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This Week’s Extras

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Infanta Elena visited her father in hospital last weekend in one of her go-to fedoras (Hola)

On Wednesday, Princess Kiko presided over the 50th National Convention of Imperial Gift Foundation Boshi-Aiiku-Kai (Association for Maternal, Child Health and Welfare) in Tokyo in a cream hat with stacked lime hatband.

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Lady Amelia Windsor in a beaded gown and headpiece to walk in the Dolce and Gabanna Alta Moda show at the MET in New York

Wonderful interview (in French) with Fabienne Delvigne about Queen Máxima’s signature hat shapes. There’s an adorable clip at the end of the Dutch queen offering one of her hat pins to Crown Princess Mary on a windy day.

The following new millinery designs caught my eye this week:

 Minimal, modern and striking black felt brimless hat with graphic rose from UK based William Chambers Millinery
Lovely slate blue felt percher with cut leaves and white leather orchids from Latvian brand Rubina Millinery
Sharp finishing  on this textural black cocktail hat with ruffle & glass beads from UK brand Butterfly Hats
Simple but memorable red straw hat with pleated brim from Dutch milliner Eugenie van Oirschot
Very smart black and white finely patterned straw saucer with floral and feather trim from Sally-Ann Provan
Blush pink straw button percher with roses, silk rings and flying beads from UK milliner Justine Bradley Hill
Interesting shape and ombre colour on this straw wide brimmed design from Madrid based Biliana Borissova

And an absolutely stunning Mondrian hat designed, made and modeled by Dutch milliner Marianne Jongkind

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A new documentary featuring Queen Elizabeth discussing the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy forest conservation project with Sir David Attenborough airs Monday on ITV. This sneak peak is utterly charming.

Photos from Asahi 

Crown Princess Victoria: Blue Hats

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While we don’t see Crown Princess Victoria wear many hats or headpieces, there are a handful of blue designs to be found in her millinery closet that I thought we’d peek at today:

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Designers: both are unknown
Introduced: May 30, 2010; August 30, 2014

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Designer: Philip Treacy; unknown
Introduced: May 17, 2015; Mar 14, 2017  

It’s an eclectic mix of styles we see here – a feathered headpiece, straw fascinator, lavishly trimmed button percher and sleek Garbo. Seeing this quartet together makes me wonder if a less severe hairstyle might aid Victoria’s millinery style, giving more balance to her overall look when she wears a hat?

Photos from Stella Pictures; Ragnar Singsaas via Getty; Kungahuset.se; and Rex/Shutterstock 

This Week’s Extras

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Queen Silvia attended a memorial for victims of the April 7, 2017 Stockholm terrorist attack today in a repeated navy straw pillbox with bow at the back.

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Princess Anne, who is President of the Royal Yachting Association, attended the 4th day of the 2018 National Championships in a casual black cap (British Monarchy)

Countess of Wessex in a casual brimmed hat last weekend as Lady Louise drove a carriage around Windsor Great Park (Telegraph)

An interesting look for Princess Kalina of Bulgaria this week, who attended the 25th Anniversary commemoration of the death of the Count of Barcelona (King Juan Carlos’ father) in El Escorial in a veil and cornrow braids.

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The Palm Court at the Sheraton Grand London Park Lane has started serving a special afternoon tea to celebrate Lock & Co.’s 340th anniversary this year. The cakes are beyond adorable.

On a further lighthearted note, Rachel Trevor Morgan shared her Easter bonnet in this brilliant and hilarious April Fools post last Sunday.

Several new hats caught my eye this week:

Such handsome and wearable casual summer men’s fedora from Munich milliner Nicki Marquardt
Wide brimmed navy straw design with jaw dropping feather from UK based Hannah Lauren Millinery
Interesting asymmetrical brim and crown on this straw/felt design from LA based Elmira Exclusive Millinery
Lovely cream windowpane saucer with statement feathers from Irish brand Montgomery Millinery
Eye catching quill trim on this wide brimmed black straw hat with rose from UK milliner William Chambers
Navy straw beret percher with unique emerald and navy straw handmade flower from Mind Your Bonce
Wide cartwheel brim picture hat with seed pearl studded crown from Dutch milliner Myra Van de Korput
Classic black and white scheme on a most modern saucer shape from Brisbane based Marily Van den Berg
Smart grey wide brimmed boater with graphic teal striped flying hatband from London milliner Jess Collett
Beautiful curves on the molded brim of this bright fuchsia saucer from UK milliner Tracy Chaplin

And from American milliner Karen Morris, this navy straw percher with punchy orange crin loop, quill and feather flower trim. I adore the contrast and energy on this piece!

