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Photo of the Danish royals on vacation in France shows Princess Athena in a sweet summer hat (Danish Monarchy)

Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser shared another snap of her June trip to Georgia where she wore a smart natural straw hat.

Crown Princess Masako in a pair of very simple black and white hats for a visit to Nara and Kyoto this week (Imperial Family of Japan). You can see a short video here.

Crown Princess Masako, July 20, 2016 | Royal Hats

Crown Princess Masako, July 20, 2016 | Royal Hats

Crown Princess Masako, July 20, 2016 | Royal Hats

Crown Princess Mette Marit incorporated a peculiar knotted headpiece into her hairstyle at a memorial she and Crown Prince Haakon attended on the fifth anniversary of the Oslo and Utøya attacks (Norwegian Royal Court)

Part III of this summer’s exhibition, “Fashioning A Reign: 90 Years Of Style From The Queen’s Wardrobe” opens today at Buckingham Palace. It looks simply amazing and I can’t say how jealous I am of those of you able to attend.

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Interesting interview with Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein (Principality of Liechtenstein)

Charming photos of Prince George were released on the occasion of his third birthday yesterday. It’s all smiles, swings and a boy with his dog  (Kensington Palace)

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The Swedish Royal Family posed for a lovely outdoor photo (hopefully, the start of a new tradition!). Their efforts prove that wrangling toddlers is a challenge no matter the royal pedigree.

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Norwegian Silver Jubilee

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The Norwegian Royal Family gathered in Trondheim today to celebrate the 25th anniversary of King Harald and Queen Sonja’s reign (see a clip of their consecration 25 years ago today, here). This morning, the family attended a service of thanksgiving at Nidaros Cathedral  Queen Sonja wore a new hat for the occasion, a simple white straw modified boater style with flat crown and brim.

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The hat’s trimming is very restrained with just slim cords of wired straw placed across the front and a simple white hat band. With Sonja’s white dress and coat, the hat makes for a very streamlined ensemble. A little stark, maybe, but she certainly stood out and I think it’s a very elegant look for her.Queen Sonja, June 23, 2016 | Royal Hats

Designer: unknown
Previously Worn: this hat is new

Crown Princess Mette-Marit topped a new pale blue suit with an aqua net veil headpiece, worn entirely over her face. While I don’t understand the appeal of looping a scrap of net behind one’s ears like an giant surgical mask for ANY occasion (much less such a momentous one), the subtle colour contrast between the two pieces is a nice touch. That’s the only good thing I can find to say about this… thing.

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Designer: Jennifer Behr. It is the Violette Headband
Previously Worn: this headpiece is new

Princess Märtha Louise repeated the pale pink layered feathers and a net tulle veil fascinator she wore to King Carl Gustaf’s birthday celebration earlier this spring. It’s not my favourite of designs but it worked well, particularly paired with her pink and gold dress.

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Previously Worn: April 30, 2016

As pictured above, the Behn girls, Princess Ingrid and Prince Svere attended in national folk costume.

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Princess Astrid wore one of my favourite hats of the day, a turquoise straw casque/beret adorned with embroidered silk ribbon flowers. Not only is the colour spectacular on her, the hat’s embellishment is wonderfully unique. We don’t often see embroidered hats and bringing an almost forgotten technique such as ribbon embroidery into millinery design is a stroke of brilliance.  The hat has a decidedly retro feel (I’m sure some of you will have stories about similar hats you remember from the 1960s) but still feels modern and fresh, which makes it all the more perfect for Princess Astrid today.

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

Today’s festivities concluded with a more informal Garden Party for 600 guests, held at the royal residence, Stiftsgården. The dress code included festive Midsummer floral wreathes on all female members of the family.

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This is certainly not an adornment we often see on royal heads but certainly fit the informal feel of this part of the day’s celebration and it does look downright celebratory. Floral wreathes go hand in hand with eyelet lace prairie dresses and the Crown Princess seemed to be in her element here- I can’t remember her ever looking so happy in a headpiece!
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Norwegian Royal Family, June 23, 2016 | Royal Hats
It has been a long while since we have seen so many Norwegian royal hats and headpieces together- what did you think of the designs we saw in Trondheim today?
Photos from Getty as indicated and Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix via The Royal House of Norway

Christening of Prince Oscar: Royal Guests

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Today’s christening of Prince Oscar at the Royal Chapel in Stockholm’s Royal Palace was more of a family affair than a state occasion (as happens with many second royal children) and as such, there was a small contingent of royal guests. Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, who was chosen as one of Prince Oscar’s godmothers, wore a sparkling headband. While I could go on again about how much I wish Mette-Marit would actually wear a hat, I’m instead going to move on to the other Scandinavian crown princess’ hat because it’s actually worthy of discussion.

