This Week’s Extras

Royal Hats

Queen Silvia in a simple black straw hat at an April 18 memorial for victims in the recent Stockholm terrorist attack (Svenskdam)

Duchess of Cornwall in her red beret with pheasant feather trim last Sunday in Scotland

In case you missed the updated post, Queen Elizabeth’s turquoise Easter hat was confirmed to be the design of Rachel Trevor Morgan while the Countess of Wessex and Lady Louise Windsor’s hat and headpiece were from Jane Taylor. 

Crown Princess Victoria in a pink costume jewelled hair ornament by Lanvin for H&M  for her arrival Tuesday in Japan (Svenskdam)

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Crown Princess Mary in military uniform for this week’s visit to the Home Guard Command in Vordingborg (Danish Monarchy)

Princess Akiko opened the 27th National Confectionary Exposition in a brimless white hat (Imperial Family Of Japan)

The Duchess of Vendôme in a lovely straw hat by French milliner Marie d’Argent

Princess Charlene at the races today in South Africa in an interesting black newsboy cap, worn to the side (see more photos here and here)

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Princess Josephine and Princess Athena of Denmark in sweet hair ornaments, clearly enjoying themselves last Sunday at their grandmother’s birthday celebrations

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry have been been all over the news this week speaking about their “Heads Together” campaign in support of mental health issues. If you missed Prince Harry’s interview with the Telegraph’s Bryony Gordon for the first episode of her new podcast, Mad World or Prince William’s conversation with Lady Gaga about the same, do check them out. And don’t miss the great conversation between the three, below.

Crown Princess Victoria wore a vintage dress from her mother’s closet during her trip to Japan this week.

Beautiful portraits of Princess Isabella of Denmark released for her 10th birthday (Danish Monarchy)

And finally, the Imperial royals held their first spring garden party this week. We usually see the ladies in suits and hats for this event but this year, they all wore kimonos and the sight is magnificent.

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This Week’s Extras

Royal Hats

Princess Hisako of Takamado in a lovely pewter straw hat for her attendance at an environmental conference in Fukushima (Imperial Family of Japan)

The Norwegian Crown Prince and Princess bundled up in cozy hats during their visit to Nittedal this week (Royal House of Norway)

Last weekend, the Duke and Duchess of Vendôme joined former paratroopers for a commemorative mass (Noblesse et Royaute Blog)

Crown Princess Mary of Denmark went on field exercise with the Home Guard in Vordingborg (The Danish Monarchy)

King Carl Gustaf’s trusty fedora made another outing this week, this time at a seminar about salmon fishing (Swedish Royal Court)

Royal Hats

Prince Harry makes an amusing acting début at the opening ceremonies of the Rugby World Cup (Daily Mail) For brief but interesting video commentary on the unfolding championship, tune into Mike Tindall’s twitter account.