Category Archives: Great Britain

Edinburghs in Ireland and Dutch Queen Opens Factory

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The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh attended a Garden Party yesterday at Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland. Sophie repeated a bumper-edged pillbox hat covered in dark blue crepe and trimmed with a net veil..

Milliner: Jane Taylor. Dress by Beulah London.
Previously Worn:  Dec 11, 2019; June 20, 2019

Queen Máxima was in Hengelo yesterday to open a water filter factory. She repeated a green layered calot hat.

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Milliner: Jolanda (her dresser). Dress by Natan.
Previously Worn: Jun 14, 2024; June 13, 2024

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Ascot 2024 Day 5: Extras

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Qatari Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani and Lady Charles Spencer-Churchill rode with the king and queen in today’s carriage procession. Sheikh Hamad wore a black silk top hat and  Lady Jane, a wide brimmed white straw boater with pale blue hatband and a vine of white flowers with pale blue leaves.

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 Countess De La Warr wore a white sinamay veiled saucer with white and blush pink silk flowers.

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Lady Carolyn Warren wore a pale pink sinamay boater hat trimmed wtih delicate white flowers.

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And so it ends, for another year.

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Ascot 2024 Day 5: The King And Queen

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King Charles and Queen Camilla led the royal carriage procession today for the last day of Royal Ascot, the King again in his black silk top hat.

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Queen Camilla repeated a cream straw hat with side sweeping brim, angular crown and padded white silk hatband.

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It’s a sleek design that contrasts against the feather and flower extraveganzas she has worn the past two days. While I don’t like the padded headband, it’s impeccably made and I applaud that.

Milliner: Philip Treacy. Dress and Coat by Dior
Previously Worn: Jun 20, 2023; May 24, 2023

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Ascot 2024 Day 4: Extras

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Baron and Baroness Bamford rode with the king and queen in today’s carriage procession. Lord Anthony Bamford wore a black top hat and Lady Carole, a large white sinamay disc with extended windowpane sinamay brim, trimmed with white quills and silk flowers.

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Princess Zahra Aga Khan wore a ivory sinamay hat with shallow crown and extended cartwheel brim trimmed with a slim burnt orange sinamay hatband and front bow.

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Milliner: I believe it is Rachel Trevor Morgan

Did any other hats stand out to you at the races today?

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