Earlier today, I launched our first poll of 2017 to choose your favourite repeated royal hat worn during the first two months of the year. Now we turn our focus on new designs that made their debut during this same period. Early months of the year don’t typically see many new royal hats but January and February saw six hats which, based on your comments, stood out as particularly successful new designs.

Here are these six hats, shown in the order they were worn. Please click on each hat to link back to its original feature post with additional views and information.

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Princess Eugenie’s cream straw wide brimmed hat with organza rosettes by Juliette Botterill, worn Jan 7
Countess of Snowdon’s black Rachel Trevor Morgan pillbox with pleated ribbon ruffle worn to church Jan 15

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Zara Tindall in a Meg Rafter coral straw saucer with flowers and coque feathers on Jan 13
Princess Hisako’s domed black hat with side feather spray worn in late January

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Queen Mathilde’s grey felt hat with tall hatband and wide brim by  Fabienne Delvigne worn Feb 17
Queen  Máxima’s Fabienne Delvigne designed charcoal grey felt hat with upswept brim worn Feb 18

The poll will remain open until next 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 Fashion At The Races;  Mark Cuthbert via Getty;  Richard Gosling; Stig Lindberg; Patrick van Katwijk and  Patrick van Katwijk via Getty

After the success of monthly polls last year to narrow down our favourite new and repeated royal hats, we’re going to continue with this format again this year, merging together months we see less hats worn and taking multiple winners from busiest months. To kick off the first poll of 2017, we’re going to face off the ten repeated royal hats worn in January and February that, based on your comments, received the most positive reader reception.

Please click on each hat to link back to its original feature post with additional views and information. Here are these ten hats, shown in the order they were worn:

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Queen Elizabeth’s purple felt homberg with black velvet leaf trim by Rachel Trevor Morgan for church Jan 15
Queen Elizabeth in a camel felt hat with flying bow by Philip Somerville for church on Jan 22

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Queen Elizabeth’s red wool hat with silk flower and sequinned bow trim by Rachel Trevor Morgan on Jan 29
Queen Elizabeth in a Rachel Trevor Morgan designed aqua tweed hat with black trim for church on Feb 5

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Crown Princess Mary in a puple felt pillbox with side feather trim by Jane Taylor on Feb 7 in Aarhus
Princess Beatrix in a silver straw boater with stacked navy hatbands and twisted back bow on Feb 8

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Queen  Máxima’s taupe felt calot hat by Fabienne Delvigne, worn Feb 9 in Germany
Queen Elizabeth’s blue hat with diagonal brim and velvet flower trim by Rachel Trevor Morgan on Feb 13

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Queen  Máxima’s coffee brown straw upswept brim ‘slice’ hat by Fabienne Delvigne worn on Feb 21
Queen Elizabeth’s cream, pink & blue diagonal crown cloche with sequin flower trim by Angela Kelly on Feb 28

The poll will remain open until next Friday, March 31 at midnight GMT and and each computer or mobile device can vote twice per day for as many hats as you wish. Happy voting!

 

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In our year-end wrap up of royal hats, the ultimate winner is the hat choosen for favourite new design of the year. Twelve polls narrowed down your favourites in this category to seventeen designs from fifteen different milliners- each one, a winner in its own right. From these seventeen designs, here are your top five favourite new hats worn in 2016:

Lady Brabourne’s grey and silver hat with upswept brim by Dillon Wallwork worn June 25

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Princess Charlene on Nov 19 in Rachel Trevor Morgan’s black and white straw pyramid hat with roses

We see Princess Charlene in very few hats but there was no doubt, based on all your reactions to the hat she wore for Monaco National Day celebrations this year, that this stunning design was something very special. Congratulations to Rachel Trevor Morgan, whose work for Queen Elizabeth we have long admired, for claiming your pick for top royal hat of 2016.

Please jump over to this post for full poll results or link back to original features of each hat or head over to the Fan Page to compare your 2016 winners with your top picks from years past.

Photos from Getty as indicated; David Hartley/REX/Shutterstock; Stephane Cardinale and Theirry Orban via Getty

For the first time, we included a contest for top men’s royal hat of the year. After counting your votes, here are your top picks:

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Duke of Edinburgh’s cream straw Panama hat May 14 at the Royal Windsor Horse Show

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Prince Harry in a traditional Guyanese headdress worn on December 3

It appears, dearest readers, that your love for a great statement hat is not limited to the royal ladies! When it comes to top hats, the second part of this poll, it appears the British royal men can’t be beat. With three standouts across three generations, their mastery of this genre looks secure for the future as well.

After a busy week of hatted royal engagements, we’re going to turn our attention back to your favourite royal hats last year. Your votes have spoken, loud and clear, and we’re going to start with your favourite repeated royal hats of 2016: