In early 1947, Princess Elizabeth accompanied her parents and sister on a tour to Africa. During the visit, she wore this unique design with raised pinched brim trimmed the same dotted blue silk as her dress.
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Platinum Jubilee Countdown: 66
Princess Elizabeth in a hat with sharply upturned brim backed by bows for a July 3, 1946 visit to the Princess Margaret Rose Children’s Hospital at Fairmilehead, Edinburgh.
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Platinum Jubilee Countdown: 67
Princess Elizabeth was named Colonel of the Grenadier Guards on her sixteenth birthday, April 21, 1942. That day, she conducted her first official engagement, an inspection of the regiment at Windsor Castle, in a military-styled hat with visor and pleated halo crown.
She would wear a another version of this hat several times during the final years of WWII, along with the similarly styled cap of her Auxiliary Territory Service uniform.
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This Week’s Extras
Some questions about how to embed Getty Photos in comments came up this week. This can be confusing so to help, I put together a step-by-step tutorial for Royal Hats readers. You can read and download it here.
The Imperial Princesses in ivory hats last Monday for the Spring Equinox court rituals at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo
Princess Hisako wore a grey felt hat with angular crown and upturned brim trimmed with rolled sinamay leaves in different depths of muted pink.
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The following new millinery designs caught my eye this week (see the comments for more):
Princess Haya released a compelling statement.
Prince Prince Josef-Emanuel of Liechtenstein, son of Princess Margaretha and Prince Nikolaus, was married yesterday to Maria Claudia Echavarría Suárezin in the bride’s hometown of Cartagena de Indias
How fast a year passes!! Sweet photos released for Prince Julian of Sweden’s first birthday.
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Platinum Jubilee Countdown: 68
Princess Elizabeth attends Children’s Day at Aldershot Tattoo on May 31, 1938 in a wide brimmed straw hat with floral trim. She wore the same hat a year later on a visit to St. Catherine’s Docks with her grandmother, Queen Mary.
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