to September 17, 1998 and a lovely cream and pale purple hat with back bow, high ruched silk hatband and wide brim worn on a trip to Brunei. Does anyone know if this hat was ever repeated?

 to June 1988 and a blue straw hat with floral trim that Queen Elizabeth wore for Trooping the Colour. The shape and styling of this hat seems so contemporary from the angle it’s seen here that it is hard to believe it was worn nearly 30 years ago.

 to August 6, 1992 and another start to Her Majesty’s summer holiday aboard the royal yacht Britannia. For her arrival in Portsmouth this day, Queen Elizabeth wore a rounded beanie/pillbox hat in white straw with a large bow at the back, accented with a wide cuff and top circle of the same black, green and white printed fabric as her suit. This hat is unlike anything I can remember her wearing before or since- do any of you remember it?

 to a Canadian visit in July 1997 that saw Her Majesty in a mint green straw hat with raised kettle brim, pleated crin crown wrap and front rosette. It feels like a very 1990s shaped and styled hat to me although I don’t remember seeing it before- is it familiar to any of you?

to this day in 1988 when Queen Elizabeth arrived to take up residency at Balmoral Castle in a classic navy and white straw boater hat.