One of the only surefire ways you can tell a man
is married is by what he's donning on his left ring finger. For single
ladies, the flash of a gold band is enough to send them running. But
what happens when a married man simply decides he doesn't want to wear a
wedding ring? This may be the case for
Prince William, but the reason
behind it is anything but simple. We know, we know, you'd think that the
man who gets to marry Kate Middleton would want to flaunt the fact that he's spending forever with her, but there's actually an aristocratic tradition stemming to his lack of wearing a wedding band.While women have been wearing wedding rings since the Egyptian times,
it may shock you to know that men only really starting wearing wedding
bands during World War II to serve as a reminder of their family back at
home while they were fighting overseas. But for the royal family, the
tradition has never been fully, if at all, adopted. One of the only
royals today who wears his wedding band is Prince Charles,
and he happens to wear it next to his signet ring. For the Duke of
Edinburgh and the Duke of Cambridge though, they're sticking with the
British upper class tradition of forgoing the ring altogether.
"It is not unusual at all for men from the upper sets in Britain to shun wearing a wedding band," William Hanson, an etiquette expert, said.
"This is not because of any intentions that they may wish to play away
from home once married, but because it was traditionally not the done
thing for gentleman to wear jewelry. Years ago, this even included
watches, but even hardened snobs have relaxed on that front. Not wearing
a wedding band is one of those quirky British silent class indicators,
like the color of your shoes on a Thursday, or the way you fold your top
pocket handkerchief."
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