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Remembrance Sunday 2017- Part 1

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Members of the British royal family attended the annual Remembrance Day commemoration service at  The Cenotaph at Whitehall in London yesterday. For the first time, The Prince of Wales led the ceremony and laid Her Majesty’s wreath.

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Prince Charles was joined by the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Harry, the Duke of York, Earl of Wessex, The Princess Royal and the Duke of Kent. As in years past, all appeared in military uniform.
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Earlier yesterday morning, the Prince of Wales attended the Welsh Guards’ Remembrance Sunday service at Guards Chapel. For this service, Prince Charles, who has been Colonel of the Welsh Guards since 1975, wore a black bowler hat.

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On Saturday, the Duke of Gloucester attended the annual Armistice Day Service at The National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas.

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Remembrance Commemorations in Belgium

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The Princess Royal was in Belgium on Saturday to attend the Last Post ceremony at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission of the Ypres Memorial at the Menenpoort (Menin Gate) as part of the Armistice Day commemorations marking 99 years since the end of WWI. For this event, Princess Anne repeated her black percher hat with large round button base and wrap-around feather trim.

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Designer: Amy Morris-Adams
Previously Worn: Oct 4, 2017; Jun 27, 2017
Also on Saturday, Princess Astrid of Belgium represented her brother at the annual homage to the Unknown Soldier at the Congress Column in Brussels to commemorate victims of the two World Wars and peace operations and humanitarian operations abroad since 1945. For this ceremony, she wore military uniform complete with curled brim cap.

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This Week’s Extras

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Carina Axelsson shared a snap while out for a walk in her brown felt Tyrolean hat

Princess Marie in a cosy knit hat on Monday at Tivoli Park for an afternoon of fun with several families dealing with childhood autism (Danish Court)

Lady Amelia Windsor in a courduroy cap with braided trim in a snap shared on her social media this week

Princess Anne in a casual canvas hat during her trip earlier this week to Madagascar

Today in Portsmouth, she donned military uniform to celebrate 100 years of women in the navy

Hats that stood out to me this week that I’d love to see on a few royal heads:

Sleek grey felt embellished cloche from Fabienne Delvigne
Wonderful take on a classic straw boater from Mind Your Bonce Millinery
Magenta percher with black rings, feathers and sequins by Rosie Olivia
Unusual and fascinating brim on this black & white design from Dutch milliner Myra van de Korput
Navy fedora studded with tiny swarovski crystals by Jane Taylor
Pink straw button percher with white feather poinsettia bloom from Tasmania based Cessiah Alice Millinery
Striking red, fuchsia and purple layered straw halo hat by Australian brand Peacock Millinery
Chic blue boater with brim trimmed in smart navy braid by French milliner Veronica Marucci Chapeaux
Luxe trilby in pinky beige fur felt with crystal studded hatband from Jess Collett

And this picture hat with stacked, textured double brim with flying black straw bows from Australian milliner Louise MacDonald

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Interesting interview with Grand Duke George of Russia (Vanity Fair via The Russian Legitimist)

New portrait of Princess Leonor, released by the Spanish court for her 12th birthday

 

Prince Jigme Namgyel joined his parents on a visit to India this week- his first overseas tour.



And finally, this very sweet exchange between the Duke of Cambridge and a young recipient of the Pride of Britain award.

October Review: Week 1

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Hello again, dearest readers! It’s wonderful to be back with you- thank you all so very, very much for keeping the conversation going while I was away. I want to quickly review the hats we’ve seen this month and give you all the opportunity nominate any designs you wish to see in our October favourite new and repeated hat polls. Here are the hats we saw October 1 to October 7:

Sunday, October 1: Empress Michiko in a repeated pale grey rimmed saucer with origami circular trim worn on a visit to Ehime Prefecture

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Tuesday, October 3: Crown Princess Victoria attended the opening of the Swedish Church meetings at Uppsala Cathedral in a new headpiece of dark green silk folded into dahlia blooms, each with a knotted silk center scattered with beads. It’s from Swedish label “Parant Parant” by Örjan Jakobsson.

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Tuesday, October 3: Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako attended the closing meeting of the 14th Science and Technology in Society forum in Kyoto in a repeated caramel brown bowler style hat with upturned Kettle brim, edged in a wide stripe of ribbon.

