We kick off this week of celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s 94th birthday with a fun photo submitted by reader Jimbo for you all to have a giggle at captioning. Let the wit flow!
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This Week’s Extras
No surprise, there’s no royal hats to share. However, numerous milliners, including British milliner Jane Taylor, are offering millinery video classes. Those of you wanting to pick up a hat-making hobby might want to check them out!
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A whole lot of new millinery designs caught my eye this week:
Black and white woven straw percher with white leather flowers and veil by British milliner Justine Bradley-Hill
Love the laser cut scrollwork velvet hatband on this red fedora by Australian milliner Kylie Heagney
A pick-me-up parade of gorgeous pink percher hats, all with fantastic trimmings, from British milliner Tracey Miller
Beautiful sweeping shape on this blue straw halo bandeau with feathers by London-based milliner Iona Montgomery
Wave percher covered in pink feathers with soaring grey quill by Irish milliner Aoife Harrison
Love the laser cut scrollwork velvet hatband on this red fedora by Australian milliner Kylie Heagney
A pick-me-up parade of gorgeous pink percher hats, all with fantastic trimmings, from British milliner Tracey Miller
Beautiful sweeping shape on this blue straw halo bandeau with feathers by London-based milliner Iona Montgomery
Wave percher covered in pink feathers with soaring grey quill by Irish milliner Aoife Harrison
Who says monochrome hats are boring?! Lovely monochrome saucers and perchers with the most wonderful trims by British milliner Lucinda Hostombe Shooter who works under the Hostie Hats label.
Love the embroidered blue flowers on this wide bandeau headpiece from British milliner Jane Cave
Ecru straw percher with handpainted feathers and pink ribbon from London-based milliner Nora De la Quintana
Dark green fur felt fedora with eye-catching patterned ribbon hatband by Australian milliner Catherine Kelly
Adore the movement on this black silk twist headpiece by London-based milliner Filipa Cardoso
Juicy colour contrast on this red straw beret percher with pink silk abacca trim by British Milliner Camilla Rose
Such a lovely scale and colour contrast on this peacock blue and white wide brimmed design with prim double hatband and floral trim from Japanese brand Maxim.
Jewel toned fur felt fedoras with stop-in-your-tracks statement hatbands from British milliner Tracey Miller
Teal fur felt percher with veil and lovely leaf cutouts by Australian milliner Jill Humphries
Teal fur felt percher with veil and lovely leaf cutouts by Australian milliner Jill Humphries
Lilac straw wide wave brimmed hat with floral embroidery and quills from London-based milliner Merve Bayindir
Adorable mother-daughter red velvet bandeau headpieces with ombre crin hearts by British milliner Bundle MacLaren
Fun straw colour-blocked boater hat in green, blue and yellow by British millinery brand Isabella Josie
From Spanish milliner Eugenia Jimenez, a simple black straw teardrop percher trimmed with the most wonderful handmade silk butterflies that appear to lightly hover around it
Vibrant ombre rainbow straw halo bandeau headpieces from British milliner Julian Garner
Cozy grey wool cloche with red applique leaves by Australian milliner Wendy Scully
Such lovely feather work on this pale pink straw picture hat by British milliner Lucinda Hostombe Shooter
Black bandeau with veil and stunning red and white feathers by Austalian milliner Felicity Northeast
Striking how this headpiece of oversize red lilies is designed to be worn. From Italian milliner Francesco Ballestrazzi
And finally, from South African milliner Bettina Thomas, this showstopping saucer hat with soaring feathers
The Countess of Wessex has been busy, helping various social and health enterprises over the past week. Princess Sofia joined her local hospital as a new medical assistant and other royals are pitching in as well (Vogue)
Flashback photo shared by Clarence House of the Prince of Wales playing Macbeth at age 17 in preparation to celebraate William Shakespeare’s birthday on April 23.
