In 2023, the legion started making fully recyclable paper poppies. In 1926 in Scotland, Lady Haig opened Lady Haig's Poppy Factory, employing former veterans to make the flowers out of tissue.

“[But] we will always come out in defence of individuals who don’t want to wear a poppy in public life.” The RBL says it has ...

Each poppy starts as a plastic stem, imported into the factory. The paper leaf and petal are cut out using machines. The factory assembles these together using a plastic button. Around 140,000 ...

According to Royal Marine rules, which follows the Royal Navy as it is a branch of that armed service, he has to wear his paper poppy on his cap behind the cap badge, a royal source tells PEOPLE.

If you’ve watched BBC news recently, or followed Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex’ tour of Australia and New Zealand, you will have many people with a paper flower pinned to their top.