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For Trooping the Colour on June 11, 1988, Queen Elizabeth wore this saturated blue hat with sidesweeping brim, a foreshadow of millinery shape she’d often wear decades later.

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On June 18, 1987, Queen Elizabeth attended Royal Ascot in a navy and white straw hat with upfolded brim (a style very much of the time!) whimsically trimmed with a bunch of cherries.

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Platinum Jubilee Countdown: 30

On October 14, 1986, Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh visited the Great Wall of China while on state visit to the country. She wore a memorable purple felt hat with double brim for this occasion, and repeated it on Maundy Thursday in April the following year.

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Queen Elizabeth wore this gold and blue patterned fabric covered bumper hat on March 29, 1985 while on a state visit to Portugal.

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In 1983 and 1984, Queen Elizabeth wore this folded magenta and navy turban on two different Canadian tours and a visit to R.A.F. Coltishall in Norfolk.

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