Is it bad manners to attend a funeral bare-legged in hot weather?

No not bad manners

No not at all...People there for the deceased loved one and their family..Dont imagine anyone will notice your legs

No, not bad manners at all. Who needs beastly tights in warm weather.

Go bare and feel comfortable. I would.

I was going to suggest trousers but Baggs beat me to it!

it is fine to go bare legged.

Perfectly fine- but best to not have skirt too short or show too much clevage, etc.

Ever since I envied Princess Diana’s bare legs at a Buckingham Palace garden party while I was sweltering in tights I have always been of the opinion that comfort trumps etiquette. And as many of our mothers would have said, “Nobody will be looking at you”.

Greyduster, I am so much of your opinion! But OP asked for a reason.
Most funerals I go to, I wouldn't have to think about it - I know what the close family would think. And I have been to all sorts of funerals, as have many of us I expect.
But if I was going to say, an ex-colleague, or someone I sat on a charity committee with, or, as I did not long ago, my dad's former boss....well I wouldn't know and I would err on the side of formality.

As long as your legs look ok - no knobbly varicose veins or lots of bristly dark hairs or worse- go bare legged!

Unless asked to wear bright clothes - which we were asked to recently - I think I would wear quiet dark clothes to not draw attention to myself.
I was at a funeral on a very hot day when young work colleagues wore shiny black suits, shirts and ties. They looked very hot and uncomfortable. But really, does it matter?

Personally I wouldn’t wear bare legs as my legs are a spider veined mess, but if you have nice pins why on Earth not!

I would always wear tights to a funeral or other formal occasion - as my DD1 once said, I’m never knowingly underdressed - but I certainly wouldn’t judge, or probably even notice, someone who didn’t. You do you, as they always say on Mumsnet.

Yes it’s fine. I’ve done it, I can’t put tights on.

Despite what the OP says, really, who is going to notice? Do people spend all their time at funerals eying the legs of every woman in a skirt to check whether they are wearing tights or not? Yes, clearly the OP and her mother would, but anyone else?

A couple of months ago we attended the funeral of a very dear friend. It was on one of the first really hot days. I can remember little or nothing of what anyone was wearing, least of all whether they were wearing tights or not. We were all united in our grief at the sudden death of a remarkable, loving and lovely lady.

As for the Royals and hosiery. Well, Diana often went bare legged in the summer.

She had lovely long, slim, tanned legs, as I’m sure Catherine and Meghan also have.

Different to say the Queen, Princess Alexandra, Princess Michael et al, elderly ladies with all the problems that age might bring, veins, poor circulation, thick ankles.

Not surprising they probably prefer to wear a quality pair of tights, even on a hot day.

What does it matter what the women in the royal family do? The live lives totally different from other people and are always on show in a quite artificial way and constantly under scrutiny for every thing they wear. A million miles from how we go about our lives, where everything we wear is not constantly under scrutiny.

Go to the funeral wearing whatever you feel comfortable in. Lets face it the funeral is all about the deceased, not the mourners.

Some tights are so near to skin colour that you can hardly tell if they're being worn or not. You say you're wearing a midi-length dress so actually there won't be much 'leg'showing' will there. It's not as if you were wearing a mini skirt.
Alternatively, could you cope with wearing pop socks? I know they're not the nicest hosiery - but just a suggestion as they might be a bit cooler.

No, it doesn’t matter what the RF wear MOnica.

I was just pointing out how times have changed, even with them, and what the older generation like to wear is completely different to the younger ones.

Years ago, ‘ordinary’ older women would have worn tights or stockings to a funeral without a second thought, even on a really hot day. Totally different now.

That’s what bothered the OP, what her mother would think.

I admit I tutted when Megan Markle showed up at Royal events with no hosiery

Why ? Who decided wearing stockings/tights was de rigueur ??
Isn’t it 2022 ?
I only wear them if I need to keep my legs warm.

Of course not! People here rarely wear black,either. Just smart casual clothes to show respect.

If men wore frocks and skirts they would not wear hosiery on a hot day, even at a funeral.
It is a ridiculous and sexist stipulation (like insisting on high healed shoes) when it is a work uniform as well as a lot of faff and expense, but to voluntarily subject oneself to this level of discomfort is archaic and unnecessary and belongs in the past along with corsets and girdles imo.? ps. If you do wear makeup foundation on your face why not slap on a bit of good quality leg makeup ( pretty polly had one in a tube or roll on, it smelled gorgeous) just on the the bits of leg that are on view. This could go better with dark/formal wear

The royal family ladies are almost always wearing court shoes, sandals seem to be only for evening. Bare feet in court shoes, are uncomfortable and smelly.

Like Nanna8 the funerals I've been to recently it was suggested that we wear smart casual clothes - or in some cases something bright! Which is far more my thing. I've never liked wearing black. For me funerals are to celebrate life and I want my family and friends to wear bright clothes of their own choice

The last funeral I attended was about a year ago. It was quite a smart occasion. The men wore suits with black or dark ties and the women were dressed in sober colours. I wore a navy midi dress with court shoes. No tights. As others have said your legs will hardly be visible.