Looking back 45 years ago today to a glorious green and blue feathered hat worn by the Queen Mum to the 1971 Chelsea Flower Show.
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to seventy-seven years ago today when Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Märtha of Norway were visiting New York. The pair look glamorously carefree- a sentiment that would end just a few months later with the start of WWII.
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Open Post
Since this is our last open post (I’ll be back on Wednesday), I saved a corker of a hat to accompany it. On this day in 1970, Princess Anne was touring Australia and chose this John Boyd design to wear to a garden party in Brisbane. With its spherical crown and perching bird on the brim, it’s a most memorable piece. In the hundreds (thousands?) of royal hats we’ve discussed here at Royal Hats, few hold a candle to this.
Please share current royal goings on (especially the hats!) in the comments below and I look forward to getting back to our regular schedule of posts on Wednesday!
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Open Post
For a little dose of glamour this Thursday, I thought you might enjoy this marvellous velvet and feather creation worn by Princess Margaret on a visit to Hertfordshire on April 6, 1961. The feather fringe adds a whole other level of razzle-dazzle, don’t you agree?!
Please continue to share royal hat news and happenings here in this open post (keep watch for a possible new percher on the Duchess of Cambridge on Saturday when she and the Duke arrive in India). Enjoy the conversation!
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Open Post
Happy Monday, dearest readers! Here is a new open post for you to continue your conversation about all things royal hats. Here is another hat from the past to inspire you today, worn by a young Empress Michiko in April 1960. Her hat, made up of a circle of overlapping organdie leaves, is nearly as sweet as wee Prince Naruhito.
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