guard.
  
  The following is a list of units from the British Empire and Commonwealth to have mounted the King's Guard/Queen's Guard.
  
  Section::::The Queen's Life Guard.
   If a person or persons step in front of a sentry while he is marching he will shout: "Make way for the Queen's Guard!" (or Castle guard/Tower of London guard/Windsor Castle guard, etc.)
  
  Section::::Operating area.:Discipline.
   Section::::Operating area.:Postings.
   Section::::Operating area.:Arms plot.
   The Queen's Guard is primarily made up of units from the Household Division for royal palaces and public monuments—namely Buckingham Palace, St James's Palace, Windsor Castle, and the Tower of London—and other units from all three services of the British Armed Forces filling in when not deployed; in Scotland, Holyrood Palace and Edinburgh Castle are usually the responsibility of Scottish regiments or units based in Edinburgh. Occasionally units from Commonwealth militaries are given the honour.
  
  Section::::Military.:Oceania.
  
  Section::::Military.:Oceania.:Australia.
   BULLET::::- 1st Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles, August 1996
  
  BULLET::::- 42 Commando, Royal Marines, June 2014
  
  BULLET::::- Brigade of Gurkhas, May 2015
  
  BULLET::::- 10 Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment, May–Jul 2019
  
  The RAF Regiment has a dedicated ceremonial unit, the Queen's Colour Squadron; this unit represents the RAF whenever it provides the Queen's Guard.
   As with any guard unit in the Canadian Forces, uniforms originate from the Queen's Guard and rank insignia worn on the uniforms generally follow the pattern currently in force. Members of the Ceremonial Guard each carry an unloaded Colt Canada C7 rifle.
  
  Section::::Origins.
   Sovereign's Bodyguard
  
  Sovereign's Body Guard is the name given to three ceremonial units in the United Kingdom who are tasked with guarding the Sovereign. These units are:
  
  BULLET::::- Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms - formed 1509
  
  BULLET::::- Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard - formed 1485
  
  BULLET::::- Royal Company of Archers, the Queen's Body Guard for Scotland - formed 1676; entered royal service 1822
   Section::::Operating area.:Postings.:Foot Guards.
  
  The guard is usually found from one of the five regiments of foot guards:
  
  BULLET::::- Grenadier Guards
  
  BULLET::::- Coldstream Guards
  
  BULLET::::- Scots Guards
  
  BULLET::::- Irish Guards
  
  BULLET::::- Welsh Guards
  
  However, in theory, any Commonwealth unit can provide the guard. On many occasions, the Gurkhas, RAF Regiment and Royal Marines have provided the guard, while a handful of units from other Commonwealth countries have also done so (see below). Only one unit has come from a Commonwealth country of which the Queen is not head of state, namely the 1st Battalion, Royal Malay Regiment, in 2008.
   Section::::Standard.
  
  Traditionally, the corps carried a standard, in the manner of army regiments. The corps' first standard was supposedly destroyed in a fire at St James's Palace in 1809. King George VI presented a replacement standard to the corps in 1938. This was replaced by a new standard presented by Queen Elizabeth II in 1985.
   Section::::Public duties.:Sentry duty.
  
  The other highly visible public duty of the Ceremonial Guard is sentry duty at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial and Rideau Hall. The sentries are ceremonial in nature only and do not generally perform actual guard duty; however, all are trained military personnel and procedures and orders do exist for the Ceremonial Guard to adopt an armed night guard of Rideau Hall should sufficient security threat arise. The sentries are part of National Sentry Program (from April 9 - November 11) of which the CG organizes.
   With a guard mount at 3pm, each guard consisted of one officer, one sergeant, one corporal, one lance corporal, eight guardsmen and a drummer; originally the guard had thirty guardsmen.
   Section::::Operating area.:Procedure while at post.
   Because of their location, status, role and nature, royal guards have frequently been able to play a political role beyond their intended military and social ones. In times of revolution, the continued loyalty or defection of such units has often played a key part in the outcome of wider unrest. Historical examples were England in 1688, Spain in 1808, Sweden in 1809, France in 1789 and again in 1814-15, Russia in 1917 and Persia in 1906 and again in 1953.
  