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Tuesday, October 3: For the opening of Danish Parliament, Queen Margrethe repeated her blue beanie hat with black patent leather cuff by Per Falk Hansen. Princess Benedikte repeated her red felt brimless hat with stacked crown by Susanne Juul, Crown Princess Mary repeated her Jane Taylor designed purple pillbox with beaded side feather trim and Princess Marie repeated her navy straw fedora with wide net tulle hatband wrap and silk flower trim

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Tuesday, October 3: Princess Hisako of Takamado attended a conference on public nutrition in Shimane Prefecture. She repeated an oyster grey straw variation on a boater hat with textured straw hatband, side bow and feather spray.

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Wednesday, October 4: Queen Máxima  opened an exhibition at the Mauritshuis museum in a new cranberry felt Garbo hat with hatband and side bow from Fabienne Delvigne

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Wednesday, October 4: Princess Ayako in a black straw Breton hat to attend the National Sports Festival

Wednesday, October 4: Princess Anne was joined by the Duke of Kent and Princess Michael of Kent at the memorial Mass for Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor at Westminster Cathedral. Princess Anne repeated a black cocktail hat with net veil wrapped beret base circled in feathers by Amy Morris-Adams. Princess Michael repeated a  black felt Breton hat with side bow.

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Wednesday, October 4: Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited the Brunei Embassy in Tokyo to sign a guest book of good wishes for the Sultan of Brunei. The Empress repeated a small grey rimmed sauce hat with origami bow.

Thursday, October 5: The Earl and The Countess of Wessex attended The Sultan of Brunei’s Golden Jubilee celebrations. Sophie repeated the natural straw saucer hat she first debuted at Ascot, with a slight change of trimming. The hat’s first outing featured black silk twists which were replaced here with taupe crin ones and a large coral pink feather.

Thursday, October 5:  Queen Máxima attended a Teachers’ Congress in Amersfoort, repeating her midnight blue felt fedora.

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Friday, October 7: Princess Beatrix in a navy straw bumper hat (with giant belt loops) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Team Motor Assistance in Driebergen.

That wraps up the hats we saw during the first week of October- do any of them receive your nomination for top new or repeated hat this month?

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This Week’s Extras

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Princess Anne in more casual hats last weekend here and here to present awards and cheer on her daughter at the Gatcombe Horse Trials last weekend.

On Thursday, Sayako Kuroda (Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko’s daughter)  was photographed at the Ise Jingu Grand Shrine in a white pillbox hat. The former Imperial princess became Chief Priestess of the Shrine in June.

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Queen Elizabeth repeated her white straw hat with tweed and feather trim for church last Sunday while the Duchess of Cornwall repeated her taupe straw beret.

Queen Margrethe repeated her textured red hat last Sunday at Maribo Cathedral.

Princess Alexandra visited HMS Warrior 1860 this week in her dove grey hat


Prinsjesdag, the annual Dutch opening of Parliament is scheduled for Tuesday next week. For a visual reminder of all the hats Queen Máxima has worn to this event in the past, jump over to this retrospective post.

After being seduced by felt fall/winter hats last week, my eye was drawn this week to these more summery designs thanks to racing season which is in full swing in Australia! Here’s what caught my attention:

Multi hued blue cocktail hat and grey design with twisted brim from Dutch milliner Myra van de Korput
Beautiful white and grey picture hat (see stunning side view here) from Annáy Millinery London
White straw slice with green hydrangea trim from Brisbane based Marilyn Van den Berg Millinery
Beautiful detail and texture on this pale grey design from New Zealand milliner Claire Hahn
Lace covered vertial straw disc hat with leather twist from Irish brand Montgomery Milinery
Black and white houndstooth straw button percher with sequins and feathers by Chris Mullane Millinery
Elegant silver straw boater with pearls and black & white button percher from Myra van de Korput
Black and red straw halo hat with red flowers from Aussie Brand Neigh Millinery

And from Country Peonies Millinery in Queensland, this whimsical pink percher with leather floral trim.It’s such a fun and happy hat!

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Interested to buy a royal palace? There’s one for sale in Sweden 

New portrait of Prince Daniel released this week by the Swedish royal court on the occasion of his 44th birthday.

Clarence House shared this sweet photo yesterday in celebration of Prince Harry’s 33rd birthday.