to Prinsjesdag in 1962. Queen Juliana (middle) delivered the speech from the throne and was joined on the balcony by husband Princer Bernhard and daughters Princess Beatrix, Princess Irene and Princess Margriet. Their hats are such classic pieces from the time, aren’t they?!
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to three hats worn over three decades by Queen Elizabeth on this day to the Highland Games. Any guesses what we’ll see her wear this year?
Tall beige Cossack style hat, September 3, 1989
Indigo bumper hat with striped wool cuffed brim, September 3, 1994
Violet bumper hat with basket woven silk brim, September 3, 2005
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to 45 years ago today, when Princess Margriet of the Netherlands wore a straw hat with upfolded halo brim to open the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.
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Further proof that genetics runs strong in the British Royal Family- Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent and a young Princess Alexandra of Kent with the Duke of Edinburgh at the closing ceremonies of the London Olympics on this day in 1948. I see multiple generations of strong family resemblance in this photo- first, between Princess Alexandra and her mother and second, between Princess Alexandra and both Princess Anne and Zara Phillips when they were the same age.
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45 years ago today, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, was photographed on the occasion of her 70th birthday with her grandchildren Prince Edward (later the Earl of Wessex), Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones and Viscount Linley. Her hat was a marvellous pompadour casque made from triangles of multi-coloured pastel silk organza trimmed with tiny silk blossoms of lily of the valley.
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