While the overall number of royal hatted events slowed down considerably over the summer, the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme and a number of foreign visits saw numerous occasions which included hats. Based on your comments, nine repeated millinery designs stood out to you in July and August as particularly impressive – it is these designs that we now face off to pick a single winner that will move on to our year-end contest for best repeated royal hat of 2016.
Click on any of the photos below to jump back to original posts with additional pictures and information on each design. Here are your favourite repeated royal hats (and headpiece!) worn in July and August, in the order they were worn:
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Duchess of Cambridge’s black lattice brimmed hat by Silvia Fletcher for Lock & Co worn in France July 1
Duchess of Cornwall’s cream and navy straw hat by Philip Treacy worn in France July 1
Countess of Wessex in a blue straw percher hat with lace trim by Jane Taylor worn in Germany July 1
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Queen Elizabeth’s lilac straw hat with roses by Rachel Trevor morning worn in Scotland July 1
Queen Elizabeth in a Rachel Trevor Morgan design in blue and red straw worn in Scotland July 3
Queen Máxima’s Fabienne Delvigne designed pink hat with sideswept ‘slice’ brim worn July 4
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Queen Elizabeth in a textured yellow straw Rachel Trevor Morgan design with silk roses worn July 6
Princess Alexandra’s ecru straw hat with hatband bow, net and rose trim worn July 13 in Edinburgh
Crown Princess Mary’s cream straw bow fascinator with feathers worn August 27
Voting will remain open until next Friday, September 30 at midnight GMT and each computer or mobile device can vote twice per day for as many hats as you wish. To avoid unnecessary influence, results will remain hidden until the poll closes. Have fun voting!
Photos from Pool/Sam Hussein and Chris Jackson via Getty; Westfallen-Blatt; Press Association;The British Monarchy; Michel Porro via Getty; Press Association; Craig Hayes/3 Rifles; Stella Pictures
It’s no secret, dearest readers, that we see fewer royal hats over the summer months than we do at any other time of year. And when there are less royal hats, there are even fewer new royal hats! As such, our next monthly poll to decide favourite designs will combine the hats we saw in July and August but don’t worry- thanks to WWI commemorations, a major national day, a car rally and some Imperial visits, there are numerous designs to review.
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