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This Week’s Extras

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Princess of Asturias and King Felipe in several military uniform hats for the 40th anniversary of the Flag Oath of the 44th promotion of the General Military Academy in Zaragoza on May 4th.
On Thursday, Princess Kako donned a black silk covered bowler to pay tribute at Musashi Imperial Graveyard

Prince Edward wore a light fedora on Friday for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award presentations in the garden of Buckingham Palace.
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Nicolae and Alina-Maria of Romania were named godparents at the baptism of Princess Marija, daughter of HRH Hereditary Prince Philip and HRH Princess Danica of Serbia. For the christening, Princess Danica wore a lilac embellished bandeau headpiece and Alina-Maria of Romania an emerald sinamay looped fascinator with feathers. There’s a great article about the christening on the Royal Family of Serbia website. 


The Duke of Edinburgh donned a black bowler for the Combined Cavalry Old Comrades parade in Hyde Park today.

 

 

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British Royals Host First Palace Garden Party This Season

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Members of the British royal family attended the first Buckingham Palace Garden Party of the season on Wednesday

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The king repeated his black silk top hat while Queen Camilla repeated a cream sinamay hat with sidesweeping brim trimmed with a black hatband, a black silk side knot and curving silk wired bow tails in black and white.

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The dramatic, high-contrast swirling bow trim sets this hat apart from all of Camilla’s other cream hats (and designs in the same shape!).

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Milliner: Philip Treacy
Previously Worn: Jul 4, 2023; Jun 23, 2023

The Duke of Edinburgh affirmed his black silk top hat as the most highly polished one in the family. The Duchess repeated the pink sinamay saucer hat with overlay of pleated Italian organza she wore to Royal Ascot last year. The pleating on this piece is magnificent.

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Milliner: Jane Taylor
Previously Worn: Jun 23, 2023

Princess Anne topped a new floral dress and royal blue jacket with a matching sinamay saucer hat trimmed with large crin bow and feathers. It looks like a ready-to-wear piece. While she wears this saturated blue well, I wish some of the colours in her lovely dress would have been incorporated into the trim on the hat.

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Milliner: unknown
Previously Worn: I believe this hat is new

The Duchess of Gloucester repeated her sky blue sinamay hat with wide pleated brim while the Duke wore his black top hat.

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Milliner: unknown
Previously Worn: Jun 21, 2023; May 3, 2023; June 13, 2022;  Jun 3, 2022;  March 29, 2022

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Catching Up The Royal Windsor Horse Show

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Members of the British royal family were spotted attending and participating in the Royal Windsor Horse show over the weekend. On Thursday, May 2, the Duchess of Edinburgh was spotted with a brightly patterned Hermes scarf on her ponytail. We know the late Queen Elizabeth II had a vast collaction of Hermes scarves… dare I hope it was passed on from her collection?!

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On Friday, the Duke of Edinburgh wore a smart brimmed hat in fawn brown felt trimmed in a punched leather hatband with brass detail on the side.

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On Saturday, Lady Louise Windsor repeated a navy felt fedora with slim leather hatband and side feather mount.

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Milliner: Hayfield England
Previously Worn: May 12, 2023; May 14, 2022 and by her mum: July 3, 2021

On Sunday, the Duchess of Edinburgh, Lady Louise Windsor and Prince Michael of kent took part in the carriage driving event. Sophie repeated a hat with tall, ivory straw crown and navy sinamay bound brim, trimmed with a navy sinamay twist and sweeping white feathers.

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The hat is more than two decades old and while the high crown dates the design, the classic navy and ivory colour scheme helps it transcend time (and suits Sophie well). It’s wonderful to see pieces with such longevity.

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Milliner: Philip Treacy
Previously Worn: June 12, 2004, June 19, 2002

Lady Louise wore a boater hat in natural straw braid, trimmed with a knotted fabric hatband in warm rosewood pink. Her hair was tied back with another vibrantly patterned Hermes scarf.

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It’s a classic, netural hued hat well suited to this event. The hatband is clearly an addition- further showing the hat’s versatility- but I wish it had been pulled down on the base of the crown. Minor quibbles.

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Milliner: unknown
Previously Worn: I believe this hat is new

Prince Michael repeated a Panama hat with pleated black hatband that has been much worn, showing signs of wear at the top of the crown.

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This Week’s Extras

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Last weekend, Princess Yoko of Mikasa posed for a snap at the Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix with winner Max Verstappen.

On Tusday and Wednesday, members of the Imperial royal family visited Meiji Jingu Shrine to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the death of Empress Shoken. Empress Michiko wore a small embellished saucer, Crown Princess Kiko wore a bumper design while Empress Masako and Princess Aiko both wore ivory silk hats with upturned brims.

On Thursday, Infanta Elena wore a casual fedora to visit her mother, Queen Sofia, in hospital in Madrid.

 

Also On Thursday, Princess Aiko wore a brimless ecru hat with decidedly 1960s vintage vibes for a visit to her grandparents.

Princess Kako wore an ivory silk covered bumper hat with back bow yesterday for a visit to Meiji Shrine.

The Duke of Edinburgh, as Commodore in Chief of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, welcomed RFA Stirling Castleinto the Naval Fleet yesterday in Leith, Scotland.

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Today, Hereditary Prince Alexander and Hereditary Princess Hande of Mecklenbur christened their son, Duke Leoplold. Princess Ande wore a white bumper percher hat.

Queen Camilla and the Princess of Wales were gifted handmade hats from the Ukraine made by Ruslan Bainskiy. I really hope they wear them!

 

While we usually focus on hats, this lot of the late Duchess of Windsor’s shoes is impressive! Read more here.

 

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Ascot 2023 Day 2: The Duke & Duchess of Edinburgh

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The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh made their Ascot debut this year on the second day of racing, the Duchess in an ivory picture hat with sidesweeping brim. The brim has a dusky pink bias brim extension and is trimmed with an ivory bow.

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The two toned brim is really pretty and showed up in person with more contrast than many of these photos suggest. That being said, I think I’d have preferred this in a slightly more saturated colour for Sophie.

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Designer: Decima design by Jane Taylor. Suzannah London dress. 
Previously Worn: This hat is new

The Duke repeated his gleaming black antique silk top hat. As far as British royal men’s top hats go, this one is ahead of the pack!

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