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This Week’s Extras

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Queen Silvia in black straw hat with lovely twisted hat band detail at yesterday’s funeral of Carl Adam “Noppe” Lewenhaupt, a very close friend of the King since childhood (Svenskdam)

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On March 22, members of the Imperial family joined the Emperor and Empress a concert by music college graduates at the Imperial Palace. Princess Kiko wore a blue bumper hat, Princess Kako a white bowler, Princess Nobuko a large white toque and Princess Akiko, a white trilby with sea foam green hatband. The same day, Princess Hanako attended the 75th Award Ceremony of All Japan Youth Invention and Innovation Exhibition. She wore a pale blue felt hat with jauntily upturned short brim. (Imperial Family Of Japan)

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On March 29, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offered prayers for Emperors Showa and Kojun at the Imperial Musashi Mausoleum in Hachiōji, Tokyo. The Empress wore a grey saucer with raised rim around the back and a folded bow at the side. 

 King Carl Gustaf opened a ski resort on Monday in his trusty brown fedora.

I absolutely adore these very happy, bouncing pink polka dots on this John Boyd design. If I was going to Ascot, this would be my pick because I can’t imagine a happier hat to wear.

Don’t worry- I haven’t forgotten Prince Felix’s confirmation in Denmark yesterday. We’ll look at the hat and headpieces from this event in a full feature post tomorrow.

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Adorable snap of wee Prince Jigme Namgyel of Bhutan enjoying the snow with his father King Jigme Khesar and grandfather King Jigme Singye

We enjoyed the hats from this week’s two state visits- here’s a peek at the formal fashion

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Photos from IBL; The Asahi Shimbun and The Asahi Shimbun via Getty; Biglobe

Farewell to Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

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Family of Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg were joined by close royal friends at the Evangelische Stadtkirche in Bad Berleburg, Germany this morning to pay tribute to the prince who died unexpectedly on March 13 at the age of 83. His wife, Princess Benedikte of Denmark, led her family in a black bumper hat with diagonal stripes on the cuff brim.

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The couple’s eldest daughter, Princess Alexandra, wore Princess Benedikte’s black Breton hat with short, curled brim bound in silk ping and trimmed with a net tulle veil. Alexandra’s daughter, Countess Ingrid, wore a floral trimmed black headband.

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Princess Nathalie also wore one of her mother’s hats, a brimless design with domed crown trimmed with a swath of feathers at the back. 

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Carina Axelsson, the longtime partner of Prince Richard and Princess Benedikte’s son Prince Gustav, wore moulded black felt cloche hat with extended brim.

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Queen Margrethe repeated her black Karakul fur toque with feather pouf trim.

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Crown Princess Mary repeated her Susanne Juul designed hat with tall, squared felt crown and straw brim, trimmed with a pair of black feathers while Princess Marie repeated her looped black silk ribbon headpiece.

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Queen Anne-Marie wore a short brimmed hat with moulded crown in the shape of a partial Pork Pie, simply trimmed in a Petersham ribbon hatband.
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Queen Máxima repeated her Bettina Thomas designed rounded pillbox hat with bow at the back. Princess Beatrix wore a large black straw bumper hat with double upfolded brim.
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Queen Silvia wore a larger scale black felt hat with short, upturned Kettle brim trimmed with a wide, folded silk hatband and knotted sash. Princess Madeleine, who is Princess Benedikte’s goddaughter, wore a simple black headband.

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Princess Märtha Louise, who represented the Norwegian royal family, repeated her swirled black cocktail hat wrapped in black net veil by Wenche Lyche.

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I’m sure you all join me in expressing the deepest of sympathy to Princess Benedikte and the Berleburg family as they grieve the loss of Prince Richard.

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Swedish Royals Welcome Canadian State Visit

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Canadian Governor General David Johnston and his wife Sharon arrived in Stockholm yesterday for the start of a four-day state visit. They were greeted at the royal palace by King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia.

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Queen Silvia used the occasion to debut a new blue calot hat which topped her matching suit.

Queen Silvia Feb 20, 2017 in Kerstin Carlefalk | Royal Hats

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A photo shared by the designer gives a great view of this design. The moulded calot base, in blue felt, is embellished with an overlay of widely woven net tulle on the bottom half. Mixed feather trim on the side completes the piece and gives the hat a pop of colour and texture.

Designer: Kerstin Carlefalk
Previously Worn: This hat is new
Once inside the palace, the King, Queen and Canadian guests were joined by Princess Madeleine, Chris O’Neil, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia (Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are abroad on private vacation with their family). Princess Madeleine balanced her printed dress with a simple black headband.
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Princess Sofia topped her sleek white dress in a headpiece not from a milliner, but from Danish jeweller Ole Lynggaard. With gold leaves and pearl berries, the headpiece contrasted nicely against Sofia’s dark hair. It’s an unusual but very interesting choice for a royal headpiece (not one I’m entirely sure is suited to a daytime event) that worked beautifully with Sofia’s pearl earrings. We’ve not seen the newest Swedish princess experiment much with millinery and it’s great to see her step out of the box with this choice.
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Designer: Ole Lynggaard
Previously Worn: This headpiece is new
What did you think of this pair of new designs in Sweden yesterday?
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This Week’s Extras

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Queen Silvia attended the funeral of close friend Ulf Dinkelspiel Friday in a simple black pillbox (Svenskdam)

Queen Margrethe repeated her red felt and tweed hat at the official inauguration of the Mærsk Tower at the University of Copenhagen (Danish Monarchy)

Queen Margrethe, Jan 18, 2017 | Royal Hats

The Earl of Wessex donned a kippah for Tuesday’s visit to Maidenhead Synagogue.

Such an interesting and colourful applique covered hat shared by US based milliner Anya Caliendo. You like?

This share from milliner Piers Atkinson rings completely true for me. What do you think?

The Belgian Monarchy shared a lovely photo of Queen Mathilde and Princess Elisabeth, taken on National Day last summer, to celebrate the queen’s birthday

Great interview with King Constantine of Greece on his decision to move back to his homeland (Town and Country)

New snaps of Princess Ingrid of Norway shared this week for her 13th birthday

Wonderful portrait of King Carl Gutaf and the Haga Princesses released this week on the occasion of Princess Brigitta’s 80th birthday

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Queen Elizabeth seems to have recovered from her cold, joining her family for church this morning at Sandringham in a vibrant blue Angela Kelly hat

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Middleton family joined the Queen for church this morning- Kate wore a new grey alpaca hat from Lacorine with wide cuffed brim

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Queen Silvia in a cosy knit hat along with Princess Madeleine and King Carl Gusta (in his trusty fedora) on ski holiday in the Alps (Swedish Royal Court)

 

Milliner Jane Taylor shared a peek of some new designs- I adore the folded detail on the hatband ribbon

Make sure you did not miss the lovely Christmas photos from the Belgian royal family, the Greek royal family, Prince Nikolaos and Princess Tatiana, the Swedish Royal Family, The Danish Queen and Prince Henrik with their grandchildren and the Dutch monarchs with their daughters.

Lovely new portraits of the Danish twins for their 6th birthday and Princess Margriet and Peter von Vollenhoven for their 50th wedding anniversary