Notable hats at the races today with royal connections:
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Lady de Mauley in Dillon Wallwork
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Countess Mountbatten of Burma in Dillon Wallwork
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Lady Eliza and Lady Emilia Spencer both in Jane Taylor hats
These additional hats caught my eye today:
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Vicki Christian in Jenny Roberts Millinery
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Awon Golding in her own design; Gail Hayden-Staph in her own design
Kate Waterhouse in Australian milliner Nerida Winter
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Actor Helen George in Rachel Trevor Morgan; Lily Frank in AW Collection
Rosie Tapner in Alice Linley
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Laura-Ann Barr in Laura O’Hanlon hat (with her self made Little Buds flowers); Charlotte Hawkins in Laylaleigh Millinery
Pink straw boater with pale blue feather flowers by July Monday Millinery
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Belinda Strudwick
This wraps up the second day of racing at Ascot Racecourse. See you tomorrow for Ladies’ Day! Until then, which hats stood out to you most today?
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Royal Hats 
There’s a picture in one of the slide shows of a pretty brunette woman wearing the same hat that Zara Tyndall wore, green boater with tall pink rose. That’s the first time I’ve seen a royal hat duplicate like that.
Millinery PR companies require one of every piece in a milliner’s collection to use for a season. They send these hats around to stylists (like Annie Miall who works with Zara), magazine editors etc. to get each design on as many heads and photo shoots as possible before sending them back to the milliner at the end of the season (often damaged).
Countess Mountbatten’s hat looks stunning, suits her beautifully.
Sheikh Fahad bin Abdullah Al-Thani, a first cousin to the Emir of Qatar, was also in attendance in a black silk top hat:
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So many gorgeous hats, but you know I also have to shout out the fantastic waistcoats on these two gentlemen:
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And finally, something we don’t see a ton of, but it’s great to see national costumes being worn at Ascot, like these Japanese visitors, some of whom paired their kimonos with hats and fascinators:
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Countess Mountbatten and Lady De Mauley are both beautiful. As are Lady Eliza and Lady Emilia Spencer. I especially like Lady Eliza’s black hat with all the spotted veiling. Lovely.
Helen George, Laura-Ann Barr, Lily Frank and Belinda Strudwick all look stunning.
I love the pink boater and blue shoes on the grass.