Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visited the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn today, where they opened a new MRI unit. The Queen repeated an ivory textured Rachel Trevor Morgan hat with looped side bow previously worn to Ascot last October, and during her Jubilee tour of England last May. I’m not a fan of the fabric texture covering this straw hat- it reminds me too much of shedding scales.
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Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (née Mary Donaldson) turns 41 today. One of my favourite hats in her wardrobe is this gorgeous violet straw picture hat designed by Susanne Juul.
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June 30, 2008 for the 350th Anniversary of the Royal Life Guards
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Today, we come to our third and final post in our 75th Birthday Celebration for Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. We’ve already looked at her early hats and her lighthearted hats– today we conclude with the majestic hats. These are hats fit for a Queen, and hats that I think show Queen Beatrix at her millinery best. Like the funny hats, these fit into several distinct categories.
The Upturned Brims. I suspect at the top of a Queen’s job description is to make sure she is seen by her people. Hats can make this difficult sometimes but Queen Beatrix is a master at finding large hats with upturned brims that do not restrict her visibility to the masses.
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The Boater: While we tend to associate Queen Beatrix with her Hat Cakes (and multi-tiered Hat Cakes), many her hats over the past 20 years have followed a boater shape with a flat crown and brim.
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The Double Brims: Why be just a little queenly with one brim when you can be REALLY queenly with two?!
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And finally…. The Spectacles. The thing I love most about Queen Beatrix’s style is that she’s not afraid to take things over the top. These are the hats that prove this queen has no millinery fear. I absolutely adore her for that.
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This wraps up my series on Queen Beatrix’s hats. Which one of her signature styles is your favourite?!
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Queen Margrethe attended a special service at the De Døves Kirke in Frederiksberg this morning to commemorate the release of the first sign language bible. She wore the white wool, fur trimmed hat she first wore last January during her Ruby Jubilee celebration. I don’t usually like hats in the same colour as the wearer’s hair, but I think this one is such a great shape on her that it works in this lovely winter white.
With the special posts here this week on Queen Beatrix (stay tuned tomorrow for the final installment), we’ve seen a lot of very large hats. While I usually adhere to the belief that “Bigger is Better” when it comes to hats, I really like Queen Margrethe in smaller ones. What do you think- bigger or smaller hats for this Danish Queen?
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This morning, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip attended West Newton Church near their Sandringham estate. The Queen wore this royal purple wool homberg hat designed by Rachel Trevor Morgan (which she also wore to the opening of the Jubilee Gardens last October and to a Remembrance Service In November 2009).
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The first few times I saw this hat, I loved the colour but was not sure about the shape of the crown (a classic Homberg style). After seeing it a few times, the shape grown on me – there’s something about the jaunty brim and square crown that seems fun and modern.
What do you think of this homberg hat?
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