Ascot 2024 Day 3: Extras

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!

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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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Ascot 2023 Index

 Day 1: Tuesday, June 20, 2023

 

Day 2: Wednesday June 21, 2023
  

 

Day 3: Thursday June 22, 2023

 

Day 4: Friday June 23, 2023

Day 5: Saturday June 24, 2023

Ascot 2023 Day 4: Extras

The Duke & Duchess of Devonshire arrived with the king and queen in the royal carriage procession, the Duchess in a deep pink domed pillbox rimmed in striped vibrantly dyed feathers.

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Lady Susan Hussey

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Dame Judi Dench and her partner David Mills were also in the carriage procession

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I believe this is Laura Lopes, Queen Camilla’s daughter

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Which other hats stood out to you on Day 4 of the races?

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Ascot Hats From the Past

Royal Hats105 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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In your discussion about this pair of century-separated hats, please also include any royal hats worn around the world today. I’ll check in with you all in the comments as I’m able!

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The Inside Story: Lauren Martin

Royal HatsLauren Martin is an Australian-born milliner who, after training as a milliner, now designs her own vintage-inspired hats from her studio in Bedfordshire. In 2011, she was a milliner on staff at Philip Treacy London- that spring, the atellier was a flurry of activity as the company produced 37 hats for a certain high profile royal wedding. Here are two of those hats she created for the Cambridge’s wedding, described in her own words.