Princess Zahra Aga Khan was part of today’s carriage procession in an ecru straw hat with wide cartwheel brim, trimmed by plum silk curling bows and feathers. Fantastic!
Milliner: Rachel Trevor Morgan
The Duchess of Richmond, who rode with the Tindalls, wore a mint button percher trimmed with sinamay ribbons, silk flowers and feathers in the same colour.
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Milliner: Layla Leigh Millinery
The Duke of Devonshire rode in the King and Queen’s carriage; the Duke wore a black silk top hat while the Duchess wore a fuchsia domed pillbox wrapped with purple, royal blue and bright pink dyed Lady Amherst feathers.
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There were many wonderful hats today for Ladies’ Day- please link to or embed your favourites in the comments
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105 years ago to June 17, 1914. The late Duchess of Devonshire, Evelyn Cavendish (wife of the 9th Duke of Devonshire) is shown below at Royal Ascot, just a month before the outbreak of WWI, in a marvelously plumed black hat. 97 years later, her great grandson’s wife, the current Duchess of Devonshire, would present the day’s winnings and chat all things racing with the Queen in a turquoise straw hat with feathers and a silk bow.
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