Bishops are being urged to ditch their “daft” pointed hats to try to make the Church ... Jonathan Clark, Bishop of Croydon, agreed saying: “The mitre, as a symbol of power and authority ...

But the Bishop of Newcastle, Christine Hardman, said: ‘This is not a suggestion that would find much favour in my diocese. 'The staff and mitre are not seen as outdated trappings of office but ...

But to top it all off, the 30-year-old fashion mogul apparently borrowed the mitre style hat that she paired with ... “I was teasing my auxiliary bishops, who were teasing me about Rihanna ...

Sir, — Mitregate, indeed (News, 25 June)! The mitre did not exist before the 11th century and, in the Church of England, was rarely (if ever) used between the Reformation and the 19th century, despite ...