Here are all of the royal hats worn to the races this year. Click on any photograph to link to more information and photos.
Day 4: Friday June 21
Qatari Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani and Lady Charles Spencer-Churchill rode with the king and queen in today’s carriage procession. Sheikh Hamad wore a black silk top hat and Lady Jane, a wide brimmed white straw boater with pale blue hatband and a vine of white flowers with pale blue leaves.
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Countess De La Warr wore a white sinamay veiled saucer with white and blush pink silk flowers.
Lady Carolyn Warren wore a pale pink sinamay boater hat trimmed wtih delicate white flowers.
And so it ends, for another year.
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King Charles and Queen Camilla led the royal carriage procession today for the last day of Royal Ascot, the King again in his black silk top hat.
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Queen Camilla repeated a cream straw hat with side sweeping brim, angular crown and padded white silk hatband.
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It’s a sleek design that contrasts against the feather and flower extraveganzas she has worn the past two days. While I don’t like the padded headband, it’s impeccably made and I applaud that.
Milliner: Philip Treacy. Dress and Coat by Dior
Previously Worn: Jun 20, 2023; May 24, 2023
Thoughts?
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Baron and Baroness Bamford rode with the king and queen in today’s carriage procession. Lord Anthony Bamford wore a black top hat and Lady Carole, a large white sinamay disc with extended windowpane sinamay brim, trimmed with white quills and silk flowers.
Princess Zahra Aga Khan wore a ivory sinamay hat with shallow crown and extended cartwheel brim trimmed with a slim burnt orange sinamay hatband and front bow.
Milliner: I believe it is Rachel Trevor Morgan
Did any other hats stand out to you at the races today?
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Multiple members of the Kent family were spotted at the races today. Flora Vesterberg (née Ogilvy) wore a white satin covered pillbox with flat bow at the back. Her husband Timothy wore a black top hat.
Milliner: Ophelia Pillbox (without veil) by Lock & Co. Dress by Suzannah London.
Previously Worn: This hat is new
Zenouska Mowatt wore a wide black sinamay saucer swathed in dotted tulle.
Lord and Lady Frederick Windsor were part of today’s carriage procession, Frederick in a black top hat and Sophie in a dramatic white sidesweep covered in ostrich feathers.
Milliner: Epona by Jane Taylor. Dress by Safiyaa.
Previously Worn: This hat is new
At first glance, the hat makes a great Ascot statement thanks to those feathers! At closer view, however, you’ll see the base hat is made of felt – it’s an odd choice for summer and one that gives a less crisp and refined look than we saw on Queen Camilla’s feather covered hat today (her hat is sinamay). I think the lines of this hat are also at odds with the graphic lines on the neckline of the coat.
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Milliner: Ostrich Feather Wide Brimmed Felt by Catherine Walker. Coat dress by Catherine Walker
Previously Worn: This hat is new
Thoughts?
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