Seriously, why is he wearing it - what's the point? Is he balding or something?

Even the French chef mentioned he looked like yasser arafat, monsiour arafat i think i heard him say.

Plus I hope MPW has more than one of those scarves - it can't be hygeinic surely.

Claudia said on her twitter that he wears it cos his son gave it to him.

its not arabian.. its actually a British Military issue shemag.. Issued to troops deployed to Afghansitan.. Keeps the sand and in the winter, cold, off the face..

oh come off its an arabian design worn by arabs all over the middle east since before the time of the prophet.

As I've said many times before i've extensively travelled in that region.

the style in which marco is wearing it is very middle eastern. Im not saying that troops don't wear it, they may well do, but its for the same reasons as tha arabs - to keep the sun off their heads.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keffiyeh

'Its distinctive woven check pattern originated in an ancient Mesopotamian(ancient Iraq) representation of either fishing nets or ears of grain.'

-wiki(the fountain of all knowledge)

lemme guess camels are british too....

anyway thanks feather28

its an arabian design.... im not stupid.. the actual one around his head and neck is a British Military one..

how.. its design is slightly different to that of an arabian one.. field recognition is a marvelous thing

Maybe it's in support of our troops then? If that's the case it's rather nice or if it's because his son gave to him that's also a nice reason to wear it

I think he plays Russian Roulette with Vietnamese people after his dinner services, thats why he wears the headband.

LOL! He has got that Thousand Yard Stare hasn't he...

I just had a LOL moment at that! Brilliant

............at least it keeps his manky long hair out of the food

Isnt it to mop the sweat from his poor fevered brow

He looks an arse whatever it is for

Maybe he'll cut it up to cover the Christmas puddings for steaming.

Claudia's right in what she says...he does look like Rambo!