Weighing in on the Royal Hats of 2014

Royal Hats Year In Review 2014Over the past month, we have looked back at all the hats, headpieces, fascinators and fouffs that graced royal heads in 2014. After much discussion, the time has come, dearest readers, to offer your nominations. We will nominate hats in the following three categories:

 Favourite 2014   Least Favourite 2014  Best style 2014

Please make your nominations in THIS POST (please repost them here if you posted them already elsewhere) by clearly naming the person who wore the hat, the number of the hat as it appeared in the review post, and why it has received your nomination. I will add thumbnail pictures to your post so everyone can see the hats you nominate. To reign in this discussion, I’m going to limit your nominations to just 5 in each category.

Here are links back to all of the previous review posts:

Belgian Royal Hats

British Royal Hats Part 1, Part 2Part 3and Part 4

Danish Royal Hats

Dubai & Jordanian Royal Hats

Dutch Royal Hats Part 1 and Part 2

Japanese Royal Hats Part 1 and Part 2

Luxembourg & Liechtenstein Royal Hats

Monaco & Spanish Royal Hats

Norwegian Royal Hats

Swedish Royal Hats

Hats Worn by Other Royals

Nominations will remain open until next Wednesday, January 7; on Thursday, polls for each category will open for you to vote. Only hats with the most nominations will move forward into the poll so make sure to put your nominations forward here in a comment!

Royal Hats Last Year: The Rest

Royal Hats Year In Review 2014We have nearly come to the end of our review of all the hats, headpieces and feathery puffs we saw grace royal heads in 2014. Please click on each photo to link to the original post on each hat, complete with additional views, larger photos and detailed information. Here are the final royal hats we saw in 2014:

Austria- Archduchess Marie-Astrid (1-2), Archduchess Adelaide (3), Archduchess Margherita of Austria-Este (4) and Archduchess Anna-Gabriele (5)

 1. 2014-07-05 Amadeo and Elisabetta 31 2. Archduchess Marie Astrid, December 12, 2014 | Royal Hats 3. Archduchess Adelaide, July 5, 2014 | Royal Hats 4. Archduchess Margherita of Austria-Este , July 7, 2014 | Royal Hats 5. Archduchess Anna-Gabriele of Austria, July 7, 2014 | Royal Hats 

Romania- Princess Maria (6) and Crown Princess Margareta (7-8)

6. Crown Princess Maria, May 16, 2014 | Royal Hats  7. Crown Princess Margarita, May 16, 2014 | Royal Hats 8. Crown Princess Margarita, September 29, 2014 | Royal Hats

Italy- Duchess of Castro (9-10), Princess Cecilia of Bourbon-Parma (11) and Princess Maria of Bourbon-Parma (12)

9. Duchess of Castro, November 19, 2014 | Royal Hats  10. Duchess of Castro, December 12, 2014 | Royal Hats 11. Princess Cecilia of Bourbon-Parma, April 5, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog 12. Princess Maria of Bourbon-Parma, April 5, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog

Iran- Empress Farah and Greece- Princess Marie-Chantal

13. Empress Farah, December 12, 2014 | Royal Hats 14. Princess Marie-Chantal, June 7, 2014 in Philip Treacy |Royal Hats

British Nobility- Lady Brabourne (15-16), the Duchess of Devonshire (17-18) and the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough (19)

15. Baroness Brabourne, January 12, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog 16. Baroness Brabourne, June 18, 2014 in Dillon Wallwork | Royal Hats 17. Duchess of Devonshire, July 10, 2014 | Royal Hats 18. Duchess of Devonshire, October 2, 2014 | Royal Hats 19. Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, October 24, 2014 | Royal Hats

The next post will FINALLY invite you all, dear readers, to formally nominate your favourite hat, least favourite hat and best overall hat style from the royal hats we saw in 2014. Will any of these hats make your list?

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Royal Hats Last Year: Great Britain Part 4

Royal Hats Year In Review 2014The grand dame of royal hats is, without question, Queen Elizabeth. The most frequent wearing of all current monarchs, Her Majesty continues to enthrall and entertain us with her marvelous millinery. While several of the following hats were worn multiple times in 2014, they will each show up in the review list just once. Please click on each photo to link to the original post on each hat, complete with additional views, larger photos and detailed information. Without further ado, here are all the hats worn by Queen Elizabeth in 2014:

1. Queen Elizabeth, January 12, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan | The Royal Hats Blog 2. Queen Elizabeth, January 19, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan| The Royal Hats Blog 3. Queen Elizabeth, January 29, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan| The Royal Hats Blog 4. Queen Elizabeth, February 2, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog

5. Queen Elizabeth, February 3, 2014 in Angela Kelly | The Royal Hats Blog 6 Queen Elizabeth, February 20, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog 7. Queen Elizabeth, March 6, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan | The Royal Hats Blog 8. Queen Elizabeth, March 14, 2014 in Angela Kelly | The Royal Hats Blog

