We kick off this week of celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s 94th birthday with a fun photo submitted by reader Jimbo for you all to have a giggle at captioning. Let the wit flow!
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This Week’s Extras
No surprise, there’s no royal hats to share. However, numerous milliners, including British milliner Jane Taylor, are offering millinery video classes. Those of you wanting to pick up a hat-making hobby might want to check them out!
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A whole lot of new millinery designs caught my eye this week:
Black and white woven straw percher with white leather flowers and veil by British milliner Justine Bradley-Hill
Love the laser cut scrollwork velvet hatband on this red fedora by Australian milliner Kylie Heagney
A pick-me-up parade of gorgeous pink percher hats, all with fantastic trimmings, from British milliner Tracey Miller
Beautiful sweeping shape on this blue straw halo bandeau with feathers by London-based milliner Iona Montgomery
Wave percher covered in pink feathers with soaring grey quill by Irish milliner Aoife Harrison
Love the laser cut scrollwork velvet hatband on this red fedora by Australian milliner Kylie Heagney
A pick-me-up parade of gorgeous pink percher hats, all with fantastic trimmings, from British milliner Tracey Miller
Beautiful sweeping shape on this blue straw halo bandeau with feathers by London-based milliner Iona Montgomery
Wave percher covered in pink feathers with soaring grey quill by Irish milliner Aoife Harrison
Who says monochrome hats are boring?! Lovely monochrome saucers and perchers with the most wonderful trims by British milliner Lucinda Hostombe Shooter who works under the Hostie Hats label.
Love the embroidered blue flowers on this wide bandeau headpiece from British milliner Jane Cave
Ecru straw percher with handpainted feathers and pink ribbon from London-based milliner Nora De la Quintana
Dark green fur felt fedora with eye-catching patterned ribbon hatband by Australian milliner Catherine Kelly
Adore the movement on this black silk twist headpiece by London-based milliner Filipa Cardoso
Juicy colour contrast on this red straw beret percher with pink silk abacca trim by British Milliner Camilla Rose
Such a lovely scale and colour contrast on this peacock blue and white wide brimmed design with prim double hatband and floral trim from Japanese brand Maxim.
Jewel toned fur felt fedoras with stop-in-your-tracks statement hatbands from British milliner Tracey Miller
Teal fur felt percher with veil and lovely leaf cutouts by Australian milliner Jill Humphries
Teal fur felt percher with veil and lovely leaf cutouts by Australian milliner Jill Humphries
Lilac straw wide wave brimmed hat with floral embroidery and quills from London-based milliner Merve Bayindir
Adorable mother-daughter red velvet bandeau headpieces with ombre crin hearts by British milliner Bundle MacLaren
Fun straw colour-blocked boater hat in green, blue and yellow by British millinery brand Isabella Josie
From Spanish milliner Eugenia Jimenez, a simple black straw teardrop percher trimmed with the most wonderful handmade silk butterflies that appear to lightly hover around it
Vibrant ombre rainbow straw halo bandeau headpieces from British milliner Julian Garner
Cozy grey wool cloche with red applique leaves by Australian milliner Wendy Scully
Such lovely feather work on this pale pink straw picture hat by British milliner Lucinda Hostombe Shooter
Black bandeau with veil and stunning red and white feathers by Austalian milliner Felicity Northeast
Striking how this headpiece of oversize red lilies is designed to be worn. From Italian milliner Francesco Ballestrazzi
And finally, from South African milliner Bettina Thomas, this showstopping saucer hat with soaring feathers
The Countess of Wessex has been busy, helping various social and health enterprises over the past week. Princess Sofia joined her local hospital as a new medical assistant and other royals are pitching in as well (Vogue)
Flashback photo shared by Clarence House of the Prince of Wales playing Macbeth at age 17 in preparation to celebraate William Shakespeare’s birthday on April 23.
For World Art Day on Thursday, Princess Eugenie shared one of her floral paintings
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Hats From the Past: Christening of Danish Twins
Nine years ago this week, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary brought their young twins, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine, to Holmens Church in Copenhagen to be baptised.
