to 1912 and a group of royal siblings (minus their youngest brother) in hats. King George and Queen Mary’s children from left to right are: Prince George (future Duke of Kent), Prince Albert (future King George VI), Princess Mary, Prince Edward (future King Edward XIII) and Prince Henry (future Duke of Gloucester).
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to this undated photo of Empress Kōjun (mother of Emperor Akihito, wife of the late Emperor Hirohito) in a wonderful hat with wide, pleated brim overlaid in feathers.
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Our races for top new and repeated royal hats worn in October and November this year came up with two very clear winners:
Countess of Wessex’s natural straw hat with lattice brim and coral feather by Jane Taylor worn in Brunei Oct 5
Princess Charlene’s navy felt hat with cartwheel brim by Gallia e Peter worn for National Day on Nov 19
Jump over to the original polls (repeated hats here, new designs here) for a closer look at the results or over here to see your growing lists of finalists for 2017. Stay tuned tomorrow for our last semifinal poll of the year.
Photos from The British Monarchy and SC Pool/Corbis via Getty
Princess Hisako in a chic fedora on December 24 at the 39th Empress Cup All Japan Women’s Football Championship Final in Osaka (Sponichi)
Four of the Romanian princess attended a Christmas Day service at Savarsin church. Princess Margareta wore a textured fur pillbox while Princess Elena wore a black fabric hat with cuffed fur brim.
On December 25, members of the Imperial royal attended a memorial ceremony at the Imperial Palace on the anniversary of Emperor Taisho’s death. Princess Kiko and Princess Mako are pictured below- Princess Nobuko and Princess Yoko were also present.
On Dec 27, the Imperial Royal family attended an annual end of year family luncheon at the Imperial Palace. You can see Prince and Princess Akishino, Princess Mako, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako arriving here.
Several new millinery designs jumped out at me this week:
Astoundingly glamorous jewel toned turban from Philip Treacy
Red felt percher pork pie with black feathers from Irish milliner Aoife Harris Design
Two stunning hats with hand beaded trim here and here from German milliner Nicki Marquardt
Royal blue silk covered pillbox percher with irises and lace from London milliner Cara Meehan
Felt trilby with intricately beaded hatband from London based millinery Bundle MacLaren
And a hat perfect for New Year’s Eve, this grey silk shantung beret percher with insert panel of sparkling paillettes from UK milliner Dillon Wallwork
Excellent translation of Princess Stephanie’s recent interview by our friends over at Luxarazzi
More Christmas photo greetings:
We end the week with a wonderful video clip, taken during King Harald and Queen Sonja’s 80th birthday gala dinner back in May when their grandchildren interviewed some of their guests. It’s utterly charming.
Photos from Sponichi, Royal Family of Romania
to this day in 1946 and a photograph taken at a Christmas celebration at the Swedish legation of Copenhagen that captured Queen Margrethe and Princess Benedikte of Denmark in Swedish St. Lucia wreaths. So sweet.
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