Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden celebrated her name day today with a ceremony at the square of the Royal Palace in Stockholm. She was accompanied by Prince Daniel and Princess Estelle who looked positively charming in a wool bonnet to match her gray-green coat. Adorable!
Photos from Patrick van Katwijk via Dutch Photo Press
Queen Máxima of The Netherlands marked the national week of Health and Welfare yesterday with a visit to a health care center in Etten-Leur. She repeated her a chocolate wool hat with sharply upturned brim and square crown. I like this hat paired with Máxima’s chocolate and cream hound’s tooth coat although the look is quite a wintery one (am I the only one desperate for spring?!). Her hair style looked great with this hat although I would have loved to see some small earrings to polish off the whole look. What do you think?
Designer: Fabienne Delvigne
Previously Worn: November 26, 2013; March 11, 2010; Nov 17, 2007
Photos from Patrick van Katwijk via Dutch Photo Press
The Cheltenham Festival began yesterday with a full day of races and attendance by one of Britian’s horse-mad royals, Zara Phillips. For this event, Zara repeated a black chapeau with multiple looped feather trim. This hat has undergone a renovation since its debut in 2012– you’ll notice that the tall feathers were removed. Does it work for me? No. The change in feathers doesn’t alter the awkward shape of this hat – the a stylized mini version of a pilgrim hat looks costumey. If she was determined to top this coat with a black hat with feather trim, I think a better option would have been the Jane Taylor design Zara wore to this event last year.
Designer: Amy Money Millinery
This begs the question- how many black hats trimmed with feathers does the average royal hat wearer need in their millinery wardrobe?! I can’t wait to hear your opinions.
Photos from Alan Crowhurst, Danny E. Martindale, Bauer Griffin, Danny E. Martindale all via Zimbio
Members of the British Royal Family congregated at Westminister Abbey today for the annual Commonwealth Observance Service. Queen Elizabeth stood out in her beautiful watermelon pink rose hat (voted by you, dear readers, as one of your top 10 favourite royal hats last year). I always think she looks bright, cheery and so very lovely in this hat.
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Designer: Rachel Trevor Morgan
Previously Worn: October 29, 2013; October 1, 2013; May 17, 2012
The Duchess of Cornwall debuted a new piece of millinery today. This hat featured a calot style base of ecru wool edged in monochrome wool leaves that swept around the hat to a tall peak. I’m not sure if this hat was supposed to look like a Roman crown of laurel leaves (think Caesar) or remind us of the spiky circle on the Commonwealth Flag but the odd shape and bland colour make me want to send this hat to a gardener to be pruned.
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Designer: Philip Treacy. Camilla has a similar hat in blue
The Countess of Wessex repeated a beautiful cocktail hat with lace covered base and large looped bow. I thought it was a lovely compliment to her tailored coat dress and she looked beautiful. Perhaps some colour next time, Sophie?
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Designer: Jane Taylor. According to the designer, it is a bespoke version of the “Lauren” hat
Previously Worn: June 21, 2012
Today’s lovely royal hats seemed to create a lovely cream background against which Queen Elizabeth’s hat really stood out. Which one of the hats in this trio was your favourite?
Photos from Getty as indicated
Queen Margrethe of Denmark attended the 100th anniversary of Simeon’s Church in Copenhagen yesterday. For this centenary celebration, Margrethe repeated one of my least favourite hats. Hopefully, the festivities were not dampened by this rather unfortunate helmet.
Designer: unknown
Previously Worn: April 6, 2013; March 21, 2013; October 23, 2012; October 20, 2010
Photo from Birger Storm via Billed Bladet
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