For World Art Day on Thursday, Princess Eugenie shared one of her floral paintings
Photos from social media as indicated
Queen Margrethe’s 80th Birthday
Queen Margrethe celebrates her 80th birthday today, unfortunately, with far less fanfare than was originally planned. The Danish court has released some wonderful photos this week to celebrate, including:
New portraits with Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Christian
New photos of the birthday girl, taken at home
Gallery of photos taken throughout her life (with some fantastic hats!)
A look at some of the Queen’s passions (scroll to the second clip which shows describing, in English, the hat for one of her costume designs, which she models wonderfully!)
Gallery of past milestone birthday portraits
A look at the commemorative coin, minted to celebrate this occasion
To celebrate Queen Margrethe’s birthday today, let’s raise a glass and share our favourite of her hats (or tiaras, if you wish!). For me, it’s the coral straw double-brimmed picture hat with red dotted paler pink upper brim she wore to Royal Ascot in 2002- such great colour with a little bit of bonkers from the pink and orange curling trim. Which of her hats stand out most in your memory?
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Largest Feather?
Sad news, dearest readers- an aggressive spam attack here at Royal Hats two weeks ago required me delete our hat discussion question from two weeks ago. Because your comments and shared hats were too fantastic to loose forever, I’m going to pose the question again, with apology- which royal hats host the largest feathers? Let’s concentrate on ostrich feathers in our comments today and discuss non-ostrich feathers tomorrow.
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This Week’s Extras
Prince Carl Philip in a green beret on Wednesday to visit the Swedish Armed Forces and learn about their work during this pandemic.
The following new millinery designs caught my eye this week:
Fuchsia and deep purple straw top hat with crystal-studded veil overlay by British milliner Victoria Grant
Blue felt bucket cloche with different hatbands (love the blue silk) by Belarus brand Lumiere Chapeau
Headpiece of white feather daisies and yellow veiling by Australian milliner Jill Humphries
For our dear gents, this black raffia braid fedora with orange floral hatband from Australian brand Helen Kaminski
Jewelled bunny ears headpiece from British headpiece designer Hermione Harbutt
Blue felt bucket cloche with different hatbands (love the blue silk) by Belarus brand Lumiere Chapeau
Headpiece of white feather daisies and yellow veiling by Australian milliner Jill Humphries
For our dear gents, this black raffia braid fedora with orange floral hatband from Australian brand Helen Kaminski
Jewelled bunny ears headpiece from British headpiece designer Hermione Harbutt
Wonderful stacked braid trim on this natural straw design by German brand Hutmoden Greiner
Such interesting pinwheel crown shape on this design by Australian milliner Andrea Cainero
Cheeky tan felt pillbox with gold sequin covered visor by Italian milliner Stefania Belfiore
The prettiest purple straw Easter hat with silk blossoms and veil trim by Japanese brand Maxim
Stunning deep blue velvet percher pillbox with sparkling hand embroidered trim by Australian brand Katie Tee
Such interesting pinwheel crown shape on this design by Australian milliner Andrea Cainero
Cheeky tan felt pillbox with gold sequin covered visor by Italian milliner Stefania Belfiore
The prettiest purple straw Easter hat with silk blossoms and veil trim by Japanese brand Maxim
Stunning deep blue velvet percher pillbox with sparkling hand embroidered trim by Australian brand Katie Tee
And the winner of the Melbourne International Millinery Competetition, made of recycled and reused material, is this sharp design by Australian milliner and costumer Andrea Cainero. Such a fantastic take on modern militaristic millinery!
Lovely photo of the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall with the Duchess’ pups taken this week at their Scottish home and shared in celebration of their 15th wedding anniversary
Queen Elizabeth found a creative way to distribute Maundy monies this year
Lovely Easter wishes and greetings from Princess Madeleine and Prince Carl Gustaf and their families, Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques of Monaco
Poignant Easter message of hope from Queen Elizabeth II
We end this week with a wonderful message of courage from the Belgian royal family
Photos from social media as indicated
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