to this day in 1971 when Queen Margrethe of Denmark wore this a flower trimmed hat with floppy brim on a visit to London.
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This Week’s Extras
Queen Margrethe wore her blue beanie hat again last Sunday for the rededication of Silkeborg Church (Kongehuset)
Milliner Nicola de Selincourt shared a better view of the hat she made for the Countess of Snowdon (worn to the late Lord Snowdon’s Service of Thanksgiving April 7 ). The more I see, the more I like.
Princess Hanako of Hitachi repeated a white hat April 7 in Okinawa at the 11ith Ikebana International Convention. (Imperial Family of Japan)
Real fur is always a very controversial choice but I’m intrigued by Australian milliner Neil Grigg’s recycling of a vintage mink into a hat. How many moth eaten old fur coats are out there, waiting to be turned into glamorous hats?!
Charming anecdotes from personal encounters with Queen Elizabeth (Express)
Our thoughts go out to Crown Prince Frederick, Crown Princess Mary and family who lost their beloved dog of 12 years, Ziggy, last weekend
A memorial garden for the late Princess of Wales opened this week at Kensington Palace. It’s one of several tributes planned this year, the 20th anniversary year of her death. Pop over to the link below to see some stunning pictures.
And finally, the Belgian Court shared this video off Princess Eléonore playing her violin, with a special musical message at the end for her Papa.
Queen Margrethe Opens Aarhus Exhibition
Queen Margrethe was in Aarhus yesterday to open the exhibition “Aarhus Tells”. She wore a new hat or the event with a Pork Pie indented crown and gently curved brim made in the same plain wool as her suit. Printed hats are not for the faint of heart and while I admire the fashion chops required to carry off this design and find its jaunty shape rather fun, the combination of matching suit and hat is a few steps to far for my liking
Designer: likely Per Falk Hansen
Previously Worn: This hat is new
Previously Worn: This hat is new
Photos from Tanja Carstens Lund / Ritzau Photo and Miguel Mielgo via Kongehuset
Danish Royals Celebrate Confirmation
On Saturday, the Danish royal family gathered to celebrate Prince Felix’s confirmation at Fredensborg Palace church.
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Queen Margrethe marked this milestone in her second eldest grandson’s life in her bright turquoise coat and matching hat. The hat, which follows a rounded helmet shape, is trimmed with a braided stripe of appliqued silk, tall curling feathers and feather quills.
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Designer: Per Falk Hansen
Previously Worn: April 13, 2016; September 18, 2013; September 16, 2013; September 6, 2011; April 29, 2011; April 14, 2011; April 16, 2010
Previously Worn: April 13, 2016; September 18, 2013; September 16, 2013; September 6, 2011; April 29, 2011; April 14, 2011; April 16, 2010
Princess Marie wore a new fascinator with a white lace base trimmed with pale pink silk ruffles, flowers and feathers. As far as fascinators go, this one is a really lovely design and was shown to great effect with Marie’s sweeping chignon.
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Embed from Getty ImagesDesigner: unknown. Dress by Huishan Zhang
Previously Worn: this headpiece is new
Previously Worn: this headpiece is new
Little Princess Athena adorably matched her mum’s headwear with a pale pink headband embellished with organza flowers. For her very first royal headpiece, this one is very sweet.
Designer: unknown
Previously Worn: this headpiece is new
Previously Worn: this headpiece is new
Felix’s mother, the Countess of Frederiksborg, topped her dusky lilac-grey lace dress with a similarly hued fascinator made of feathers roughly grouped in floral shapes. While the headpiece complimented Alexandra’s dress well enough, its placement, vertically on the side of her head, was neither flattering nor attractive. Alexandra’s mother, Christa Manley, wore a pale blue organza puff fascinator.
Crown Princess Mary repeated her pale grey veiled fascinator with silk flowers and feathers (see a better photo of it at its last outing here). This is a more substantial piece that Mary wears well and at an event dominated by fascinators, seemed a logical choice for her.
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While we saw only one hat at this event, I think the choice of fascinator headpieces worked well not only for this time of year, but to keep the fashion tone light, informal and even, a little fun. In the end, the center of attention was a beaming young man in a red tie (not stuffy fashions surrounding him) which is exactly how I think it should have been. What do you think of the fascinators in Denmark yesterday?
Photos from Getty as indicated; Steen Brogaard, Royal Family via the Danish Monarchy
Hat From the Past
to March 28, 1969 which saw the start of another Belgian state visit to Denmark. A young Princess Margrethe looks rather striking in a floral frock and halo brimmed hat.
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