Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel released their family’s Christmas greeting today in a video shot during a winter walk in Tyresta National Park. With three of the four family members in cosy winter hats, it’s a very sweet picture I couldn’t resist sharing.
Photo and video from the Swedish Royal Court
Princess Yuriko of Mikasa ceremonially commemorated 50 days since her late husband’s entombment (Getty)
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel arrived in Milan yesterday with Prince Oscar who looked cosy in a cap from Geggamoja
Queen Margrethe has been hand picking images to share during each day of Advent on the Danish Monarchy’s social media- one of the pictures this week included this one of herself and a young Princess Benedikte celebrating Santa Lucia.
Danish millinery Susanne Juul (who makes many of the hats worn by Crown Princess Mary and Princess Benedikte) celebrated her 25th anniversary this week. Congratulations!
Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece in a warm knit hat for an outing to the Natural History Museum with her youngest son.
British milliner Rachel Trevor Morgan experimented with some innovative hat storage in her workshop…
While her parents and brother were in Italy, Princess Estelle partied it up with her cousins and grandparents at a Christmas lunch. Adorable! (Princess Madeleine Facebook)
The Danish royal family all gathered at Christiansborg Palace for a Christmas party for their staff. Prince Henrik attended in a most memorable tie (Danish Monarchy)
Lovely to see Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella attend the annual palace Children’s Christmas Festival. Their mum was recently in India where this beautiful shot of her was captured.
The Duchess of Cornwall attended The Sovereign’s Parade at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst this morning, the first time she has represented the Queen at the annual event that marks the passing out of Officer Cadets on completion of their Commissioning Course. For this event, Camilla repeated her black wool hat with ruched crown and faux fur brim. While not my favourite black hat in her wardrobe, it’s a very sensible choice for this outdoor event and no doubt did the job of keeping the Duchess warm. The faux fur brim coordinates well with the cuffs and collar on Camilla’s coat and the addition of a military brooch to the crown makes the hat all the more suited to this event.
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While we did not see many new royal hats in October, we saw several spectacular repeats (many of which, curiously, were in similarly saturated shades of blue and purple). Based on your comments, there were seven repeated millinery designs stood out to you in October as particularly impressive.
Click on any of the photos below to jump back to original posts with additional pictures and information on each design. Here are your seven finalists, in the order that the hats were worn:
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Empress Michiko’s cerulean blue rimmed saucer hat with velvet bow worn on an Oct 2 visit to Iwate
Crown Princess Mary’s royal blue felt hat with feather trim by Susanne Juul worn for the Opening of Parliament, Oct 3
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Queen Máxima’s Fabienne Delvigne designed black felt picture hat worn to open a health conference on Oct 4
Queen Mathilde’s grey silk headpiece by Fabienne Delvigne worn October 5 in Paris
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Queen Elizabeth’s turquoise tweed hat with black feather flowers by Rachel Trevor Morgan worn on Oct 13
Duchess of Cornwall in Philip Treacy’s purple felt hat with raised brim and feather trim worn in Poundbury, Oct 27
Queen Silvia welcoming Pope Francis to Sweden on October 31 in a blue feathered calot hat
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 The Ashi Shimbun; Ole Jensen/Corbis, Lex Van Lieshout, Thierry Chesnot, Mark Cuthbert, Samir Hussein and Jonathan Nackstrand via Getty
While we didn’t see many new royal hats debut in October, there were a handful of great designs from which we can choose a favourite. Six new hats stood out in particular, shown below in the order they were worn. Click on each picture or its caption below to jump back to original posts with additional photos and information on each hat:
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Queen Máxima’s black fedora by Fabienne Delvigne worn to Utrecht’s Aboriginal Art Museum on Oct 3
Queen Silvia’s greige felt hat with black striped underbrim worn during a visit to Germany, Oct 5
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Queen Mathilde’s autumn leaf trimmed casque by Fabienne Delvigne worn in Japan, Oct 11
Queen Mathilde’s red straw and silk percher hat by Fabienne Delvigne worn in Japan on Oct 13
Empress Michiko’s cream silk saucer with rose trim worn in Kyoto on Oct 25
Update- I completely forgot about this sixth hat which also received high praise:
Princess Eugenie’s blue braided pillbox hat designed by Juliette Botterill worn to commemorate the end of slavery, Oct 13
Voting will remain open until next Friday, December 23 at midnight GMT and each computer or mobile device can vote twice per day for as many hats as you wish. For added suspense, results will not be visible until the poll closes. Good luck!
Photos from via Albert Nieboer via PPE; Sean Gallup, Photonews and Photonews via Getty; The Asahi Shimbun
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