Princess Beatrix is visiting the island of Saint Maarten this week. Yesterday, she opened the UK Youth Parliament; for this event, she repeated a royal blue picture hat with square crown, upturned brim and knotted band around the crown. While I would prefer a less angular crown shape for Princess Beatrix, the colour and brim shape of this hat is really pretty on her.
Designer: I suspect Suzanne Moulijn
Previously Worn: October 23, 2011
Royal Hats 
A conventional shape of hat, and lovely on her. The ‘cake’ hats are just bizarre.
She does look so much better in hats with brims. She looks very stylish here, proving one can look stylish and modern at any age.
Love the hat on her, and the whole outfit. Beautiful coordination with the jewelry as well.
I wish the Dutch would use the term ‘Queen Dowager’ or something like that. It is still jarring to me to see her called Princess…
Princess Beatrix is the star of the royals when it comes to wardrobe. She never makes an error. Love the outfit.
Colour makes me think of Delft blue – very appropriate for her. 🙂
Very attractive and a nice change to her usual style of hat. The colour is very flattering.