Hat From the Past

Royal Hats 71 years to this day in 1947 which saw the late Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, open the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh in a veiled calot hat trimmed with daisies.

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Hat From the Past

Royal Hats to this day in 1964 when Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari, former queen consort of Iran, wore this fantastical costume headpiece in a scene from the Italian film, I Tre Voti (The Three Faces), in which she starred. It’s a whopper.

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Hat From the Past

Royal Hats to this day in 2002 when Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako took a wee Princess Aiko, in an adorable white bonnet, on a hike. Scroll through the gallery below for additional photos.

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Hat From the Past

Royal Hats 31 years on this day and a royal visit to Sandhurst Military College. The late Princess of Wales wore a military inspired Catherine Walker suit and tall, white Cossack shaped bumper hat, a look that seems firmly rooted in the fashion styles of the time.

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Hat From the Past

Royal Hats to 1970 when Princess Grace of Monaco attended a wedding in St. Tropez in a chic straw hat with raised brim.

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