to twenty-one yeas ago to this day in 1995 which saw Princess Alexandra in a puffy, velvet hat on a visit to a care facility in Wiltshire.
Photos from Getty as indicated
Royal Hats
The Bold, Beautiful and Bizarre World of Royal Millinery
to twenty-one yeas ago to this day in 1995 which saw Princess Alexandra in a puffy, velvet hat on a visit to a care facility in Wiltshire.
Photos from Getty as indicated
Royal Hats 
I don’t like Princess Alexandra of Kent’s very loud, shapeless outfit. Paddington Bear called and he wants his hat back! I am intrigued by the brooch, which looks like a tortoise.
Oh dear, I think I’m really outnumbered but I like her hat and her coat. It appears that it was a rather wet day, and probably cold, which may be why I appreciate her outfit. Also, I am quite short so the big patterned coat Princes Alexandra is wearing would take over my short stature, and I don’t look good in hats, although I would love to wear them. She looks very nice.
Impossible! All women look GREAT in the proper hat.
Paddington Bear is not one of them!
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Princess Alexandra usually looks so elegant, that I am surprised to see her wearing this large, rather ugly hat and a bulky outfit that looks like it was made out of a blanket! Maybe it was very cold and she wanted something thick, even if that meant bulky? She rarely gets it wrong but this hat and outfit was a miss.
Well, she looks warm!
Worn with a black (or possibly a bright blue) skirt, the coat and hat might actually be quite stunning. (Maybe.)
Oh dear! She looks as though she’s wearing a blanket.
On a totally different matter, your daily posts, HQ, remind me to vote for last month’s hats!
The hat is the least of my worries!
My thoughts exactly, GG!
Only 21 years, dear Hat Queen. You frightened me! I can’t say that the hat, or indeed the whole costume, looks like the princess’s usual elegant turnout.
Yes, indeed. Corrected!
Agreed! In all respects, (fit, style, etc.) it very much looks like she raided Diana’s closet from ten years prior.