Yearly Archives: 2013

The Queen and Prince Philip Visit Hadley Court

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Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visited the defence medical rehabilitation centre at Headley Court in Surrey today to open new unit for recovering injured servicemen. The Queen wore a white Rachel Trevor Morgan hat she first wore for her and Philip’s diamond wedding anniversary in 2007. This hat, with a curved brim and wispy feather trim must be one of her favourites because we’ve seen her wear it hat numerous times in the past six years. It’s one of my favourites on her, too. What do you think?

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Japanese Royals Mark Anniversary of Peace Treaty

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The other major royal hat we missed during coverage of the Dutch Inauguration was Sunday, April 28, when Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attended a ceremony in Tokyo marking the anniversary of the San Francisco Peace Treaty signed in 1952. The Empress chose one of her characteristic small saucer hats, this one in white with a grey and white striped bow (Michiko also wore this hat in November 2009 for Akihito’s 20th anniversary of accession to the throne) . The choice of a white hat and dress to celebrate a peace treaty was certainly appropriate and I liked this hat more than I like many of her other ones. Michiko’s hats are often very small or look like flat plates on her head. but I thought shape and scale of this one was better suited to her. What do you think?

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Princess Benedikte Goes To School

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In all the activity surrounding the Dutch Inauguration, I have a few hats to catch up on. Last Wednesday, April 24,  Princess Benedikte of Denmark visited at the Copenhagen International School (CIS) to celebrate the institution’s 50th anniversary. For this visit, where she visited classrooms and attended a music recital, she wore the loveliest straw picture hat in raspberry pink. Didn’t she look marvelous?

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Danish Queen and Princess Celebrate DEMA

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Queen Margrethe and Princess Marie of Denmark marked the 75th anniversary of DEMA (Danish Emergency Management Agency) by attending a  reception at the agency’s headquarters in Birkeroe. While Marie was in uniform, Queen Margrethe wore the charcoal grey trilby (complete with koosh ball trim) she last wore for the opening of Parliament in 2008. It’s a good hat shape for her, don’t you think?

Photo from Leif Ernst  

Final Note About the Dutch Inauguration

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I thought we had wrapped up hat coverage of the Dutch Enthronement yesterday but then Princess Margarita (daughter of Princess Irene and first cousin to King Willem-Alexander) showed up for the black tie gala dinner last night in a headpiece! She must have been feeling particularly festive because she’s the only royal who did. Looking at the fascinator alone, I’m a fan. It’s feathery, light and substantial enough to be actually seen and in a lovely colour on Margarita. But when added to a bright pink sparkle dress, bright pink wrap and bright pink sparkle clutch?? It’s a bit much.

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