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British Royals Continue VE Day Anniversary Celebrations

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VE Day Anniversary Celebrations continued in Great Britain this weekend with the Queen Elizabeth, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall attending a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey this morning. The Queen repeated a navy straw hat with slanted crown, wrapped in a wide band of straw that knotted loosely at the front. The last time we saw this hat, it was trimmed with a large pink silk rose– as you can see today, the trim has been switched out with a pair of white silk lilies.

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Designer: Angela Kelly. Coat and dress are Karl Ludwig Couture
Previously Worn: October 21, 2014
The Duchess of Cornwall repeated her ice blue picture hat with inverted edging, straw and crin bands around the crown, and a mass of flying straw and crin curled bow loops on the side. This hat is all about celebration, which made it a fitting choice for VE Day Commemoration, and Camilla continues to wear it so very well.

Designer: Philip Treacy. 
Previously Worn: September 21, 2014; June 18, 2014

The Countess of Wessex was in the Channel Islands on Saturday, attending a military parade and outdoor service in Guernsey and a Liberation ceremony in Jersey. For these events, she topped a vibrant green silk gazar dress with a black straw pillbox hat. According to the designer, the bespoke hat was trimmed with “vintage straw braid detail” which you can see in greater detail here. The hat and dress had a distinctly retro 1950s vibe which felt so appropriate for this anniversary and looked fabulous on Sophie.

Designer: Jane Taylor. Dress by Suzannah
Previously Worn: This hat is new
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New Colours For Welsh Guards

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Queen Elizabeth after presented New Colours to the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards at Windsor Castle on Thursday. For the ceremony, she repeated her royal blue hat with silver braid trim. The flat crowned and flat brimmed hat is the exact same shape as the hat we revisited earlier this week and like many of you, I find it a little too harsh for Her Majesty. Shape issues aside, it is a lovely colour on her.

Designer: Angela Kelly
Previously Worn: June 16, 2014; July 4, 2013

The Queen was joined by the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. Camilla repeated a large hat made of snakeskin printed straw. The large brim of the hat swept up over the crown and it was trimmed with a trio of long Lady Amherst pheasant feathers. While the hat has a lot going on, it was a great counterpoint to her sleek taupe coat and dress. You can see close-up photos of this hat when Camilla last wore it, over at this post

 

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Designer: Philip Treacy
Previously Worn: November 14, 2012 

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British Royal Wedding Four Years On: Immediate Families

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A wedding When Prince William married Catherine Middleton on April 29, 2011, there was nearly as much speculation about the colour of the Queen’s ensemble as there was about the bride’s dress. While bookies predicted blue, Queen Elizabeth arrived at Westminster Abbey in a dress, coat and hat in sunshine yellow. Designed by her longtime dresser Angela Kelly and made by in-house milliner Stella McLaren, the Queen’s sailor style hat featured a round, flat crown covered in the same silk crepe as her dress and coat. The flat straw brim was edged in a wide band of the same fabric and the hat was trimmed with a side spray of yellow silk crepe rosettes and velvet leaves. The side of the crown was also sewn with the same pintucks that starburst around the neckline of Her Majesty’s coat. While the shape of the hat was rather austere (and minimally flattering), the colour was the epitome of spring.

The Duchess of Cornwall went with her usual uniform of a tailored Valentine coat and larger-than-life Philip Treacy hat. While its wide, upturned brim gave the hat dramatic shape, the gossamer ivory straw it was constructed from made the hat feel very airy and light. Interestingly, Camilla had worn this hat before and was one of a few members of the family not to choose a new chapeau for this event.

Carole Middleton had the toughest fashion challenge of the day, coming up with a hat and frock that fit in with all the other royal guests. Her pale blue Catherine Walker coat hit just the right note and gave a subtle nod to William`s mother (who wore many Catherine Walker designs). Carole topped her hat with a Jane Corbett designed saucer hat in the same pale blue as her coat. The saucer was edged in a wide stripe of pale blue silk and the underside was trimmed with a folded ruffle of silk edged straw. The same ruffle trimmed the top of the hat, anchored with one of the embroidered frogs used for the closure on Carole`s coat. These details combined to create a balanced hat that looked beautiful on Kate`s mum.

In their pale pastel hues, these hats were well suited to this spring wedding. Did any stand out in particular to you?

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Seeing Double: The Duchess of Cornwall

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Royal HatsEvery time the Duchess of Cornwall wears her black picture hat covered in ostrich feathers, it seems to elicit a polarized response. Interestingly, this love-it-or-hate-it hat has a twin:

At a November 2014 memorial service

At the September 2011 wedding of her nephew

Each made of straw with a wide brim slightly raised on one side, these hats are easy to pick out of a crowd because of their distinctive (and extensive!) ostrich feather trim. While this pair of hats seems to prove that birds of a feather really do stick together, I’m still curious about why, in a world of a million hat trimming possibilities, Camilla chose two versions of this same hat.

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British Royal Wedding Ten Years On

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Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall

What fun it has been to celebrate the 10th wedding anniversary of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall with a look back at the wonderful hats and headpieces worn at their wedding:

The Bride

The Queen and The Duchess Of Cornwall’s Family

The Prince of Wales’ Siblings and their Families

The Extended British Royal Family

Royal Guests

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