Danish Royals Welcome Dutch State Visit

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Royal Hats

The remaining working members of the Danish Royal Family also were on hand today to welcome King Willem Alexander and Queen Máxima for their state visit. Crown Princess Mary wore one of our favourite hats last year, her oversize purple felt pillbox with feather trim. This event gave us a better view of this hat than we saw during its first outing at the opening of Danish Parliament last fall, leading me to ooh and aah over the the colour, detail and scale of this hat. It’s so very good.

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Designer: Jane Taylor. It is the “Shell” design
Previously Worn: October 7, 2014

Princess Marie followed Princess Mary’s fashion formula, topping her chic cream coat with a purple fedora (and matching purse!). While I wish better photos were available, it looks like this new hat for Marie is a keeper. She wears fedoras exceptionally well and purple is a great colour for her.

Princess Marie, March 17, 2015 | Royal Hats

Designer: unknown
Previously Worn: I believe this hat is new

Princess Benedikte repeated her ecru felt hat with contrasting swirl and raised brim at the back of the hat. It is a hat we have seen numerous times on Benedikte but one that looks great on her. With her oyster tweed suit and fur trimmed wrap, I thought Princess Benedikte looked stylish and elegant.

Princess Benedikte, March 17, 2015 | Royal Hats

Designer: my guess is Susanne Juul
Previously Worn: October 7, 2014; January 30, 2014; January 14, 2012

Many royal watchers were expecting the Danish royals to bring their fashion ‘A game’ for this state visit and when it came to hats, they certainly did not disappoint. Which was your favourite royal hat in Copenhagen today?

Photos from Getty as indicated; Splash News and Patrick van Katwijk via Corbis

Dutch Monarchs Kick Off State Visit to Denmark

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Royal Hats

King Willem Alexander and Queen Máxima arrived in Copenhagen this morning for the start of their state visit to Denmark. As we come to expect with such high profile events, Queen Máxima arrived sporting a new hat. Clearly designed to compliment her amazing embellished grey coat, Máxima’s coordinating grey felt calot hat is trimmed simply in a band of grey velvet around the edge of the hat. The grey velvet creates the appearance of a small, upfolded brim and adds a textural contrast to the hat. It is a simple hat but one that looks elegant on her and perfectly compliments her embellished coat.

Queen Máxima, March 17, 2015 | Royal Hats

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Queen Máxima, March 17, 2015 | Royal Hats

Designer: unknown. First guess for Máxima’s hats is always Fabienne Delvigne
Previously Worn: This is a new hat

Queen Margrethe also wore a new hat today. Made of purple felt, her slightly domed pillbox is trimmed with a triple band of black sequins around the perimeter of the hat with a spray of black feathers and black sequin looped bow on the side. I thought the balance of colour in this ensemble was very well done (the hat tied Margrethe’s purple dress and black fur jacket together beautifully) and the use of sequins on the trim were restrained enough not to venture too far into showgirl territory.

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Queen Margrethe, March 17, 2015 | Royal Hats

Designer: unknown
Previously Worn: This is a new hat

Dutch State Visit to Denmark March 17, 2015 | Royal Hats

Later today, we’ll look at hats worn by Crown Princess Mary, Princess Marie and Princess Benedikte.

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Danish Royals Remember Close Friend

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Royal Hats

Members of the Danish Royal Family attended the funeral of long time family friend Peter Heering yesterday. For this farewell, Queen Margrethe repeated her black wool rounded-crown hat with faux fur bumper brim and large button trim. Princess Benedikte wore a petite black hat with piping around the upturned brim and a short black veil.

Queen Margrethe and Princess Benedikte, March 17, 2015 | Royal Hats

Crown Princess Mary wore a larger scale black hourglass shaped wool hat with silk band around the base of the crown. Princess Mary’s hat was trimmed with a large black silk bloom and slim bow loops.

Crown Princess Mary, March 17, 2015 | Royal Hats

All eyes in the royal world will be on Copenhagen later today when the Danish royals welcome the Dutch King and Queen on state visit. As King Willem-Alexander is Queen Margrethe’s godson and the families have a close relationship, we can expect some rather grand and glittering events.

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Queen Margrethe Presents Military Award

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Royal Hats

Queen Margrethe of Denmark visited the Royal Guards barracks in Copenhagen yesterday to present the annual “Queen’s Clock” award to the ‘best’ guardsman of the regiment (this year’s recipient was Guards Marquard Frederik Nielsen). The Queen made the parade all the more exciting for us royal hat fans by wearing a new hat! Made of red felt, this hat features a tall, domed and slightly fluted crown and short brim, upfolded on one side. The brim is trimmed in black piping and the hat is finished with a band around the base of the crown that ends in a bow at the side. While the red and black colour scheme is a classic one, the shape of this hat is slightly quirky. As Queen Margrethe’s hats tend to the quirky and creative, this one fits right in. I’m not fond of the bulbous crown but the brim frames the Queens face beautifully and the contrasting colours are balanced, something not always easy to achieve in a two-toned hat. What do you think, dear readers, about this new hat?

Designer: unknown
Previously Worn: this is a new hat

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Royal Hats this Year: Denmark

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Royal Hats

Royal Hats Year In Review 2014 Our look back through all the royal hats we saw in 2014 now turns attention to Denmark- here are all of the hats that graced Danish royal heads this year. In cases where a hat was worn repeatedly 2014, it is shown here just once (usually, the most recent outing) and you can click on each hat to take you to the original post with larger views and detailed information.