This Week’s Extras

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Royal Hats

The Duke of Edinburgh wore a natty newsboy cap to drive carriage during the first day of the Royal Windsor Horse Show. The Queen was spotted on subsequent days in the trademark silk headscarves (one printed with horses) she always wears to this event. She also surprised today in a new hat that we’ll review on Monday.

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Queen Elizabeth also drove herself to church last Sunday at Windsor in what I believe a purple hat (first worn here). Maybe she keeps some outfits and hats just for private use?

In addition to sharing this peek inside her haberdashery stash, Jane Taylor invites any burgeoning milliners to take part in her summer school courses in August. If I could, I certainly would!

Reader Joyce shared these two interesting articles looking at hats worn to the annual Central Park Luncheon and famous hats from Broadway productions (New York Times)

Enjoy this mini-chat between Epsom Derby Ambassador Emilia Fox and Rachel Trevor Morgan about choosing a hat

 Beautiful use of blue crin on this design from John Boyd.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry hosted a garden party today at Buckingham Palace for the children of those who have died serving in the armed forces. There looks to have been much fun and merriment.

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Hat From the Past

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Royal Hats to twenty-six years ago tomorrow when Queen Elizabeth wore this sharply striped purple straw boater hat during a state visit to the USA.

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Romanian Royals Host Garden Party

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As part of Romanian National Day celebrations on Wednesday, members of the Romanian royal family hosted an annual Garden Party  at the Elisabeta Palace. Crown Princess Margareta wore a pale grey straw hat with square, peaked crown and raised brim around the back. The hat’s crown is embellished in lace appliqué cutouts in the same hues of blue and green as are on her printed dress. It’s an interesting use of a trim we don’t see often on royal hats that worked well with the ensemble once Princess Margarita added her blue coat.

Crown Princess Margareta, May 10, 2017 in Kristina Dragomir | Royal Hats   Crown Princess Margareta, May 10, 2017 in Kristina Dragomir | Royal Hats

Crown Princess Margareta, May 10, 2017 in Kristina Dragomir | Royal Hats Crown Princess Margareta, May 10, 2017 in Kristina Dragomir | Royal Hats

Designer: Kristina Dragomir
Previously Worn: This hat is new

Princess Maria updated a hat she wore to this event two years ago, replacing a bright pink hatband, bow and flower with a hatband in the same floral print as her dress. The white straw hat with pink edged kettle brim is further embellished with green silk leaves and a large curling bow. While the new trim feels a bit of a jumble, I’m inclined to give it a pass simply because it’s an attempt at millinery recycling, something we don’t often see.

Princess Maria, May 10, 2017 in Kristina Dragomir | Royal Hats

Princess Maria, May 10, 2017 in Kristina Dragomir | Royal Hats   Princess Maria, May 10, 2017 in Kristina Dragomir | Royal Hats

Designer: Kristina Dragomir
Previously Worn: May 10, 2015

What do you think about this pair of Romanian royal hats?

Crown Princess Margareta & Princess Maria, May 10, 2017 in Kristina Dragomir | Royal Hats

Crown Princess Margareta & Princess Maria, May 10, 2017 in Kristina Dragomir | Royal Hats

Swedish Royals Remember Baron Silfverschiöld

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Members of the Swedish royal family gathered at Erska Church near Koberg Castle yesterday in to remember the life of Baron Niclas Silfverschiöld, husband of Princess Désirée, who died April 11, 2017 following a brief illness. As is to be expected at such events, the millinery was very simple. Queen Silvia wore a tall black pillbox hat.

 Queen Silvia, May 11, 2017 | Royal Hats

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Crown Princess Victoria repeated her black felt Yves Stain Laurent wide brimmed Garbo hat with fringe-edged bow at the back and wide Petersham ribbon hatband.

Crown Princess Victoria, May 11, 2017 in Yves Saint Laurent | Royal Hats Crown Princess Victoria, May 11, 2017 in Yves Saint Laurent | Royal Hats

Princess Soia wore a black velvet hair band tied trimmed with a knotted bow at the side.

Princess Sofia, May 11, 2017 | Royal Hats Princess Sofia, May 11, 2017 | Royal Hats

Princess Christina wore a large brimmed black hat with wide, ruched fabric hatband gathered in a large black buckle. Princess Désirée and the other Haga princesses did not wear hats.

Princess Christina, May 11, 2017 | Royal Hats

The Danish and Norwegian royal families were represented by Princess Benedikte and Princess Märtha Louise. Princess Benedikte repeated her black hat with diagonally striped, raised bumper brim.

Princess Benedikte, May 11, 2017 | Royal Hats

Princess Märtha Louise looked to have borrowed Princess Mette-Marit’s veiled black Jennifer Berh headpiece with slim headband base.

Princess Märtha Louise, May 11, 2017 | Royal Hats

I’m sure you all join me in sending our best wishes to Princess Désirée and her family during this difficult time.

Photos from IBL and Adam Ihse / TT

Hat From the Past

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Royal Hats to this day, 13 years ago, when the Danish royal family gathered at City Hall for a pre-wedding reception for Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Mary. Not quite hitting the streamlined and elegant millinery stride we’ve come to expect from Mary these days, she wore a an oversized variation of a cloche hat in olive green straw  with an oddly indented and domed crown, trimmed with a slim ribbon that tied in a rather droopy side bow. The scale of this hat overwhelmed her and the exaggerated shape…  well, I think it’s best left in the past.

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