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This Week’s Extras

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Sep 1: Princess Tsuguko attended the 2024 Japan Cheerleading Championship

Sep 6: Princess Akiko in plaid for the National Recreaction Tournament

Sep 11: King Frederick and Queen Mary officially disembarked from the Dannebrog royal ship, thus ending this year’s sailing season.

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Sep 11: Crown Princess Kiko celebrated her birthday with a number of family visits, including one from Princess Aiko.

Sep 12: Prince William attendedthe Sovereign’s Parade at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell 

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Creative Industries Garden Party

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Members of the British Royal Family attended the Sovereign’s Creative Industries Garden Party at Buckingham Palace last Tuesday.

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King Charles repeated his black antique silk top hat. With his patterned tie and pocket square and pink waistcoast (you need one of these, too, ChicagoChuck!), it tops a very handsome ensemble. I’m loving the addition of coloured waistcoats to his formal looks!

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Queen Camilla topped her blush dress with a repeated pale ivory hat with asymmetrically peaked crown and a wide, sideswept brim trimmed in multiple layers of sand coloured jinsin ribbon wrapped around the base of the crown and looped into an open knot at the side.

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Previously Worn: Jun 16, 2021; July 10, 2018;  June 17, 2017; June 15, 2016; June 17, 2015; June 6, 2014

The Duke of Edinburgh repeated his gleaming black antique silk top hat.

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Some of you have been waiting for the Duchess of Gloucester to repeat her emerald braided straw boater… and she did! This vibrant, wide brimmed design is simply trimmed with a hatband and provided interesting contrast against her pale turquoise ensemble.

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Previously Worn: June 21, 2018; June 19, 1991

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This Week’s Extras

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Princess of Asturias and King Felipe in several military uniform hats for the 40th anniversary of the Flag Oath of the 44th promotion of the General Military Academy in Zaragoza on May 4th.

On Thursday, Princess Kako donned a black silk covered bowler to pay tribute at Musashi Imperial Graveyard

Prince Edward wore a light fedora on Friday for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award presentations in the garden of Buckingham Palace.
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Nicolae and Alina-Maria of Romania were named godparents at the baptism of Princess Marija, daughter of HRH Hereditary Prince Philip and HRH Princess Danica of Serbia. For the christening, Princess Danica wore a lilac embellished bandeau headpiece and Alina-Maria of Romania an emerald sinamay looped fascinator with feathers. There’s a great article about the christening on the Royal Family of Serbia website. 


The Duke of Edinburgh donned a black bowler for the Combined Cavalry Old Comrades parade in Hyde Park today.

 

 

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This Week’s Extras

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Back on April 22, Queen Mary wore a cozy maroon knit cap to open a new hiking trail in Hannenov Forest.
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On April 26, Princess Hanako wore a charming pink brimmed hat for a royal museum awards event

Also on April 26, Empress Masako wore a white brimmed hat with wide lace hatband piped in the same pistachio green as her suit. It’s such a great colour on her!

On April 29, Princess Hanako attended the All Japan Judo Championships. The black crown of her hat was stitched in white with a white brim, black hatband and side bow.

Last weekend, Princess Anne attended the Sea Cadet Corps National Drill and Piping Competition. This weekend, she donned her Canadian naval uniform to commission a new ship in Vancouver  and commemorate the Battle of the Atlantic in Victoria.

Princess Akiko in an interesting pale blue silk hat yesterday in Kyoto- it’s a bumper with two upturned brims, one stacked right on top of the other!

Queen Máxima repeated a black felt extended brim fedora by Fabienne Delvigne yesterday at the Dutch National Remembrance ceremony.
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We’ll catch up on hats from the Royal Windsor Horse show Tuesday, along with two state visits!

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This Week’s Extras

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There were some tech issues with a post covering ten hats worn to the Imperial garden party- read it here if you missed it!
Back on April 16, Princess Hisako wore an elegant grey veiled hat for a visit to a Buddist temple

Princess Yoko repeated a white silk bowler hat last Monday at Yasukuni Shrine

Princess Aiko wore a black silk covered bumper hat with back bow for a visit to the mausoleum of Emperor Showa at Musashi Imperial Graveyard on Thursday

Officially, this counts as a hat, right?!

The Royal Ascot countdown is on!

 

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