God knows he'd look a lot more swashbuckling on top of a white horse in a chain-mail suit, but does that mean he should be a knight in our modern day and age? Many Britons are saying, "No chance." ...

A 15th century Italian/Burgundian set of armour is priced at almost $30,000, and a set of German gothic armour costs $48,000. Peter Fuller has loved medieval artefacts since he was a young child.

Rajput court armour known as the 'Chilta-hazar-masha' or coat of a thousand nails, is constructed from layered fabric faced with velvet which was either studded with gild nails or embroidered.