After a quiet start to the year, March saw a vast increase of royal hat outings thanks to a handful of foreign visits, the Cheltenham Festival and several other royal engagements. In fabric, felt and straw covering a rainbow of different colours, there were ten repeated designs worn in March that received loudest praise; it’s these ten hats we bring back today for a second look to choose a favourite to be put forward in our countdown for your Favourite New Royal Hat of 2019.
Please click on each caption link to jump to original feature posts with additional views, information and discussion on each hat. Here are the ten repeated royal hats you most admired in March, shown in the order they were worn:
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2.Queen Elizabeth’s orange hat with magnolia blooms and brown straw leaves by Angela Kelly worn Mar 7
Queen Elizabeth’s purple felt Angela Kelly design with kettle brim, velvet leaves and flowers worn Mar 11
Queen Elizabeth’s purple felt Angela Kelly design with kettle brim, velvet leaves and flowers worn Mar 11
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4. Princess Anne’s turquoise felt fedora with layered hatband and feathers worn March 15
Queen Margrethe’s blue straw hat with open weave ‘slice’ brim and floral trim worn March 18
Queen Margrethe’s blue straw hat with open weave ‘slice’ brim and floral trim worn March 18
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6.Queen Elizabeth’s dusty pink hat with silk flowers by Rachel Trevor Morgan worn March 19
Duchess of Cambridge’s black felt Lock & Co. beret with floral and feather trim worn March 19
Duchess of Cambridge’s black felt Lock & Co. beret with floral and feather trim worn March 19
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8.Queen Mathilde’s Fabienne Delvigne pleated red button percher with looped bows & quills worn March 27
Queen Mathilde’s chocolate felt calot with felt leaf trim worn March 28
Queen Mathilde’s chocolate felt calot with felt leaf trim worn March 28
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10.Queen Máxima’s dusky pink straw picture hat with ‘slice’ upswept brim by Fabienne Delvigne worn March 29
Queen Margrethe’s houndstooth check hat with layered chocolate, blush & burgundy hatband worn Mar 31
Queen Margrethe’s houndstooth check hat with layered chocolate, blush & burgundy hatband worn Mar 31
This poll will remain open until next Friday, April 19 at midnight GMT. As always, each computer or mobile device can vote twice per day for as many hats as you wish. Good luck!
Photos from Mark Cuthbert, Max Mumby/Indigo, Aaron Chown/PA Images, Photonoticias, Samir Hussein, Samir Hussein, Photonews, Patrick van Katwijk, and John Randeris Hansen via Getty
This is a hard one because there isn’t just one that stands out to me but several! Thank goodness we can vote for more than one hat. Her Majesty’s orange hat is so vibrant and well trimmed and her whole ensemble, including the gold and diamond Singapore brooch is outstanding. Have fun voting everybody!