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Trooping the Colour 2024

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Trooping the Colour took place in London today, officially celebrating the birthday of King Charles III.  The event featured over 1,400 soldiers and officers, 200 horses and more than 400 musicians from ten different bands and Corps of Drums.

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Queen Camilla repeated her ecru straw hat with angular crown and wide, sidesweeping brim. The hat is trimmed with a finely pleated cream and the most delicate lace applique cutout flowers

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Milliner:  Philip Treacy. Dress and coat by Anna Valentine.
Previously Worn: Jun 3, 2022; Jun 8, 2019; June 20, 2018; May 22, 2018

The Princess of Wales wore a wide brimmed saucer with central, shallow black straw crown and white sinamay extended brim, trimmed with a statement black feather. It’s a great hat made ever better by Kate looking so well.

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Milliner: OC155 from SS 2024 by Philip Treacy. Dress by Jenny Packham.
Previously Worn: This hat is new

The Duchess of Edinburgh wore a yellow crepe covered teardrop percher with bow and veil.

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Milliner: Persephone by Jane Taylor. Dress by Beulah London
Previously Worn: This hat is new

Lady Louise Windsor wore a hat her mum first wore to Royal Ascot last year, a blue parasisal straw saucer trimmed with feathers, jinsin loops, blue silk leaves and handmade silk pansies.

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Milliner: Jane Taylor with flowers made by Anne Tomlin. Dress by Susannah London and Rachel Levy
Previously Worn by the Duchess of Edinburgh: Jun 22, 2023

The Duchess of Gloucester debuted a circular, open crowned hat in pale oyster pinokpok with flat bow around the back.

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Milliner: Calypso Halo by Jane Taylor
Previously Worn: This hat is new

Lady Frederick Windsor was photographed today in the Office of the Major-General, at the Horse Guards Building,  in a navy veiled bandeau headpiece.

Milliner: Emily London. Dress by Beulah London
Previously Worn: This headpiece is new

Lady Gabriella Kingston was also spotted watching the event in what looks like a pillbox percher with bow. I know many of you join me in wishing her well after the loss of her husband.

Thoughts about these hats toady in rainy London?

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Creative Industries Garden Party

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Members of the British Royal Family attended the Sovereign’s Creative Industries Garden Party at Buckingham Palace last Tuesday.

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King Charles repeated his black antique silk top hat. With his patterned tie and pocket square and pink waistcoast (you need one of these, too, ChicagoChuck!), it tops a very handsome ensemble. I’m loving the addition of coloured waistcoats to his formal looks!

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Queen Camilla topped her blush dress with a repeated pale ivory hat with asymmetrically peaked crown and a wide, sideswept brim trimmed in multiple layers of sand coloured jinsin ribbon wrapped around the base of the crown and looped into an open knot at the side.

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Milliner: Philip Treacy
Previously Worn: Jun 16, 2021; July 10, 2018;  June 17, 2017; June 15, 2016; June 17, 2015; June 6, 2014

The Duke of Edinburgh repeated his gleaming black antique silk top hat.

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Some of you have been waiting for the Duchess of Gloucester to repeat her emerald braided straw boater… and she did! This vibrant, wide brimmed design is simply trimmed with a hatband and provided interesting contrast against her pale turquoise ensemble.

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Milliner: unknown
Previously Worn: June 21, 2018; June 19, 1991

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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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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

Thoughts?

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Ascot 2023 Index

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 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 5: The King & Queen

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The final day of Royal Ascot saw the king and queen in the first royal carriage, rounding out their attendance at all five days of this year’s racing week.

 

King Charles repeated his black antique silk top hat.

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Queen Camilla repeated a cream straw picture hat with off-center, peaked crown and gently side sweeping brim. The hat is trimmed with triple stacked silk hatbands and a goose biot feather starburst on the side.

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What sets this cream hat apart from numerous others in Camilla’s wardrobe is the spectacular feather starburst, which makes a wonderful, textural statement. The streamlined boat neck of Camilla’s dress pairs well with this piece and the ensemble’s styling, with chunkier gold jewelry than she usually wears, was on point.

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Designer: Philip Treacy. Dress by Anna Valentine. 
Previously Worn: May 15, 2019;  June 5, 2018; July 1, 2017; June 20, 2017

Thoughts about Queen Camilla’s hats this year at Royal Ascot?

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