"It is illegal to stand within a hundred yards of a ruling English monarch if you aren't wearing socks."
This is according to the Guardian, which notes that it also remains illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament while wearing a suit of armor. Also in the category of alleged ancient English laws that are still endorsed: it is potentially an act of treason to affix a stamp bearing the image of a monarch upside-down, and it is illegal to eat mince pies on Christmas (the latter is thanks to Oliver Cromwell, who in 1644 declared mince pies "abominable and idolatrous things to be avoided by Christians").
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