April saw a number of higher profile royal events (Prince Felix’s confirmation, Lord Snowdon’s service of thanksgiving and the Newbury Races to name a few) that brought us a number of repeated royal hats. Based on your comments, six of these designs stood out as particularly successful and it is these six beauties that we face off now to choose our favourite repeated royal hat worn last month.

 

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Queen Margrethe’s turquoise cap with feathers, quills & embroidered band worn April 1
Duchess of Cambridge in a black straw percher saucer hat from Lock & Co. worn on April 5

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Lady Sarah Chatto’s Stephen Jones cream straw saucer worn to her father’s celebration of life April 7
Queen Elizabeth’s lilac-grey straw hat with straw flowers by Rachel Trevor Morgan worn April 11

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Crown Princess Victoria’s black felt Garbo hat by Yves Saint Laurent worn April 10
Queen Elizabeth’s vibrant blue split crown hat by Angela Kelly worn April 22 at Newbury

The poll will remain open for two weeks until Friday, May 19 at midnight GMT. Each computer or mobile device can vote twice per day for as many hats as you wish. Several of you have commented in previous posts about the difficulty making a single choice- vote for all your favourites!

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Results from our polls for top royal hats worn in March are in! While your top repeated royal hat was a clear winner, your choice for top new design resulted in a dead heat, giving us three top choices for March:

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Crown Princess Mary’s black Susanne Juul hat with tall felt crown, straw brim & feather quills on Mar 21

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Zara Tindall’s blue velvet percher with silk abaca knot & peacock feathers by Juliette Botterill worn Mar 14
Crown Princess Mary’s ecru felt pillbox with lace applique trim by Jane Taylor worn Mar 28

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.

Photos from Benoit Doppagne via Belga; Getty as indicated

March brought us an unexpected number of new royal hats, thanks to the Cheltenham festival, Commonwealth events and several high profile state visits. Lucky for us, there were a number of these new designs which, based on your comments, stood out as particularly outstanding millinery designs. Twelve such hats make the list for favourite new design to debut in March and from these twelve, it is now time to choose a winner.

Please click on each hat to link back to its original feature post with additional views and discussion. Here are your twelve finalists, shown in the order they were worn:

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Empress Michiko’s white saucer with silk leaves and lattice underbrim worn Mar 1 in Vietnam
Queen Elizabeth’s orchid purple felt split crown hat with pompoms and bow loops by Angela Kelly on Mar 3

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Empress Michiko’s large grey rimmed saucer with diagonally striped silk bow worn Mar 4  in Vietnam 
Duchess of Cambridge in a Lock & Co. royal blue felt hat with wide mushroom brim worn on Mar 10

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Crown Princess Victoria in a wide brimmed navy felt hat with black hatband worn on Mar 13
Zara Tindall’s blue velvet percher with silk abaca knot & peacock feathers by Juliette Botterill worn Mar 14

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Zara Tindall’s Rosie Olivia magenta felt percher with crin rings, arrow feathers & sequin rosettes worn Mar 15
Lady Frederick Windsor’s black Garbo hat with double hatband and Victorian frog closure by Jane Taylor worn Mar 16

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Zara Tindall in a black felt fedora with cascading beadwork by Rosie Oliva worn at Cheltenham on Mar 16
Zara Tindall’s black felt teardrop percher with blue spotted ginnea fowl feathers by Rosie Olivia worn Mar 17

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Crown Princess Mary’s Jane Taylor ecru felt pillbox with lace applique side trim worn Mar 28
Queen Mathilde in a pale pink straw hat with mushroom brim by Fabienne Delvigne worn Mar 29

  

The poll will remain open for two weeks until Thursday, April 20 at midnight GMT. As usual, results will remain hidden until after the poll closes and each computer or mobile device can vote twice per day for as many hats as you wish. Happy voting!

Photos from Luong Thai Linh, Max Mumby/Indigo, Kyodo News, Dominic Lipinski/PA Images via Getty; Rex/Shutterstock; Max Mumby/Indigo, Andrew Matthews/PA Images, Max Mumby/Indigo,  Jules Annan / Barcroft Images via Getty; Benoit Doppagne via Belga;  Photonews via Getty

With Commonwealth events, state visits and the Cheltenham Races, March was busy month of royal hat outings. Based on your comments, there were eight repeated designs that stood out as particularly successful; it is now time to take a closer look at these eight beauties and choose a single favourite to put forward to compete for favourite repeated royal hat of the year.

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Princess Benedikte’s purple felt hat with moulded crown and leopard hatband worn Mar 7
The Duchess of Cornwalls teal green straw hat with interlooped rings by Philip Treacy worn Mar 10

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Queen Elizabeth in an Angela Kelly magenta boater with leaf and metallic berry trim worn Mar 13
Duchess of Cornwall’s royal purple felt hat by Philip Treacy with feather spray worn Mar 13

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Queen Elizabeth’s yellow and grey hat with straw brim and feather pouf by Angela Kelly worn Mar 13
Duchess of Cornwall’s loden green felt hat with leaf and shamrock trim by Philip Treacy worn Mar 15

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Duchess of Cambridge’s dark green saucer with back pleated flower by Lock & Co. worn Mar 17
Crown Princess Mary in a black Susaane Juul hat with felt crown and straw brim on Mar 21

The poll will remain open for two weeks until Thursday, April 20 at midnight GMT and and each computer or mobile device can vote twice per day for as many hats as you wish. As usual, results will not be visible until after the poll closes.  Have fun casting your votes!

Photos from Lars Krogsgaard via The Danish Monarchy;  Jonathan Brady/PA Images, Mark Cuthbert, Max Mumby/Indigo and Max Mumby/Indigo via Getty;  Press Association; Max Mumby/Indigo and Patrick van Katwijk via Getty

Looking back at our polls for favourite new and repeated royal hats worn in January, we have a landslide winner and one that squeaked through by a margin of just five votes:

Crown Princess Mary in a puple felt pillbox with side feather trim by Jane Taylor on Feb 7 in Aarhus

Princess Hisako’s domed black hat with back feather spray worn in late January

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. I will also add monthly winners to the Fan Favourites page for you to see a growing collection of your favourite hats throughout the year. Stay tuned later this week for the March polls- they will be tough races.

Photos from Scanpix and Stig Lindberg