King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden commemorated the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz today with attendance at a memorial at Stockholm’s Grand Synagogue. Queen Silvia wore a simple black felt beret hat, placed at the back of her head in the style of a calot. King Carl Gustaf honoured the Jewish practice of wearing a kippah.
Designer: Kerstin Carlfealk
Previously Worn: This is a new hat
Photos from Scanpix via SMP.se and William Stokstad/TT via The Swedish Royal Court
King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel attended a memorial service yesterday in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the 2004 tsunami in southeast Asia. Queen Silvia wore a navy blue felt cloche hat trimmed in multiple layers of silk ribbon wrapped around the crown and a ribbon rosette. Silvia has worn a number of cloche hats this year and while it is not my favourite of hat shapes, it is nice to see a contemporary royal embrace them.
Photo from Henrik Montgomery via Expressen
We still have a number of royal houses to review in our look back at royal millinery in 2014. Here are all of the Swedish royal hats we saw this year (click on each photo to link its original post with larger views of each hat):
Countess Marianne (#1 and 2), Countess Gunnila, Princess Madeleine and Princess Christina
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Do any of these hats make your list for favourite royal hat of 2014? Are any among your least favourite?
The Belgian Royal Family was joined by monarchs and representatives from numerous other royal houses for Queen Fabiola’s funeral today. Empress Michiko of Japan wore a petite black saucer hat that featured a flat fan bow and net tulle veil.
Queen Margrethe of Denmark repeated her a black Karakul fur toque with feather pouf trim.
Queen Silvia of Sweden wore a black felt cloche hat with wide, folded black velvet band around the crown.
Queen Sofia of Spain wore a black pillbox which was covered in net tulle and wrapped with a band of black velvet around the outside of the hat.
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands repeated her black fur felt hat with pointed crown and upfolded felt and straw double brim.
Empress Farah of Iran wore a black silk pleated turban that was interlaced with strands of metallic black straw and trimmed with a loosely woven black straw rosette.
Princess Astrid of Norway, who accompanied King Harald, wore a black bumper hat. At first glance, I thought this hat and coat combination were made from the same Karakul fur but after a closer look, I believe they are made of textured wool.
And finally, the Duchess of Castro wore a black calot trimmed with a silk ruffle that spanned the side and back of the hat. 
I think that includes all the royals who attended this event (please let me know if I missed anyone). The hats were all rather simple, but simple elegance is exactly what was required. Did any of these royal hats stand out to you today?
Photos from Vincent Kalut, Patrick van Katwijk, Patrick van Katwijk, Patrick van Katwijk, Patrick van Katwijk, Patrick van Katwijk, Patrick van Katwijk, Patrick van Katwijk, Patrick van Katwijk, Patrick van Katwijk, Didier Lebrun, Patrick van Katwijk, and Albert Nieboer, all via Corbis
Duchess of Cornwall and Princess Alexandra of Kent attended church at Sandringham (Rex Features)
Not a hat but Queen Silvia in French hair jewels during a state banquet in Paris on Tuesday (Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor)
Queen Sonja with floral hair adornment on tour this week in Myanmar (Paris Match)
Prince Misako of Japan celebrated his 99th birthday! (The Imperial Family of Japan)
The Duchess of Cornwall sparkled at a diplomatic corps reception in her family tiara (Daily Mail)
King Felipe and Queen Letizia on state visit to Germany (Daily Mail)
Lovely new photos released of Crown Princess Victoria and family (Queens & Princesses blog)
More links and videos remembering Queen Fabiola (Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor) and a look at her marvelous jewels (Royal Court Jeweller)
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