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Other drama in the Spanish royal family this week overshadowed Infanta Christina’s attendance at the the 25th Anniversary commemoration of the death of the Count of Barcelona. It has been a LONG time since she was included in a Spanish royal family event and while the memorial was for her late grandfather, her attendance still feels noteworthy.

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The Prince of Wales picked up a new royal title today in Vanuatu

We end the week with a “Caption This!” request for this photo of the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall in Australia.

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This Week’s Extras

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Empress Michiko in an icy blue saucer hat with folded silk bow on Thursday in Okinawa (Asahi Shimbun)

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The Swedish King and Queen accompanied Easter greetings with a casual photo of themselves enjoying the outdoors in cosy winter hats 

Zara Tindall in a grey ‘Jasmine Beanie’ from Barts last weekend at the Gatcombe Horse Trials held on her mum’s estate

Rachel Trevor Morgan Millinery staff supported brain tumour research’s “Wear A Hat To Work” campaign on Thursday with a quintet of stunning designs

Legendary milliner Marie O’Regan at the London Hat Week showing of a film about her work, ‘The Millinery Lesson’

The following new millinery designs caught my eye this week:

Restrained but very chic grey straw cap with folded bow from French milliner Veronica Marucci
Purple leather percher with vibrant feathers made by UK milliner Bundle McLaren for her mum
The prettiest oversize pale blue saucer with twist of tiny blossoms from UK brand Merve Bayindir
Creative touch on this grey felt fedora’s hatband by UK based Camilla Rose Millinery
These lovely flower trimmed hats from Fabienne Delvigne’s new spring couture collection. I have a hunch we’ll see several of these pieces (or variations on these pieces) on several royal heads this season.

And the most stunning blue leather pillbox percher with hand beaded leaf trim by Dutch milliner Wies Mauduit (a familiar commenter here on Royal Hats!). The leaves are beautifully constructed and their placement is absolutely perfect on this hat (check out her  (also check out her exquisite picture hats). Wies- your stunning designs deserve to be worn on royal heads!

 

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Queen Margrethe opened the Aarhus exhibition on her wardrobe

Lovely portrait shared by Prince Hussein with his father and younger brother, Prince Hashem

And we kick off Easter weekend festivities with these snaps of the Monaco royals watching a Good Friday procession from the royal palace balcony

Photo from The Asahi Shimbun

Princess Eugenie’s Easter Hats

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To squeeze in one more retrospective of British royal Easter hats before this weekend, let’s look back at the Easter bonnets worn Princess Eugenie:

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Dark navy straw stovepipe in 2003 and 2004; Simple cream wool beret in 2010

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Pale grey percher with bow in 2011; Black felt  Jane Taylor design with feathers in 2012;
Pale pink silk covered button percher with abstract leaves by Sarah Cant in 2013

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Dark Green straw Robyn Coles design with calla lily in 2014; Pink felt percher with bow and flower trim from Juliette Botterill in 2016;  Cream leather percher with pink straw ombre flower from Goldust Millinery in 2017

UPDATE- Since this post was first published, the following hats have been worn by Princess Eugenie on Easter Sunday

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Bright fuchsia felt brimless hat with side knot trim for 2018 ; Blue straw braided pillbox on Maundy Thursday in 2019, both by Juliette Botterill

The York princesses have long been associated with statement millinery… and association that just doesn’t seem to ring completely true with this lineup of hats. There are some interesting trims (the silk leaves in 2013 and that giant calla lily in 2014) but the colour palate is very muted and the shapes rather restrained. I appreciate that Princess Eugenie has not chosen the same types of statement hats for Easter that she does for Ascot (appropriately so!) but I’d love to see her in a bit more colour and pizzaz at this time of year.

What do you think about this history of Easter hats? And if you were Princess Eugenie’s stylist, what kind of hat would you suggest for her this Easter?

Photos from AFP via Getty; Getty as indicated