While the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of most royal engagements during the months of March, April and May, we still managed to see a handful of events that sported repeated royal hats.

It’s time now to take a second look back at these designs and choose a winner to move forward in our end-of-year contest for Favourite Repeated Royal Hat of 2020.

Please click on each caption link to jump to original feature posts with additional views, information and discussion on each hat. Here are the then repeated hats you most admired in March, April and May, shown in the order they were worn:

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Queen Elizabeth’s blue and grey felt hat sidesweep with looped bow and feathers by Rachel Trevor Morgan worn Mar 10
Duchess of Cornwall’s navy felt picture hat with ostrich feather wrap by Philip Treacy worn March 10

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Queen Máxima’s green straw upswept slice picture hat by Fabienne Delvigne worn March 11 in Indonesia
Queen Máxima’s textured straw hat with shallow crown and cartwheel brim by Fabienne Delvigne worn March 11

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Queen Máxima’s warm brown ruched straw ring headpiece by Fabienne Delvigne worn March 12 in Indonesia
King Willem Alexander’s almond Panama straw trilby with black hatband worn March 12 in Indonesia

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Queen Margrethe’s red bumpber hat with navy floral patterned bow worn May 4
Duchess of Cornwall’s textured black beret with mottled green feather by Philip Treacy worn May 8
Queen Mathilde’s almond felt fedora with looped bow by Fabienne Delvigne worn May 11

It’s now time to vote! This poll will remain open until Friday, August 14 at midnight GMT.  As usual for these polls, each computer or mobile device can vote twice per day for as many hats as you wish.

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Results for your favourite new hat at this year’s Cheltenham Festival are in with a clear winner:

Back in March, we had no idea that the Cheltenham Festival would be the only royal attended racing events we would see this year. As such, we’re going to take a specific look at the seven new hats that made their debut at Cheltenham and choose a favourite to put forward for Favourite New Royal Hat of 2020.

Please click on each caption link to jump to original feature posts with additional views, information and discussion on each hat. Here are the seven new hats we all admired at this year’s Cheltenham Festival, shown in the order they were worn:

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Zara Tindall’s navy bandeau with cut feathers by Juliette Botterill worn March 10
Autumn Phillips’ black felt percher with olive silk camellia blooms and leaves by Sally Ann Provan worn March 10

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Zara Tindall’s claret felt curved percher with cutout bow and arrow feathers by Juliette Botterill worn Mar 11
Duchess of Cornwall’s charcoal felt fedora with aubergine hatband and fringed side bow by Philip Treacy worn Mar 11

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Zara Tindall’s navy trilby with leather flower spray by Justine Bradley Hill worn March 12
Autumn Phillip’s pink felt fedora with teal and black braid hatband by Camilla Rose worn March 13
Zara Tindall’s purple felt beret percher with bronze leather flower by Sarah Cant worn March 13

This poll will remain open until Monday, July 13  at midnight GMT.  As usual for these polls, each computer or mobile device can vote twice per day for as many hats as you wish. Happy voting!

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Results for your favourite new hat and repeated hat worn in are in with two clear winners:

Nine of the new royal hats that debuted in January and February stood out in particular- which one was your favourite?

Please click on each caption link to jump to original feature posts with additional views, information and discussion on each hat, shown here in the order they were worn:

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Zara Tindall’s woven black straw boater with relaxed brim by Sarah J Curtis worn Jan 5
Duchess of Cambridge’s blue felt Hicks and Brown fedora with pheasant feather hatband worn Jan 5

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Zara Tindall in a wave trimmed teardrop percher covered in orange and pink feathers by Millinery Jill worn Jan 11
Queen Margrethe’s blue wool sidesweep hat with plaid hatband by Mathilde Thoe Førster worn Jan 14

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Zara Tindall’s heathered grey felt fedora with darker grey hatband and side bow worn January 25
Queen Elizabeth’s ivory, pink and peach bouclé plaid hat with bow and peach feathers by Angela Kelly worn Feb 3

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Princess Sofia’s wide brimmed felt fedora hat worn February 4
Queen Mathilde’s grey bandeau by Amélie d’Hooghvorst worn February 17
Queen Máxima’s brimless beret-calot covered in pheasant feathers worn February 18 

This poll will remain open until Thursday, June 4 at midnight GMT.  As usual for these polls, each computer or mobile device can vote twice per day for as many hats as you wish. Happy voting!

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