Hats for the British royal family at church at Sandringham this morning visible at this gallery and this article
Princess Sofia attended the annual gala at the Swedish Academy Wednesday evening in an intricately beaded headband from US label Jennifer Behr
Prince Albert certainly is a good sport. He and Princess Charlene took part in an annual distribution of Christmas gifts at the Royal Palace in Monaco on Wednesday
Millinery designs that popped out to me (some of which I’d love to find under my own tree tomorrow):
Chic and wearable purple winter fedora from California based Jill Courtemanche milliner
Navy felt button base percher with understated textural floral trim from Nerida Fraiman
Orange feather fascinator with vintage silk net veil from Canadian milliner David Dunkley
Statement red cocktail hat with flowers, veil and a laser cut base from New Zealand milliner Claire Hahn
Purple felt trilby with bespoke beaded hatband from Jess Collett
Adore the clean lines on these red wool caps from UK milliner Karen Henriksen
Simply elegant blue straw wide-brimmed hat with white underbrim from Sophie Beal Millinery
Wonderful navy bumper hat with lavish ostrich feather trim from UK based Mind Your Bonce Millinery
And this design from Philip Treacy’s Autumn/Winter 2018 collection with an upswept brim, silk flower and ribbon trim in the most sublimely beautiful shade of purple. Swoon.
Introduction of little Victoria, daughter born to Archduchess Gabriella of Austria and Prince Henri of Bourbon-Parma on October 30. The young couple were recently engaged and a wedding is expected to occur after they complete their university studies (Luxarazzi)
‘Tis the season for more Royal Christmas cards with lovely new photos!
After a 64 years, the Duke of Edinburgh was relieved of duties as Captain General to the Royal Marines, passing the job to Prince Harry. If you missed the three official engagement shots of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle released this week, pop over here to see them.
Lovely snap shared by the King of Bhutan of himself, his father and his son at his country’s National Day Celebrations last Sunday.
And finally, a sweet video holiday greeting from Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Princess Estelle and Prince Oscar
Photos from Michael Campanella & Michael Campanella via Getty
Royal Hats 
On December 24th, Princess Hisako wore a hat to the 39th Empress Cup All Japan Women’s Football Championship Final at Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka, Japan.
https://www.sponichi.co.jp/soccer/news/2017/12/24/kiji/20171224s00002000244000c.html
What a fantastic hat! Thanks, Avery- I’ll include it in this week’s extras.
HatQueen warned about hot linking. Source: https://www.kokushikan.ac.jp/current/news/details_11044.html
Quite busy for an Imperial hat. I think Akiko wore this hat at the 2002 autumn garden party, see http://www.gettyimages.com/license/519595174
Indeed. Posts with hot links will simply be deleted from now on. Thanks, Avery for providing the direct source.
And great catch on a hat repeat from more than 15 years ago!
On December 5th, Princess Akiko hosted duck netting at Shinhama Imperial Wild Duck Preserve
Usual caption warning applies to the DM article, e.g., Beatrice isn’t wearing sandals, Anne’s youngest brother isn’t named Philip, etc. David and Sarah are there too but remain unidentified. Zara and family are in Australia.