Crown Princess Mary repeated the cream silk flower bandeau headpiece by Malene Birger she had worn for Prince Christian’s christening in 2006 and Princess Isabella’s in 2007.
The delicate headpiece is a great option for an event like this, beautifully framing Princess Mary’s face while allowing for a full view of the baby. It’s a flattering and wearable piece that works so well against her dark hair and adds a lovely amount of softness to the overall ensemble, tying in so well with these exquisite antique christening gowns. The styling here is also impeccable with great colour contrast between the headpiece and Mary’s saturated blue dress (it works so much better than the competing patterns it was paired with on its first outing) and a few statement jewelry pieces that add that bit of regal ‘wow’ to the elegantly streamlined ensemble.
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Princess Isabella looked charming in a pink hairbow to match her silk dress, tied to the braid on the side of her head.
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Queen Margrethe wore a brimless design covered in the same vibrant blue weave as her coat. The hat is trimmed with a wide stripe of plaited velvet ribbon and braid that wraps over the hat and a pair of feather spines circled with in curled goose biot feathers.
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Princess Marie topped her pale greige wool coat with a straw beret-based percher hat in the same colour from British brand Whiteley. The hat is trimmed with a triple looped straw curl.
Princess Benedkite topped her mint coat with a warm toast brown hat of sewn braid with Breton style upturned brim. The hat is trimmed in a wide mint petersham ribbon hatband that ties in a bow at the back, topped with a slim coppery brown ribbon. Queen Anne-Marie wore a navy straw classically-shaped pillbox hat trimmed with a small navy velvet bow at the front.
Princess Tatiana of Greece topped her navy ensemble with a blue feather headpiece, formed in the shape of a lotus flower. The hat is surrounded by burnt feathers and a striped quill with gentle curl in the center completes it. Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Princess Benedikte’s eldest son, who is one of Prince Vincent’s godparents) attended with his parnter, Carina Axelsson, who wore a pink floral headpiece tucked into her chignon.
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Prince Charles and Princess Camilla of Bourbon Two Sicilies attended the event (Prince Charles is one of Princess Josephine’s godparents). Camilla wore a characteristically flamboyant ensemble topped with a watermelon pink straw pyramid hat bound in a wide stripe of burgundy velvet and topped with a mass of deep pink feathers.
Princess Mary’s stepmother Susan Donaldson wore a sculpted wire flower headpiece and her sister Patricia wore a calot headpiece of embellished grey feathers.
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How do these milliner designs hold up, nearly a decade later? What looks here stand out most to you?
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Queen Margrethe’s 80th Birthday
Queen Margrethe celebrates her 80th birthday today, unfortunately, with far less fanfare than was originally planned. The Danish court has released some wonderful photos this week to celebrate, including:
New portraits with Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Christian
New photos of the birthday girl, taken at home
Gallery of photos taken throughout her life (with some fantastic hats!)
A look at some of the Queen’s passions (scroll to the second clip which shows describing, in English, the hat for one of her costume designs, which she models wonderfully!)
Gallery of past milestone birthday portraits
A look at the commemorative coin, minted to celebrate this occasion
To celebrate Queen Margrethe’s birthday today, let’s raise a glass and share our favourite of her hats (or tiaras, if you wish!). For me, it’s the coral straw double-brimmed picture hat with red dotted paler pink upper brim she wore to Royal Ascot in 2002- such great colour with a little bit of bonkers from the pink and orange curling trim. Which of her hats stand out most in your memory?
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Largest Feather?
Sad news, dearest readers- an aggressive spam attack here at Royal Hats two weeks ago required me delete our hat discussion question from two weeks ago. Because your comments and shared hats were too fantastic to loose forever, I’m going to pose the question again, with apology- which royal hats host the largest feathers? Let’s concentrate on ostrich feathers in our comments today and discuss non-ostrich feathers tomorrow.
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