Last Friday, King Carl Gutaf and Queen Silvia opened an exhibition on the life, paintings and art collection of Prince Eugen (this year is the 150th anniversary of his birth) at the Waldemarsudde in Stockholm. For this event, Queen Silvia accessorized her pale pink suit and lace blouse with a dark clutch purse and fur calot hat. The contrast between the suit and sable brown hat was unexpected but provided a welcome wintertime context to the pastel ensemble. Fur calots will never be included on my list of most favourite royal hats but I think this one worked very well for Queen Silvia. What do you think of this hat and its pairing with this ensemble?

You can read more about this event at the Swedish Royal Monarchy website. 

Photos from the Swedish Royal Court

On Sunday, King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel attended a special mass at Stockholm Cathedral. Part of the “Refuse to Hate” interfaith initiative, the service brought together representatives from numerous faiths in support of the Swedish Interfaith Council’s rejection of using religious arguments to legitimize hatred, violence and aggression. While Crown Princess Victoria did not wear a hat for this event, Queen Silvia wore a simple bowler in loden green felt trimmed with a ruched chocolate brown band around the crown. This sedate and rather boring hat does the job, I suppose…. but I thought this ground breaking initiative deserved a much more vibrant and exciting hat. Don’t you as well?

Designer: unknown
Previously Worn: I suspect this hat is new

Photo from APA

King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden commemorated the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz today with attendance at a memorial at Stockholm’s Grand Synagogue. Queen Silvia wore a simple black felt beret hat, placed at the back of her head in the style of a calot. King Carl Gustaf honoured the Jewish practice of wearing a kippah.

Designer: Kerstin Carlfealk
Previously Worn: This is a new hat

Photos from Scanpix via SMP.se and William Stokstad/TT via The Swedish Royal Court

King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel attended a memorial service yesterday in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the 2004 tsunami in southeast Asia. Queen Silvia wore a navy blue felt cloche hat trimmed in multiple layers of silk ribbon wrapped around the crown and a ribbon rosette. Silvia has worn a number of cloche hats this year and while it is not my favourite of hat shapes, it is nice to see a contemporary royal embrace them.

Photo from Henrik Montgomery via Expressen