The annual Festival of British Eventing was held this weekend on the grounds of Gatcombe Park, Princess Anne’s country home in Gloucestershire. The equestrian event was attended by the Phillips and Wessex families who wore a bevy of sporty hats. It looks like a marvellous time was had by all.
Lovely hats worn by the Imperial Princesses at the Florence Nightingale Medal (Imperial Family of Japan)
Wonderful photos of the extended Luxembourg royal family on vacation in the south of France (Luxarazzi)
Several of Angela Kelly’s designs for the Queen are on display at Buckingham Palace this summer (Royal Central)
The Norwegian Royal Family visited Vardøhus fortress together (Folkebladet)
Wonderful photo gallery of Queen Elizabeth’s long love affair with her corgis (Vanity Fair)
Queen Letizia, The Countess of Wessex, Charlotte Casiraghi, Prince Carl Philip, Prince Harry, Beatrice Borromeo and Pierre Casiraghi all made the 2015 International Best Dressed list this year. Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned of Qatar made the hall of fame. (Vanity Fair)
Empress Michiko, who is Honorary President of the Japanese Red Cross Society, presented the Florence Nightingale Medal Awards on Wednesday in Tokyo. For this ceremony, the Empress repeated the white saucer hat with blue twist trim we saw her first début last week. This event gives us a better view of the hat, which I think is a wonderful compliment to her slate blue and white suit.
Designer: my guess is Akio Hirata
Previously Worn: July 26, 2015
Photos from Asahi Shimbun and Asahi Shimbun via Getty
On Sunday, Princess Hisako of Takamado fullfilled her role as Honorary President of the Japan Sea Cadet Federation by attending a cutter boat race held by the organization in Tokyo. For the event, she wore a light straw hat with open weave detail on the brim and top of the crown. It’s a lovely detail that works so well with the hat, which was made of cream straw woven in a linear pattern. I particularly like the open weave paired with the upturned edge of the hat’s brim. It’s quite a smart hat on Hisako, isn’t it?
Photos from FNN News
45 years ago today, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, was photographed on the occasion of her 70th birthday with her grandchildren Prince Edward (later the Earl of Wessex), Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones and Viscount Linley. Her hat was a marvellous pompadour casque made from triangles of multi-coloured pastel silk organza trimmed with tiny silk blossoms of lily of the valley.
Photo from Getty as indicated
Royal Hats 