9. Queen Elizabeth, March 14, 2014 in Angela Kelly | The Royal Hats Blog 10. Queen Elizabeth, March 21, 2014 in Angela Kelly | The Royal Hats Blog 11. Queen Elizabeth, March 27, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan | The Royal Hats Blog 12. Queen Elizabeth, March 31, 2014 in Marie O'Reagan  | The Royal Hats Blog

13. Queen Elizabeth, April 8, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan | The Royal Hats Blog 14. Queen Elizabeth, April 11, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog 15. Queen Elizabeth, April 17, 2014 in Angela Kelly | The Royal Hats Blog 16. Queen Elizabeth, May 6, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats

17. Queen Elizabeth, May 7, 2014 | Royal Hats 18. Queen Elizabeth, May 17, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan | Royal Hats 19. Queen Elizabeth, May 18, 2014 | Royal Hats 20. Queen Elizabeth, May 20, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats

21. Queen Elizabeth, May 21, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 22. Queen Elizabeth, May 28, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 23. Queen Elizabeth, May 28, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan | Royal Hats 24. Queen Elizabeth, June 3, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 

25. Queen Elizabeth, June 5, 2014 | Royal Hats 26. Queen Elizabeth, June 5, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 27. Queen Elizabeth, June 5, 2014 in Angela Kelly| Royal Hats 28. Queen Elizabeth, June 5, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats

29. Queen Elizabeth, June 6, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan | Royal Hats 30. Queen Elizabeth, June 7, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 31. Queen Elizabeth, June 7, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 32. Queen Elizabeth, June 10, 2014 in Philip Somerville | Royal Hats

33. Queen Elizabeth, June 12, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 34. Queen Elizabeth, June 14, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 35. Queen Elizabeth, June 15, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 36. Queen Elizabeth, June 17, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan | Royal Hats

37. Queen Elizabeth, June 18, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan | Royal Hats 38. Queen Elizabeth, June 19, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan | Royal Hats 39. Queen Elizabeth, June 21, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 40. Queen Elizabeth, June 21, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats

41. Queen Elizabeth, June 23, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 42. Queen Elizabeth, June 24, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 43. Queen Elizabeth, June 24, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan | Royal Hats 44. Queen Elizabeth, June 25, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats

45. Queen Elizabeth, June 26, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan | Royal Hats 46. Queen Elizabeth, June 28, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan | Royal Hats 47. Queen Elizabeth, June 30, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 48. Queen Elizabeth, July 1, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 

49. Queen Elizabeth, July 2, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 50. Queen Elizabeth, July 3, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 51. Queen Elizabeth, July 4, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 52. Queen Elizabeth, July 10, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan | Royal Hats 

53. Queen Elizabeth, July 17, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 54. Queen Elizabeth, July 23, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 55. Queen Elizabeth, July 24, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 56. Queen Elizabeth, August 4, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan | Royal Hats 

57. Queen Elizabeth, August 17, 2014 | Royal Hats 58. Queen Elizabeth, August 24, 2014 in Philip Somerville | Royal Hats 59. Queen Elizabeth, September 6, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 60. Queen Elizabeth, September 14, 2014 | Royal Hats 

61. Queen Elizabeth, September 21, 2014 | Royal Hats 62. Queen Elizabeth, September 28, 2014 | Royal Hats 63. Queen Elizabeth, October 16, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 64. Queen Elizabeth, October 18, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 

65. Queen Elizabeth, October 21, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 66.  Queen Elizabeth, October 24, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 67. Queen Elizabeth, October 30, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan | Royal Hats 68. Queen Elizabeth, November 5, 2011 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 

69. Queen Elizabeth, November 9, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 70. Queen Elizabeth, November 20, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 71. Queen Elizabeth, November 28, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 72. Queen Elizabeth, December 21, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan | Royal Hats 

73. Queen Elizabeth, December 25, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats 74. Queen Elizabeth, December 28, 2014 in Angela Kelly | Royal Hats

Will any of these hats receive your nomination for favourite royal hat of 2014? Stay tuned tomorrow morning for the final royal hat review post and the start of our nominations!

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Royal Hats this Year: Great Britain Part 3

Royal Hats Year In Review 2014Continuing with our look at the hats worn by members of the British Royal Family in 2014, we now turn our attention to the remaining members of the Queen’s immediate family. In cases where a hat was worn multiple times, it shows up in the review list just once; please click on each photo to link to the original post on each hat, complete with additional views, larger photos and detailed information. Here are all the hats worn by these members of the immediate British royal family in 2014:

Duchess of Cornwall

1A. The Duchess of Cornwall, March 12, 2014 in Lock & Co. | The Royal Hats Blog 1B. Duchess of Cornwall, March 10, 2014 in Philip Treacy Royal Hats 2. The Duchess of Cornwall, March 13, 2014 in Philip Treacy | The Royal Hats Blog 3. Duchess of Cornwall, April 8, 2014 in Philip Treacy | Royal Hats 4. Duchess of Cornwall, May 19, 2014 in Philip Treacy | Royal Hats

