63 years ago to this day in 1960 when Princess Grace of Monaco wore a delicate floral calot headpiece to award the winner of the Monaco Grand Prix.
I am taking some time for travel and study over the next few weeks, before celebrating 10 years of covering Royal Ascot here by attending the first three days of the races, in person! If there are any royal hats worn today or tomorrow, please share them in the comments here.
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As we have come to expect at such landmark royal events, royal guests at King Charles III’s coronation represented nations from around the globe. Those who wore hats to this event were as follows:
The Sultan of Brunei and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
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King Mswati III and Inkhosikati LaMbikiza of Eswatini: Inkhosikati LaMbikiza wore a dusty pink crin halo headpiece trimmed with feathers in the same colour (see a better photo here)
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King Letsie III and Queen Mesenate of Lesotho: Queen Masenate wore a royal blue straw saucer hat trimmed with a dramatic starburst of ivory goose biot feathers.
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King Abdullah and Queen Rania of Jordan: Queen Rania wore a brimless domed hat in the same pale yellow as her dress. The design includes embellishment at the back (a rosette? a bow?) and a wrap of delicate yellow veil.
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Designer: Noel Stewart. Dress by Tamara Ralph.
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Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco: Princess Charlene topped her pale suit (love the pearl floral buttons!) with a sleek beret percher hat simply trimmed with a knotted bow at the side. The hat looks to be covered in the same barely-blush hue as the suit.
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Designer: Philip Treacy
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King Willem Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands: Queen Máxima wore a structural white straw saucer hat with brim extension and flying bow. The vertical design of the hat pairs so beautifully with the exquisite applique lace cutout on the bodice of her dress.
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Designer: Philip Treacy. Dress by Jan Taminiau
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King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium: Queen Mathilde topped a caped pink dress with an ivory straw saucer hat with extended windowpane brim that folds downward in a sharp edge.
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Designer: dress by Armani Prive.
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King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain: Queen Letizia wore the largest hat we’ve seen her in to date, a design in natural hued straw with mushroom brim and button crown, draped in an overlay of widely woven (I think it’s vintage?) bubblegum pink net veil. It’s a dramatic design for Letizia and so wonderful to see her experimenting with new millinery shapes.
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Designer: Balel Millinery. Suit by Carolina Hererra.
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His Majesty The Yang di-Pertuan Agong XVI and Her Majesty Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia
Queen Anne-Marie, Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece: Queen Anne-Marie wore a navy bandeau headpiece trimmed with a pair of navy silk bows. Crown Princess Marie-Chantal topped her ice blue Mary Katrantzou dress with a coordinating Philip Treacy percher hat trimmed with a monochrome multi-looped bow on the side.
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His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, King of the Ashanti Kingdom and Lady Julia Osei Tutu
Her Majesty Margareta and Prince Radu of Romania: Margareta wore a cornflower blue silk covered percher with feather mount trim. While it coordinates well with her ensemble, unfortunately, it has some some visible construction issues.
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Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark: Crown Princess Mary was head to toe in regal purple, her ensemble crowned by a pleated bandeau headpiece with birdcage tulle veil.
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Designer: bespoke Jane Taylor. Coat dress by Soren Le Schmidt
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Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden wore a klein blue silk covered domed pillbox with bow at the back.
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Designer: Tim Martenson. Dress by Pär Engsheden. Styling by Tina Torn
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Hereditary Prince Alois and Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein: Princess Sophie echoed the sleek lines of her dress and coat with a straw beret percher hat in the same orchid purple. The hat is simply trimmed with a straw twist.
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Designer: Philip Treacy
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Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway: Princess Mette-Marit wore a pink pillbox hat with birdcage veil.
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Designer: bespoke Jane Taylor. Dress by Peter Dundas
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I know many of your have been waiting for this- which hats stood out most to you?
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The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II yesterday was attended by numerous other monarchs and royal guests.
Queen Margrethe of Denmark
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King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden
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King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway
King Abdullah and Queen Rania of Jordan
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Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg
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Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco
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King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands
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King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium
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Designer: Fabienne Delvigne
King Philippe and Queen Letizia of Spain
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Designer: Cherubina
King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain
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Designer: Miguel Marzo y Jesús Díaz
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako
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His Majesty Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah of Malaysia and Her Majesty Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah of Malaysia
Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Faisal Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown and Prince Radu
Queen Anne-Marie and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece
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Prince Alois of Liechtenstein and Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein (followed by King Letsie III of Lesotho)
Prince Hassan bin Talal and Princess Haya of Jordan
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Sheikha Amna bint Mohammed Al Thani of Qatar
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The late Duke of Edinburgh’s family, Hess and Baden descendants of Philip’s late sisters.
Hats worn to the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth: Family Members
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Hats worn to the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth: Noble and Notable Guests
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Members of Monaco’s royal family celebrated their principality’s patron and protector Santa Devota with a series of radiational events over the past two days. On Wednesday evening, festivities commenced with the arrival of a boat to the port which, after a series of blessings in a religious ceremony, was ceremonially set on fire. For this event, Princess Gabriella wore a slouchy black wool beret hat very reminiscent of her mother’s recent millinery style.
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Designer: unknown. Coat and dress by Armani.
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For yesterday’s Sainte Devote pontifical mass at Monaco Cathedral, Princess Caroline topped her woven plaid Chanel coat with a relaxed beret in black faux fur worn on the back of her head.
The placement of this piece makes it look like a halo bandeau from the front, beautifully framing Caroline’s face and making the beret style seem more current and modern than it does from the back. That’s where the view falls flat for me, both in terms of shape and texture.
Designer: unknown. Coat by Chanel.
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Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella joined their father and aunt on the balcony of Prince’s Palace of Monaco to watch a procession following the mass. Princess Gabriella wore a dark blue velvet headband trimmed in faux pearls.
Designer: Monnalisa. It is the Girls Pearl Headband in Dark Blue
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Thoughts about this trio of designs?
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To mark Princess Charlene’s birthday today, we’re taking a look at the ecru, ivory and white hats she has worn over the years:
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Designer: unknown; Rachel Trevor Morgan; Gallia e Peter
Introduced: November 17, 2012; November 19, 2016; November 19, 2019
What a great trio, especially from someone who wears a hat just a few times each year. While the quintessentially French rose-trimmed pyramid is one of my all time favourites in Charlene’s hat closet (and was our top royal hat pick in 2016), the lovely lines of both the ecru beret and the white fedora warrant our admiration.
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