Way back in November, Princess Nobuko wore a lovely red brimless calot to a Red Cross convention.
On Friday, Queen Margrethe repeated her purple brimmed hat with bow trim to open a new exhibition on 150 years of representation of women and gender in art.
Also on Friday, Crown Princess Victoria wore a cozy navy knit hat to visit Färnebofjärden National Park, her first in a series of outings that will take her to all of Sweden’s national parks.
Grand Duke George and Princess Victoria Romanoff in fur hats this week while in Moscow
These new millinery designs caught my eye this week (click on the post title above to open this post and view the comments for more):
Beautiful new portraits released by the Danish monarchy for Princess Mary’s 50th birthday
Queen Elizabeth has released a message on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of her Accession today. along with some lovely pictures, including several reading well wishes. What an incredible milestone this is.
Images from social media as indicated
Royal Hats 
Yet another example of how this blog is about more than hats: I’d never heard of Ron Robertson-Swann or VAULT before. Zia Pazza’s witty tribute hat must be easily recognizable in Melbourne. Very fun to see a bit of the creative process in Silver Hill Creative’s video, and I think she was right about the grosgrain. Since we’re reviewing CP Mary’s hats this week, Himeo Chapeau’s elegant headpiece looks just right for her.
So lovely to see HM looking so lively on this historic occasion!
It is so wonderful to see Queen Elizabeth in such sparkling form as her historic Platinum Jubilee year commences.
Crown Princess Mary’s aqua gown is stunning.
Some very interesting new hats. Thank you Hat Queen.
Just a quick note to HQ: the Queen is marking the 70th anniversary of her “Accession” rather than “Ascension”!
I agree that today is known as The Queen’s Accession Day (as Ascension Day is something different altogether), but “ascend the throne” and “accede to the throne” are synonyms.
It was an autocorrect blip.
These hats also caught my eye: