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Swedish Royals Visit The Netherlands

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King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia arrived in The Netherlands today to begin a two-day visit. They were greeted by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.

Queen Silvia in Whitely Fischer Ltd. and Queen Máxima in Fabienne Delvigne, April 4, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog

Queen Máxima repeated the same silver headpiece and suit she wore for Princess Arianne’s christening in 2007. While I did not like this headpiece the last time we saw it (last November worn with a jade lace dress), there is something about this suit and hat that just works together. I think it might be the clean lines and round neck of that beautiful jacket that coordinate with the clean lines and round shape of the hat. Nevertheless, I thought Máxima looked so regal and elegant in this ensemble that I nearly forgot this hat is not closed on top and simply wraps in silver rings around her head.

Queen Máxima, April 4, 2014 in Fabienne Delvigne | The Royal Hats Blog Queen Máxima, April 4, 2014 in Fabienne Delvigne | The Royal Hats Blog

Designer: Fabienne Delvigne
Previously Worn: November 24, 2013; Oct. 20, 2007

Queen Silvia topped her red coat off with a smart black beret (if this hat looks familiar, take a peek here!). We often see Silvia in pillbox and calot hats and it was a nice change to see her in this modern, structured beret. The scale of this hat was very flattering on her, as was the styling of her hair with it. Compared to Queen Máxima it may seems a little boring but on it’s own, I think it is a lovely hat. What do you think of this pair of royal hats today?

Queen Silvia in Whitely Fischer Ltd. and Queen Máxima in Fabienne Delvigne, April 4, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog Queen Silvia, April 4, 2014 in Whitely Fischer Ltd. | The Royal Hats Blog

Designer of Queen Silvia’s hat: Whiteley Fischer Ltd.
Previously Worn: I believe this hat is new

Photos from Patrick van Katwijk via Dutch Photo Press

Swedish Monarchs On State Visit to Latvia

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King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden have begun a two day visit to Latvia. For their arrival this morning, Queen Silvia repeated her large two-tone brown bow fascinator with coordinating feathers . I liked how her whole outfit- shoes, suit, fascinator and THAT mink stole- came together in lovely shades of chocolate and caramel. I have to reluctantly admit that this fascinator is the last thing I would pair with a mink stole… but somehow, it worked. I think however, I might have preferred a little pillbox hat, similar to that worn by Latvian First Lady Dace Seisuma (but in a shade of brown). I thought Ms. Seisuma’s hat was fabulous with her blue suit, white cape coat and bobbed haircut. What do you think?

Note- you can see a better view of Queen Silvia’s fascinator during one of it’s previous outings, here.

Queen Silvia, March 26, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog Queen Silvia, March 26, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog

Queen Silvia, March 26, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog Latvian First Lady Dace Seisuma and Queen Silvia, March 26, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog

Designer of Queen Silvia’s hat: unknown
Previously Worn: October 1, 2013; November 20, 2007

Photos from Edgar Cullman/BBC via Latvian TV; Edgar Cullman/BBC via Latvian TV; Evija Trifanova/Leta via Latvian TV; and Evija Trifanova/Leta via Latvian TV

Te Deum for the New Princess

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The Swedish Royal Family formally celebrated the birth of their newest member, Princess Leonore, with a Te Deum service in the Royal Chapel in Stockholm. Queen Silvia wore a classic pillbox hat in powder pink to mark this celebration of her new granddaughter. I can only imagine the colour of this hat was deliberate (cue the “aaahs”) and Silvia always looks good in a pillbox.

Queen Silvia, March 2, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog

Crown Princess Victoria wore a large white feather fascinator around her chignon. To be honest, I thought it was messy headpiece and made her look like a kagu. I want to be kind but I know she can do so much better.

Princess Victoria, March 2, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog Princess Victoria, March 2, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog

Previously Worn: April 16, 2010

Countess Marianne Bernadotte of Wisborg (widow of King Carl Gustaf’s uncle Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg) chose what looks like a hat with a wide fur upturned brim. While I am not usually a fan of fur hats, I do like how well this one paired with the matching stole and cuffs on her coat. The whole look was quite regal.

Countess Marianne Burnadotte of Wisborg, March 2, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog

Sofia Hellqvist, longtime girlfriend of Prince Carl Philip, wore small beaded black headpiece. It’s a little small and cutesey for me but since she is not officially a royal it seemed appropriate. Since we see Sofia consistently at these Swedish Royal Family events, I can only imagine it is a matter of time before she officially joins the family.

Sofia Hellqvist, March 2, 2014 | The Royal Hats BlogThese hats fell a little flat for me today- what do you think?

Photos from Pelle T Nilsson via Expressen

Royal Hats at the Olympics

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As the Olympics draw to a close this weekend, I thought we should look back at some of the royal hats we have seen during the Sochi games.

Crown Prince Haakon, February 14, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog Crown Prince Haakon, Prince Albert & Alexandra of Hanover, February 14, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Prince Albert of Monaco and Alexandra of Hanover attend the
downhill run of the men’s alpine skiing super combined event on February 14, 2014

Alexandra of Hanover & Pierre Casiraghi, February 14, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog Prince Albert, February 12, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog

 Alexandra of Hanover and her brother Pierre Casiraghi at the men’s super combined
competition on February 14, 2012; Prince Albert of Monaco at an event on February 12, 2014  

King Harald & Queen Sonja, February 17, 2014 | The Royal Hats BlogKing Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway at the Women’s 12.5 km Mass Start competition on February 17, 2014 

Queen Máxima, February 11, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands watching the men’s Snowboard Halfpipe qualification on February 11, 2014

King Carl Gustaf & Queen Silvia, February 15, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog

King Carl Gustaf & Queen Silvia, February 16, 2014 | The Royal Hats Blog

King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden at cross country ski events on February 15 & 16, 2014 

Photos from KCS Presse via Corbis; Leonhard Foeger/Reuters/Corbis; KCS Presse/Splash News/Corbis; KCS Presse via Corbis; Kay Neitfeld via Corbis; Jens Buettner/EPA/Corbis; Hendrik Schmidt/EPA/Corbis; and KCS Presse via Corbis

Swedish Royals Welcome Portuguese President on State Visit

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The Swedish Royal Family welcomed Portugese President Aníbal Cavaco Silva and Mrs. Silva on a three day state visit to Sweden today.  Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel welcomed them at the airport; Princess Victoria repeated the black beret we saw just a few days ago at the opening of Swedish Parliament.

Designer: unknown
Previously Worn: September 18, 2013

Mrs. Silva wore my favourite hat of the day, a cornflower blue wool pillbox with coordinating net trim. I thought this hat worked very nicely with her haircut and the placement was perfect (neither too far forward nor too far back, as we often see with pillbox hats). Queen Silvia repeated a large bow fascinator in chocolate and tan straw. While I am a fan of the fascinator, I think I prefer Silvia in more traditional hat shapes.

Mrs. Silva and Queen Silvia, October 1, 2013 | The Royal Hats Blog

Queen Silvia’s hat designer: unknown
Previously Worn: November 20, 2007

Photos from Presidency of the Portuguese Republic; All Over Press; and Charles Hammarsten / IBL