March was a colourful month of royal hats with numerous striking new designs making debut appearances for Commonwealth Day, the Cheltenham Festival, St. Patrick’s Day among others. Twelve lovely new designs in calot, saucer, beret, percher, fedora and bandeau shapes received particular admiration- twelve designs we’ll revisit now to choose a semifinalist for Favourite New Royal Hat of 2019.

Please click on each caption link to jump to original feature posts with additional views, information and discussion on each hat. Here are the twelve new hats you most admired in March, shown in the order they were worn:

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Queen Silvia’s ruched purple straw calot worn March 3
Duchess of Cambridge’s red felt saucer with bow worn March 11

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Duchess of Cornwall’s purple felt brimless hat with feathers by Philip Treacy worn March 11
Zara Tindall’s teal Juliette Botterill felt percher with bow and arrow feathers worn March 12

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Zara Tindall’s plum felt teardrop percher with feather trim by Juliette Botteril worn Mar 13
Zara Tindall’s navy felt beret percher with soaring grey feathers by Bundle MacLaren worn Mar 14

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Autumn Phillips’ burgundy felt fedora with double braided hatband by Camilla Rose Millinery worn Mar 15
Zara Tindall’s Sally Ann Provan black felt percher saucer with red leather bow and quill worn Mar 15

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Duchess of Cambridge’s green felt triangular beret with bow flowers from Lock & Co. worn Mar 17
Zara Tindall’s magenta felt percher with oversize flower by The Cotswold Milliner worn Mar 17

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Empress Michiko’s lilac grey rimmed saucer with silk bow and crin underbrim worn March 26
Queen Mathilde’s ruched silk headpiece by Fabienne Delvigne worn March 26 

This poll will remain open until next Friday, April 19 at midnight GMT.  As usual for these polls, each computer or mobile device can vote twice per day for as many hats as you wish. Good luck!

Photos from Swedish Press Agency; Mark Cuthbert, Mark Cuthbert, Andrew Matthews/PA Images, Andrew Matthews/PA Images, MelMedia, Max Mumby/Indigo, Max Mumby/Indigo, Max Mumby/Indigo via Getty; Andrew Lloyd; Photonews and The Asahi Shimbun via Getty

After a quiet start to the year, March saw a vast increase of royal hat outings thanks to a handful of foreign visits, the Cheltenham Festival and several other royal engagements. In fabric, felt and straw covering a rainbow of different colours, there were ten repeated designs worn in March that received loudest praise; it’s these ten hats we bring back today for a second look to choose a favourite to be put forward in our countdown for your Favourite New Royal Hat of 2019.

Please click on each caption link to jump to original feature posts with additional views, information and discussion on each hat. Here are the ten repeated royal hats you most admired in March, shown in the order they were worn:

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Queen Elizabeth’s orange hat with magnolia blooms and brown straw leaves by Angela Kelly worn Mar 7
Queen Elizabeth’s purple felt Angela Kelly design with kettle brim, velvet leaves and flowers worn Mar 11

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Princess Anne’s turquoise felt fedora with layered hatband and feathers worn March 15
Queen Margrethe’s blue straw hat with open weave ‘slice’ brim and floral trim worn March 18

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Queen Elizabeth’s dusty pink hat with silk flowers by Rachel Trevor Morgan worn March 19
Duchess of Cambridge’s black felt Lock & Co. beret with floral and feather trim worn March 19

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Queen Mathilde’s Fabienne Delvigne pleated red button percher with looped bows & quills worn March 27
Queen Mathilde’s chocolate felt calot with felt leaf trim worn March 28

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Queen Máxima’s dusky pink straw picture hat with ‘slice’ upswept brim by Fabienne Delvigne worn March 29
Queen Margrethe’s houndstooth check hat with layered chocolate, blush & burgundy hatband worn Mar 31 

This poll will remain open until next Friday, April 19 at midnight GMT.  As always, each computer or mobile device can vote twice per day for as many hats as you wish. Good luck!

Photos from Mark Cuthbert, Max Mumby/Indigo, Aaron Chown/PA Images, Photonoticias, Samir Hussein, Samir Hussein, Photonews, Patrick van Katwijk, and John Randeris Hansen via Getty