Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik of Denmark set off on their annual summer cruise this week. On Tuesday, they visited Southdjurs Municipality. For their arrival into the port of Ebeltoft, the Queen repeated her vibrant blue blue hat with pork pie crown and downward curved brim. My favourite part of this piece is the striped velvet band around the crown which adds such depth and dimension to the very blue ensemble. 

Designer: unknown
Previously Worn: May 4, 2005; June 6, 2014; May 5, 2013; April 27, 2014; October 6, 2013; September 3, 2013; July 4, 2013; June 2, 2013; May 6, 2013; June 14, 2012; September 2, 2012; September 20, 2011; September 6, 2011; May 23, 2011

On Wednesday, the royal couple sailed on to Vejle. Queen Margrethe repeated her straw hat made from close and open weaves of red straw. We have seen this hat many times but its casual feel and perfect compliment to nautical navy makes it just the right hat for a royal cruise.

Designer: unknown
Previously Worn: September 17, 2014; June 19, 2014; May 26, 2014; August 31, 2013; July 1, 2013;  May 29, 2013, May 14, 2013; September 11, 2009; June 30, 2008; February 20, 2008; September  12, 2007; June 7, 2007;  May 10, 2007

Today, Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik concluded the trip with a visit to Aabenraa. For this stop, the Queen repeated her pale blue bumper hat with braided trim. After wearing it frequently last year (enough that I grew tired of it), this was this hat’s first 2015 outing and I was pleasantly surprised to see her wear it again. It’s a great colour and scale for her.

Designer: unknown
Previously Worn: October 21, 2014; October 7, 2014; September 14, 2014; June 24, 2014; May 19, 2014, April 25, 2014

The hats worn on this year’s cruise feel more formal to me than those worn in years past. Perhaps the scheduled events carried more formality? Nevertheless, the two blue hats worn this week are two of the best in Queen Margrethe’s millinery closet and one can never go with classic navy and red when one is sailing. Good choices all around, I think, although I desperately hope we’ll soon see a few new hats for the Danish Queen. It’s time.

Photos from Henning Bagger/Scanpix via The Danish Monarchy; Splash News and Splash News via Corbis; Christian Meyer for The Danish Monarchy; Claus Fisker/Scanpix via The Danish Monarchy

On Monday, Queen Margrethe visited the Queen’s Holiday Village in Grenaa to celebrate its 25th anniversary. For the occasion, which saw the unveiling of a mosaiac in her likeness by artist Mads Hjorth, she repeated a beige hat. A sort of stylised fedora, the rounded and sloping sides of the crown of this piece abruptly end in a squared off top. While from a closeup view the hat seems all right, from a distance the shape is clunky and awkward. Paired with a beige suit, the ensemble is very bland and makes me yearn for Margrethe’s usual approach to colour (lots of it, from head to toe).

The mosaiac of Her Majesty is wonderful but the hat… not so much.

Designer: unknown
Previously Worn: September 10, 2013; September 4, 2013; September 6, 2012; June 8, 2012

Photos from Splash News and Splash News via Corbis