Nobel Peace Prize 2019

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King Harald, Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit all attended 2019 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony yesterday in Oslo. 

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Queen Sonja repeated her black beret for this event. The brimless design follows an interesting pyramid shape and is rimmed with black sequins that give it much sparkle and dimension. We’ve seen it a few times before… so alas, there’s not much new to add.

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Designer: unknown
Previously Worn: Dec 10, 2018; Feb 7, 2014; Dec 11, 2013; Dec. 10, 2008

Crown Princess Mette Marit repeated her chunky gold bandeau headpiece. While she has often worn it woven with a contrasting ribbon in the past, this time the headpiece stood on its own.

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Designer: Prada
Previously Worn: April 16, 2015; Jan 17, 2015; October 20, 2012; May 31, 2012; April 17, 2010 

This event is one of a few annual hatted events for the Norwegian Royals and, as such, I’m a little disappointed there weren’t any new hats yesterday. Any new thoughts about these designs?

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Prince of Wales Commissions Namesake Vessel

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The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall were in Portsmouth today to officially commission a new aircraft carrier in the British naval fleet,  HMS Prince of Wales.

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For this occasion, the Duchess wore a new hat in pale slate blue felt with a wide upturned bumper brim.

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A number of us have been wishing Camilla to experiment with some new hat shapes and she’s done that here. I wish, however, she’d taken this further with a more saturated colour or some contrast (or trim or texture- anything!) to break up the very smooth lines of the hat and coat. For me, it falls a little flat.

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Designer: Philip Treacy
Previously Worn: This hat is new

As expected, the Prince of Wales wore the uniform and cap of his ranking as Admiral of the Fleet. Incidentally, today he was also granted the title of Honorary Commodore-in-Chief, Aircraft Carriers.

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What do you think of the Duchess’ new hat in Portsmouth today? And- do you think the baker of the official cake was tipped off on her ensemble’s colour or made a lucky guess?!

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Danish Crown Princess Opens Hospital

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Crown Princess Mary was in Viborg yesterday to tour and officially open a new emergency centre at within the Regional Hospital there. For this event, she wore a deep plum textured bandeau headpiece.

The colour is beautiful on Princess Mary and the piece is elevated from being a basic headband thanks to its molded shape and textured fabric overlay. The Scandinavian princesses aren’t frequent hat wearers, generally, but the current popularity of bandeau headpieces have seen several, such as this, atop royal heads. And more millinery is always a good thing!

Designer: Jane Taylor. It is the Metallic Sequin Headband from AW 2019
Previously Worn: This headpiece is new

What do you think of Crown Princess Mary’s new bandeau? Look through a gallery of additional photos of this event here.

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Hat From the Past

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Royal Hats to this day in 1985 which saw the Princess of Wales attend the ‘Children of Courage Awards’ at Westminster Abbey in a tall brimless hat in deep periwinkle blue felt, trimmed with the Prince of Wales’ tri-feather heraldic badge (also in felt) on the front.

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This Week’s Extras

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Infanta Elena took in Madrid Horse Week events last weekend in a chocolate fedora with smart striped hatband
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King Carl Gustaf was sported in his trusty brown fedora with Queen Silvia’s boarding a flight to India on Monday and, below, on Wednesday during the visit.


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Princess Marie Chantal of Greece and her eldest son Constantine (Tino) in wool caps in Gloucestershire.
Australian milliner Wendy Louise Diggles shared this great index on different styles of top hats.
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The ornaments on the Christmas Tree in the workroom of John Boyd’s millinery studio in London make me smile!
The following new millinery designs caught my eye this week:
Grey straw boater with hand-dyed blue guipure lace hatband by Scottish milliner Stephanie Gallen
Teal velvet bandeau with beautifully draped silk abaca and sparkling buckle by British milliner Dorothy Morant
From Australian brand The Essential Hat, gorgeous Panama straw fedoras in two colour ways (see here and here)
Pink satin covered pillbox with braided edge detail by British milliner Laura Cathcart
Scottish milliner Sally-Anne Provan’s felt fedora with metallic, angular hatband in my favourite colour- peacock blue
Copper silk turban with faux fur pouf from Parisienne milliner Clothilde Toussaint
Plum felt percher with flying bow and beautiful silk poppies by British milliner William Chambers
Stunning movement on British milliner Sarah Cant’s blue halo bandeau with black leather stylized lilies
Adore the geometric printed hatband on this angular trilby by London-based brand Sahar Millinery

And from Australian milliner Lisa Alexander, this black straw saucer with incredible exploding fireworks trim.


Lovely new pictures of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde released for their 20th wedding anniversary.
New official portrait from the Monaco royal family
Lovely portrait of Princess Amalia released this week for her 16th birthday.
And from a beaming Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stephanie, the happy news that they are expecting their first child in May.

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