Queen Elizabeth in a green half hat with top stem and border of pink silk blossoms worn on February 2, 1956 during a visit to Nigeria.
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Royal Hats
The Bold, Beautiful and Bizarre World of Royal Millinery
Queen Elizabeth in a green half hat with top stem and border of pink silk blossoms worn on February 2, 1956 during a visit to Nigeria.
Image from Getty as indicated
Royal Hats 
It’s interesting seeing these photos and how avant garde The Queen was. This hat is fun and unusual and compliments her summery dress so well.
This is such a sweet hat albeit a rather unusual shape. Soft greens and pinks are so summery. It’s a lovely look for Queen Elizabeth. The officers’ and soldiers’ hats are also rather smart.
I rather like the whimsey of a posy plonked upside down on to her head! The soft colours are not typical of the more recent queen; this looks like a photo that has been coloured afterwards – I wonder if it was fresher greens and pinks in real life?