  Section::::List of royal guards.
  
  Section::::List of royal guards.:Past.
  
  BULLET::::- Mesedi, in the Hittite Empire
   The Canadian guard of honour is formed from members of the company-sized Ceremonial Guard, an "ad hoc" unit drawn from all branches of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). Although the unit's members are derived from a variety of military units, the Ceremonial Guard wears the uniforms of Canada's two Foot Guards regiments as a reflection of their traditional connection with those regiments. Prior to 2007, membership with the Ceremonial Guard was restricted to the two regiments of Foot Guards in the Canadian Army. The unit comprises 400 people, including a Foot Guard company and the Band of the Ceremonial Guard. 
   BULLET::::- The morion appears on the insignia of the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, the largest of the Florida Army National Guard, in tribute to the early militias of Florida under Spanish rule.
  
  Section::::In popular culture.
  
  BULLET::::- Helmets like the morion and cabasset feature in historical dramas set in the Elizabethan period, generally worn by extras portraying guards. Such works include the films "", "Cromwell", "Witchfinder General" and BBC TV series like "The Tudors" and "Blackadder 2".
   Section::::Military.:Europe.:Netherlands.
  
  The Honour Guards in Netherlands consists of two guard regiments, Garderegiment Grenadiers en Jagers and Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene, both from the Royal Netherlands Army.
  
  Guard of honour detachments for public duties are present in the Royal Netherlands Navy, Royal Netherlands Air Force and the Royal Marechaussee.
  
  Section::::Military.:Europe.:North Macedonia.
   BULLET::::- 2002: 1st Battalion, The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
  
  BULLET::::- 2003: 1st Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
  
  BULLET::::- 2004: The Royal Gibraltar Regiment
  
  BULLET::::- 2005: Royal Naval Reserve
  
  BULLET::::- 2006: The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
  
  BULLET::::- 2007: 40 Regiment, Royal Artillery
  
  BULLET::::- 2008: Hans Majestet Kongens Garde
  
  BULLET::::- 2009: The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
  
  BULLET::::- 2010: 3rd Battalion, The Rifles
  
  BULLET::::- 2011: The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
  
  BULLET::::- 2012: The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
   Section::::See also.
  
  BULLET::::- Guard mounting
  
  Section::::References.
  
  BULLET::::- Paget, J; 'The Story of the Guards'; London; Osprey Publishing; 1976
  
  BULLET::::- Sullivan-Tailyour, J. R.; 'Changing the guard at Buckingham Palace'; London; International Partnership in Marketing Services; 1999
  
  BULLET::::- Tibballs, G; 'Soldier Soldier: The Regiment Files'; London; BCA; 1995
  
  Section::::External links.
  
  BULLET::::- Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace, times, schedules and more
  
  BULLET::::- Household Division Ceremonial Events
  
  BULLET::::- The Queen's Guard on the British Army website
  
  BULLET::::- The Queen's Life Guard on the British Army website
  
  BULLET::::- Changing of the Guard on the British Monarchy website
   The guard of honour unit in South Africa was the State Presidents Guard (Staatspresidentseenheid) until 1990. The unit has since been replaced by the National Ceremonial Guard in the South African National Defence Force. Permanent honour guards in the country had not existed prior to the Staatspresidentseenheid's founding in 1967. Following the abolition of apartheid in South Africa, the guard was disestablished, leaving the defense forces without an official guard of honour until 1995, when the NCG was founded.
  
  Section::::Military.:Africa.:Zimbabwe.
   Section::::Characters.
  
  BULLET::::- David Jason as Captain Guy Hubble - an ex-guardsman who has seen action in Cyprus and Northern Ireland, before becoming Head of Security at Buckingham Palace car park. He is appointed as Royal Bodyguard after saving the Queen's life in an apparent act of bravery on the day of the State Opening of Parliament.
   BULLET::::- "S.D.S." — "The Seven Deadly Sins", probably by Richard Tarlton. A production c. 1591 involved a group of players who would later go on to form the Lord Chamberlain's Men.
  
  Section::::After 1642.
  