Claim: A common feature of the Grenadier Guards and the Coldstream Guards are their white plumes situated on the right.
Evidence: By 1700, grenadiers in the English and other armies had adopted a cap in the shape of a bishop's mitre, usually decorated with the regimental insignia in embroidered cloth. All Guardsmen for public duties wear the 'Home Service' Dress tunic in summer or greatcoat in winter and bearskin with a red plume.