We have some poll results to catch up on before launching October polls tomorrow! In the races for top new and repeated royal hats worn in July, August and September this year, a pair of pale blue beauties came out victorious:

Princess Madeleine’s pale blue Philip Treacy vertical saucer with flowers worn July 14 for her sister’s 40th birthday

Countess of Wessex’s blue swirled straw percher with crin flowers by Jane Taylor worn Sep 29

Jump over to the original polls (repeated hats here, new designs here) for a closer look at the results or over here to see your growing lists of finalists for 2017. Stay tuned tomorrow for our next poll.

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Our polls for top new and top repeated royal hats worn in June (not including Ascot hats) were, again, very tight races! Three hats – ironically, all worn to the same event – emerged victorious:

Duchess of Cambridge’s pink button percher with triple crin ruffle trim by Jane Taylor worn June 17

Queen Elizabeth’s sky blue straw hat with lattice brim by Philip Somerville worn June 1 and June 17
Duchess of Cornwall’s cream straw Philip Treacy hat wtih ecru layered hatband and twist worn June 17

Jump over to the bottom of the original poll posts (new hats here and repeated hats here) to look at the results in greater detail or head over to the Fan Favourites page to see a growing tally of your favourite hats of 2017.  Stay tuned tomorrow for our next set of polls, choosing favourite hats worn in July and August.

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Between Epsom Races, Trooping the Colour, state visits, National Day celebrations and regular engagements, June always brings us a number of new royal hats – and that’s not counting the parade of new designs we see at Ascot! This year, ten new royal hats made their debut with, based on your comments, particular success. It’s now time to take a closer look at each of these beauties and choose a favourite.

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Princess Haya’s cream straw low-crowned hat with yellow rose by Philip Treacy worn June 4
Duchess of Cambridge’s pink button percher with triple crin ruffle trim by Jane Taylor worn June 17

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Autumn Phillips’ magenta straw cocktail hat with rose trim by Juliette Botterill worn June 17
Queen Máxima’s pale pink straw hat with upswept brim by Fabienne Delvigne worn June 20

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Queen Elizabeth’s cornflower blue silk crepe hat with floral trim by Angela Kelly worn June 21

Queen Máxima’s textured natural straw hat worn June 23 in Italy

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Grand Duchess Maria Theresa’s cerise disk with straw ribbon trim by Fabienne Delvigne worn June 23
Princess Stéphanie’s bright pink crin and bead trimmed cocktail hat by Les Folie’s Bibis worn June 23

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Countess Mountbatten’s black straw hat with bow trim worn June 27
Princess Anne’s black cocktail hat with spiky feather trim worn June 27

The poll will remain open until next Friday, September 8 at midnight GMT and each computer or mobile device can vote twice per day for as many hats as you wish. Happy voting!

Photos from Max Mumby/Indigo, Samir Hussein, Patrick van Katwijk, AFP and Patrick van Katwijk via Getty;  The Catholic Church of Luxembourg;  Pete Summers/REX/Shutterstock; DMC via Getty 

I realised this week, to my complete horror, that we are several months behind in choosing our favourite new and repeated royal hats of the year. It’s time to catch up!

June is always a busy month of royal activity with racing events, state visits, Trooping the Colour, and regular engagements – and that’s not counting Ascot!  The busy calendar of events this month bring us many hats and this year, there were eleven repeated designs which, based on your comments, were particularly successful.

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Queen Elizabeth’s sky blue straw hat with lattice brim by Philip Somerville worn June 1 and June 17  

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Queen Elizabeth in a textured yellow Rachel Trevor Morgan design with flowers at the Epsom races June 4
Queen Elizabeth’s pale peach and coral feather trimmed hat by Rachel Trevor Morgan worn June 13  

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Queen  Máxima’s burgundy straw hat with wide mushroom brim by Fabienne Delvigne worn June 13
Queen Elizabeth’s sky blue straw Rachel Trevor Morgan design with feather flowers worn June 15

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Queen Elizabeth’s royal blue  Angela Kelly design with white straw brim worn June 16
Duchess of Cornwall’s cream straw Philip Treacy hat wtih ecru layered hatband and twist worn June 17
 

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Julia Ogilvy’s Philip Treacy designed ecru straw hat with large flying bow worn June 17
Queen  Máxima’s natural straw wide brimmed picture hat by Fabienne Delvigne worn June 21 in Italy

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Crown Princess Mary’s natural straw picture hat with waved brim by Susanne Juul worn June 21 
Queen  Máxima’s Fabienne Delvigne designed magenta textured pillbox worn June 29 in Northeast Flevoland

The poll will remain open until next Friday, Sep 8 at midnight GMT and and each computer or mobile device can vote twice per day for as many hats as you wish. Happy voting!

Photos from WPA Pool; DMC, Max Mumby/Indigo, Max Mumby/Indigo, Patrick van Katwijk, Chis Jackson, Dan Kitwood,  Max Mumby/Indigo, Samir Hussein and Patrick van Katwijk via Getty; Royal House of Denmark; Patrick van Katwijk via Getty