50 years to February 8, 1968 when Queen Elizabeth returned to London with her corgis following her annual Christmas and New Year stay at Sandringham. She wore an interesting onion shaped hat for the trip- quite a different choice from the silk headscarf she sported to make the very same journey today.
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66 years ago this month to a photo of a young Princess Josephine Charlotte of Belgium in a dark velvet calot hat. A year later, she would marry Hereditary Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg.
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to 130 years ago this year to this snap of Queen Victoria with her Indian born servant, Abdul Karim. The hat and turban are magnificent, as was, by remaining accounts, the relationship these two shared.
to an interesting black and white hat worn by Empress Michiko. Date unknown.
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to an event, 45 years ago this year, held at the Garden Club de Monaco. Princess Grace attended in a memorably oversized white tam ‘o shanter style hat.
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