5. Duchess of Cornwall, June 3, 2014  in Philip Treacy| Royal Hats 6. Duchess of Cornwall, June 6, 2014 in Philip Treacy | Royal Hats 7. Duchess of Cornwall, June 14, 2014 in Philip Treacy | Royal Hats 8. Duchess of Cornwall, June 17, 2014 in Philip Treacy | Royal Hats

9. Duchess of Cornwall, June 18, 2014 in Philip Treacy| Royal Hats 10. 2014-08-17 Sunday church 3 11. Duchess of Cornwall, September 11, 2014 in Lock & Co. | Royal Hats 12. Duchess of Cornwall, November 20, 2014 in Philip Treacy | Royal Hats

Duchess of Cambridge

13. Duchess of Cambridge, March 17, 2014 in Gina Foster | The Royal Hats Blog 14. Duchess of Cambridge, March 29, 2014 in Lock & Co. | The Royal Hats Blog 15. The Duchess of Cambridge, April 7, 2014 in Gina Foster | The Royal Hats Blog  16. The Duchess of Cambridge, April 13, 2014 in Jane Taylor | The Royal Hats Blog

17. Duchess of Cambridge, April 20, 2014 in Jane Taylor | The Royal Hats Blog 18. Duchess of Cambridge, April 25, 2014 in Hatmaker by Jonathan Howard | The Royal Hats Blog  18   1 19. Duchess of Cambridge, June 6, 2014 in Lock & Co | Royal Hats 20. Duchess of Cambridge, June 10, 2014 in Jane Corbett | Royal Hats

21. Duchess of Cambridge, June 14, 2014 in Jane Taylor | Royal Hats  22. Duchess of Cambridge, June 16, 2014 in Lock & Co. | Royal Hats 23. Duchess of Cambridge, August 4, 2014 in Jane Taylor | Royal Hats 24. Duchess of Cambridge, November 9, 2014 in Jane Corbett | Royal Hats 25. Duchess of Cambridge, December 25, 2014 in Lock & Co. | Royal Hats

Princess Beatrice

26. Princess Beatrice, March 13, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog 27. Princess Beatrice, May 21, 2014 in Robyn Coles | Royal Hats 28. Princess Beatrice, June 17, 2014 in Sarah Cant | Royal Hats 29. Princess Beatrice, June 19, 2014 in Sarah Cant | Royal Hats

30. Princess Beatrice, June 21, 2014 in Misa Harada | Royal Hats 31. Princess Beatrice, September 11, 2014 in Michelle Boyt  | Royal Hats 32. Princess Beatrice, November 19, 2014 | Royal Hats 33. Princess Beatrice, December 25, 2014 in Rachel Black | Royal Hats

Princess Eugenie

34. Princess Eugenie, June 10, 2014 in Nerida Fraiman| Royal Hats 35. Princess Eugenie, June 14, 2014 in Sarah Cant| Royal Hats 36. Princess Eugenie, June 17, 2014 in Nerida Fraiman | Royal Hats  37. Princess Eugenie June 19, 2014 in Robyn Coles | Royal Hats

38. Princess Eugenie, June 21, 2014 in Sarah Cant | Royal Hats 39. Princess Eugenie, August 17, 2014 | Royal Hats 40. Princess Eugenie, November 19, 2014  in Juliette Botterill | Royal Hats 41. Princess Eugenie, December 25, 2014 in Juliette Botterill | Royal Hats

The Countess of Wessex

42. The Countess of Wessex, March 13, 2014 in Rachel Trevor Morgan | The Royal Hats Blog 43. Countess of Wessex, April 20, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog 44. Countess of Wessex, May 2014 in Jane Taylor | Royal Hats  45. Countess of Wessex, May 2014 in Jane Taylor | Royal Hats

46. Countess of Wessex, May 16, 2014 in Jane Taylor | Royal Hats 47. Countess of Wessex, June 3, 2014 in Jane Taylor | Royal Hats  48. Countess of Wessex, June 14, 2014 in Jane Taylor| Royal Hats 49. Countess of Wessex, June 17, 2014 in Jane Taylor | Royal Hats 50. Countess of Wessex, June 18, 2014 in Jane Taylor | Royal Hats

51.  Countess of Wessex, June 19, 2014 in Jane Taylor| Royal Hats 52. Countess of Wessex, November 9, 2014 in Jane Taylor  | Royal Hats 53. Countess of Wessex, December 5, 2014 in Philip Treacy | Royal Hats 54. Countess of Wessex, December 25, 2014 in Jane Taylor | Royal Hats

I suspect this list contains numerous nominations for both your favourite and least favourite royal hats of 2014 and I can’t wait to hear what they are!

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