This Week’s Extras

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Some questions about how to embed Getty Photos in comments came up this week. This can be confusing so to help, I put together a step-by-step tutorial for Royal Hats readers. You can read and download it here.

The Imperial Princesses in ivory hats last Monday for the Spring Equinox court rituals at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo

Princess Hisako wore a grey felt hat with angular crown and upturned brim trimmed with rolled sinamay leaves in different depths of muted pink.
The following new millinery designs caught my eye this week (see the comments for more):


Princess Haya released a compelling statement.
Prince Prince Josef-Emanuel of Liechtenstein, son of Princess Margaretha and Prince Nikolaus, was married yesterday to Maria Claudia Echavarría Suárezin in the bride’s hometown of Cartagena de Indias

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Platinum Jubilee Countdown: 68

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Princess Elizabeth attends Children’s Day at Aldershot Tattoo on May 31, 1938 in a wide brimmed straw hat with floral trim. She wore the same hat a year later on a visit to St. Catherine’s Docks with her grandmother, Queen Mary.

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Platinum Jubilee Countdown: 69

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Princess Elizabeth in a straw cloche with flower hatband and brim pleats at the side worn on a June 14, 1935 visit to the Royal Windsor Horse Show with her parents. She was photographed several times in this hat that year, including King George V’s Silver Jubilee.

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Cambridges Attend Military Parade in Jamaica

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge continued their visit to the Caribbean today, attending the commissioning parade in Kingston, Jamaica for service personnel from across the Caribbean who have recently completed the Caribbean Military Officer Training Programme. In a nostalgic nod to the past, the couple rode in the same ceremonial Land Rover as Queen Elizabeth and the late Duke of Edinburg did during the Commonwealth Tour in December 1953 and again in 1994.

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For this event,  Prince William wore the tropical formal dress No. 1 uniform of the Blues and Royals while the Duchess topped a beautiful ivory lace dress with a new sinamay hat. The hat follows the shape of a wide, shallow saucer and is trimmed with large silk flowers both above and below the raised brim.

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It’s a lovely design that made a sleek counterpoint to the lace dress. The ivory ensemble contrasted visibly against what has otherwise been a very colourful wardrobe for Kate on this tour- maybe that was its intent?

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Designer: Philip Treacy. Dress by Alexander McQueen.
Previously Worn: This hat is new

What do you think of Kate’s new hat today in Jamaica?

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Platinum Jubilee Countdown: 70

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Today marks 70 days from the start of the Platinum Jubilee. We’re going to countdown to this historic event with a daily look back at some of the hats Queen Elizabeth has worn during her lifetime. Where better to start than at the beginning of her hat wearing life, as a toddler in 1928 with this wonderful ruffled bonnet.

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