Last Friday, Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik of Denmark enjoyed the third and final day of the first leg of their annual summer cruise with a stop in Marstal. Margrethe repeated her natural straw hat, this time trimmed with a red and black plaid band around the crown in the same fabric as her skirt. The hat is quite fine but that band… I think it needs to be sliced in two. It would be so much prettier if it was half as wide as it is now, don’t you think?
Designer: unknown
Previously Worn (with plaid band): September 3, 2013; August 29, 2013; June 4, 2013; and June 9, 2011
Previously Worn (with green band): April 28, 2013; August 30, 2013; and September 5, 2012
Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrick will board the Royal Yacht Dannebrog again September for a second, five-day cruise. We will certainly cover the hats during this leg of the summer cruise at that time.
Photos from Michael Baker/Polphoto via Konghuset and Michael Baker via Fyens
Royal Hats 
Perhaps just one of the colors from the skirt and a bit narrower band would be more to my liking.
Hmm, I’m not sure I agree. Picturing it with the band only half the width, I think that would turn it into just a pretty informal summer straw with a decorative band. Whereas with the band this width, to me it makes it seem more a part of the structure and gives it added gravitas. I know the cruise is perhaps less formal than some engagements, but she is meeting a mayor with a chain!
Good point. How about 1/3 less the width it is now?! That would still give it some formality without the band being the total focal point.
I think the band is just right as it is. It’s a sharp looking hat.