Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (née Mary Donaldson) turns 41 today. We’ve seen a number of her hats here on this blog- one of my favourites from the past is this gorgeous violet straw picture hat designed by Susanne Juul. Mary wore this on June 30, 2008 for the 350th Anniversary of the Royal Life Guards. In my humble opinion, it’s still one of her very best millinery moments.
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It is not only the hat, but the stunning dress, of quality, style and color. She has a superb taste!
She looks just beautiful in purple. A lot of other princesses wear huge feathers and flowers on the side of their hats. This one proves that simple is better.
I’ll admit- I do love the wildly embellished hats (bring on the feathers, blooms, bows and flourishes) but this hat is simply beautiful.