This Week’s Extras

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Royal Hats

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Princess Alexandra opened the new offices of Sightsavers in a smart cream hat on Thursday (The British Monarchy)

Empress Michiko in one of her go-to grey saucer hats to celebrate a lasting legacy from her wedding (The Imperial Family of Japan)

Crown Prince Haakon participated in a youth construction course and commemorated the 75th anniversary of the joint Allied victory at the Battle of Narvik (Royal House of Norway)

Infanta Elena in her trusty fedora last weekend at a bull fight with her children and father (Diez Minutos)

Princess Beatrice and Beatrice Borromeo at the Getty wedding in Rome today (Daily Mail)

Summer royal hats often include silk blooms. Here is a great peek at the process to make these hand made beauties (John Boyd Hats)

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Crown Princess Mette-Marit opened the Norwegian Festival of Literature. She is taking a hands-on approach to literacy advocacy, setting off on a “Literature Train” tour across the country (Royal House of Norway).

Queen Maxima thoughtfully wore the Canadian national colours in her tiara at a state dinner in Ottawa where she looked stunning (Daily Mail). You can see a great video report on the reasons for Dutch monarch’s visit here at NPO.

Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg (who is an accomplished violinist) joined Queen Mathilde of Belgium for the final of the 2015 Queen Elizabeth music competition (Cour Grand-Ducale de Luxembourg)

Queen Rania looked amazing for Jordanian Independence Day celebrations (Daily Mail)

Add your tiara predictions for the upcoming Swedish royal wedding over at the Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor.

This Week’s Extras

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Royal Hats

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Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg in a simple navy pillbox for the 70th Anniversary of the end of WWII last weekend (Cour Grand Ducal de Luxembourg)

On Tuesday, members of the British Royal Family attended a memorial for the late Duke of Wellington (Daily Mail)

Princess Anne held a reception to acknowledge some hard working teens (Bucks Press)

Princess Alexandra of Kent opened a retirement village in Hampshire (The British Monarchy)

Lovely coverage on Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg’s university graduation (Luxarazzi). You can also see a photo of Grand Duke Henri and Prince Sébastien here

Some young British royal cousins having great fun at the Windsor Horse Show (Daily Mail)

Infanta Elena in one of her chic fedoras for a book release in Lorca (Hola)

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Great interview with Prince Harry last weekend in New Zealand (Sky News). Early this week, he participated in a traditional Maori Haka at the Linton Military base (New Zealand Herald)

This Week’s Extras

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Royal Hats

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Infanta Elena at the procession of Cristo de los Alabardos last weekend (Royalista)

Members of Monaco’s Royal Family remembered Prince Rainier, who passed away 10 years ago this week (Paris Match)

Queen Sonja wore wore a beret hat with grommets earlier this week to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the ‘Scandinavian Star’ tragedy (Paris Match)

Princess Eugenie out and about in New York (The Daily Mail)

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Wonderful photos from the exhibition of Queen Margrethe’s dresses (Glittering Royal Events Message Board) and a gallery of the Danish Royals’ formal finery at Wednesday’s gala concert in Aarhus (Getty)

The Spanish King and Queen with their daughters on Easter Sunday last weekend (Blog Real)

Two drawings done by King George V and his younger sister Princess Victoria when they were children recently went up for sale (Paul Fraser Collectibles)

This Week’s Extras

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Royal Hats

Royal Hats

This week, King Harald became the first Scandinavian monarch ever to visit Antarctica (Royal House of Norway)

Queen Elizabeth in grey felt and red feathers to attend church at Sandringham last weekend (PA Picture Desk)

This photo gallery of Queen Silvia’s style over the years includes some rather amusing hats (Svenskdam)

I can’t think of another royal who wears a fedora more effortlessly than Infanta Elena (Blog Real)

The Hereditary Grand Ducal Couple toured a steel factory and hats were required. (Luxarazzi)

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Lovely photo taken by the Duke of York at a 50th Birthday reception for the Earl & Countess of Wessex (Duke of York Facebook page)

Prince Frederick and Prince Joachim on ski trips with their families in Switzerland (The Daily Mail)

A romantic look at repeatedly worn royal wedding tiaras (The Court Jeweller)

If you haven`t already seen the unique royal portraits of Dutch artist Tiety Entjes-Weij, do take a peek (The Daily Mail)

Royal Hats this Year: Monaco & Spain

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Royal Hats

Royal Hats Year In Review 2014 Over the next two weeks, we’re going to look back over all the royal millinery we saw this year and begin nominating our favourite and least favourite royal hats of 2014.

To kick this off today, we’re going to look at the two reigning royal houses that wear the fewest hats – Monaco and Spain. Here are all the royal hats we saw this year on Monegasque and Spanish royal heads (click on each photo to link its original post with larger views of each hat):

1. 2. 3. 4 & 5. 6.

7. 8.

Do any of these hats make your list of favourite royal hats this year? Is there one you want to nominate for your least favourite hat of 2014? Are you saving your nomination for hats worn by other royals?

*Update: Queen Sofia’s hat, worn on December 12, 2014, has been added to this lineup.

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This Week’s Extras

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This Week’s Extras

This Week’s Extras

Royal Hats this Year: Monaco & Spain