With Commonwealth events, state visits and the Cheltenham Races, March was busy month of royal hat outings. Based on your comments, there were eight repeated designs that stood out as particularly successful; it is now time to take a closer look at these eight beauties and choose a single favourite to put forward to compete for favourite repeated royal hat of the year.
Please click on each hat to link back to its original feature post with additional information, discussion and photos. Here the eight finalists, shown in the order they appeared:
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Princess Benedikte’s purple felt hat with moulded crown and leopard hatband worn Mar 7
The Duchess of Cornwalls teal green straw hat with interlooped rings by Philip Treacy worn Mar 10
The Duchess of Cornwalls teal green straw hat with interlooped rings by Philip Treacy worn Mar 10
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4. Queen Elizabeth in an Angela Kelly magenta boater with leaf and metallic berry trim worn Mar 13
Duchess of Cornwall’s royal purple felt hat by Philip Treacy with feather spray worn Mar 13
Duchess of Cornwall’s royal purple felt hat by Philip Treacy with feather spray worn Mar 13
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6. Queen Elizabeth’s yellow and grey hat with straw brim and feather pouf by Angela Kelly worn Mar 13
Duchess of Cornwall’s loden green felt hat with leaf and shamrock trim by Philip Treacy worn Mar 15
Duchess of Cornwall’s loden green felt hat with leaf and shamrock trim by Philip Treacy worn Mar 15
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8. Duchess of Cambridge’s dark green saucer with back pleated flower by Lock & Co. worn Mar 17
Crown Princess Mary in a black Susaane Juul hat with felt crown and straw brim on Mar 21
Crown Princess Mary in a black Susaane Juul hat with felt crown and straw brim on Mar 21
The poll will remain open for two weeks until Thursday, April 20 at midnight GMT and and each computer or mobile device can vote twice per day for as many hats as you wish. As usual, results will not be visible until after the poll closes. Have fun casting your votes!
Photos from Lars Krogsgaard via The Danish Monarchy; Jonathan Brady/PA Images, Mark Cuthbert, Max Mumby/Indigo and Max Mumby/Indigo via Getty; Press Association; Max Mumby/Indigo and Patrick van Katwijk via Getty
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Camilla’s teal green straw and royal purple felt hats are both so “smashing” it is hard to choose one as the “best.” But I chose the teal, maybe because the picture of her is flattering.