Crown Princess Mette-Marit, May 27, 2016 | Royal Hats Crown Princess Mette-Marit, May 27, 2016 | Royal Hats

Crown Princess Mette-Marit, May 27, 2016 | Royal Hats

Designer: Miu Miu. It is the “Embellished Pearl Headband”
Previously Worn: I believe this is new

While the Norwegian crown princess’ headpiece was disappointing, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark wowed in a new picture hat. In black finely woven straw, the design featured a sidesweep upfolded brim that is balanced by a gentle pleated wave ruffle on the brim’s other side. Tying beautifully with Mary’s border print dress, the hat is embellished with a cream spray of leaves studded with several types of feathers. The gentle movement of this design makes it a winner for me and I thought its pairing with this dress made for a spectacular ensemble.

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Designer: Susanne Juul
Previously Worn: The navy hat is new but the cream feather spray was previously worn October 8, 2007

I’m curious, dear readers- do you love Princess Mary’s new picture hat as much as I do?!

Photos from Getty as indicated; SVT; and Marcus Eriksson via The Swedish Royal Court

Norwegian Royals Welcome Polish State Visit

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The Norwegian Royal Family braved rainy weather yesterday to officially welcome Polish President Andrzej Duda and Mrs. Agata Grain Hauser Duda on a two-day state visit.

Norwegian Royal Family, May 23, 2016 | Royal Hats

Queen Sonja channelled spring in her aqua suit and asymmetrical hat. This repeated piece is not only a great colour on her but such an interesting shape with a cap-like crown around which is wrapped a short, diagonally placed brim. The small scale of the design keeps the unusual shape in balance and the result is a unique piece that reads more creative than costume- a good thing for any royal hat. Princess Astrid topped her royal blue suit with her cream bumper hat with net veil and feather poof trim at the back. Paired with her pearl jewellery and cream shoes, her ensemble looked very well put together.

Queen Sonja, May 23, 2016 | Royal Hats

The most interesting hat of the day for me was a new piece worn by Crown Princess Mette-Marit. The beret hat, with slim black and cream stripes and worn at the back of her head like an oversize calot, provided much visual punch while staying within the small scale that Mette-Marit prefers these days. I thought that the contrast of this piece with her blond hair worked really well and the streamlined aesthetic of the design was a great fit for her similar personal style.

Cornw Princess Mette-Marit, May 23, 2016 | Royal Hats

Designer: Gucci (thanks to reader Nicholas for the ID!)
Previously Worn: This hat is new

It’s been a while since we have seen some Norwegian royal hats- what did you think of this trio yesterday?

Photos from Liv Osmundsen, The Royal Court; Sven Gj. Gjeruldsen, The Royal Court and Lise Åserud, NTB scanpix, all via the Royal House of Norway

This Week’s Extras

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Princess Mako in a black pillbox at a memorial for the Great Tokyo Air Raid (Imperial Family of Japan)

Princess Michael of Kent in a casual winter hat at the Birmingham Dog Show (Daily Mail)

Prince Bernhard, Prince Maurits and Prince Pieter-Christiaan participated in the first edition of the Hollandse 100 skating and cycling races on March 8 to raise money for Prince Bernhard’s foundation ‘Lymph&Co’ (he’s a lymph node cancer survivor). The princes’ parents, wives and children cheered them on. (PPE Agency and Monarchy Press)

A certain royal blue beanie hat was spotted in Denmark again (Danish Monarchy)

A busy week in Norway as Crown Prince Haakon completed a paratrooper course,  the Crown Prince and Princess opened a new library in Furuset and King Harald was on winter military exercise (Royal House of Norway

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The Swedish royals released a sweet photo of their newest family member (Kungahuset Facebook)

Danish television has a new documentary series inside the Danish royal palaces. You can watch the first episode, on Amalienborg Palace, here. (DK.tv)

And to show the great extremes experienced in royal life, here are photos of Queen Maxima taken last night in Paris (in an interesting Tom Ford velvet and silk gown) and this morning at a playground in Alpen aan den Rijn. One can only admire a queen who seamlessly goes from diamonds to rubber gloves inside of 12 hours.

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Photos from AFP/Pool/Philippe Wojazer via Getty and Patrick Van Katwijk/dpa/Corbis