As we catch up determining our favourite royal hats worn this year, we’re going to jump back again to September to choose our favourite new design. There were six millinery designs that stood out to you in particular, based on your comments, and it is these six designs that we place side by side in comparison now.

Click on each picture below to jump back to original posts with additional photos and information on each hat. Here are your six finalists for September, in the order they were worn:

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Queen Silvia’s purple flower covered calot worn for her grandson’s christening on September 9
The pearl headpiece worn by Princess Sofia on Sep 9 for Prince Alexander’s christening
Princess Hanako’s pale pink hat with square crown and lace brim worn September 8

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Princess Sofia’s white camellia headpiece worn for the Opening of Parliament Sep 13
Princess Laurentien’s gun metal grey percher hat with crin trim by Eudia worn Sep 20 for Prinsjesdag 
Duchess of Cambridge’s blue felt percher Lock & Co. design with  maple leaf trim worn in Canada on Sep 24

Voting will remain open until Sunday, November 27 at midnight GMT and each computer or mobile device can vote once every 12 hours for as many hats as you wish. For added suspense, results will not be visible until the poll closes. Happy voting!

Photos from Olle Sporrong via IBL; Anders Wiklund/TT; FNN News; Stella Pictures; Mark Cuthbert and Karwai Tang via Getty

With a busy royal programme of parliament openings, state visits and domestic engagements this fall, I have neglected to keep up with our countdown of favourite hats this year. With my apologies, dearest readers, this needs to be rectified! We’re going to start this catch up with a jump back to choose our favourite hats worn in September. Based on your comments, there were five repeated royal millinery designs that were met with particularly high praise.

Click on any of the photos below to jump back to original posts with additional photos and information on each hat. Here are the five finalists, in the order they were worn:

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Crown Princess Mary’s natural straw beret with bow trim by Susanne Juul worn for Flag Day, Sep 5
Queen Margrethe’s red straw hat worn in Favrskov on Sep 7 during her annual summer cruise
Queen Maxima’s Fabienne Delvigne designed coffee coloured straw upswept brim ‘slice’ hat worn Sep 14

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Queen Máxima’s larger and lighter natural straw upswept brim ‘slice’ hat by Fabienne Delvigne for Prinsjesdag Sep 20
Empress Michiko’s blue and gold saucer hat worn Sep 28 on a  visit to Iwate Prefecture

Voting will remain open until next Sunday, November 27 at midnight GMT and each computer or mobile device may vote once per day for as many hats as you like. Results will remain hidden until the poll closes. Happy voting!

Photos from IBL; Ole Jensen via Getty; Albert Nieboer/EPP via PPE; Mark Cuthbert via Getty and Asahi