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This Week’s Extras

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Princess Michael of Kent in a Philip Treacy fascinator for Ben Goldsmith’s wedding yesterday (Daily Mail)

Photos of Prince Harry’s recent trip to Lesotho were released this week, with captions written by the prince himself. They beautifully document a cause that is clearly close to his heart and involve a few hats. (Sentebale)

Norwegian Royal Family released wonderful new photos for Christmas (Realeza Blog)

Poignant reflections and photos shared from Queen Fabiola’s funeral (Royal Musings)

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Lovely interviews with Princess Charlene about motherhood and the royal twins in Gala and Paris Match

Princess Alexandra of Kent looking beautiful at the Cystic Fybrosis Trust Reception at Clarence House (Twitter)

Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Estelle received Christmas trees for the Swedish Royal Palaces (Svenskdam)

Another royal baby is en route in Sweden (Swedish Royal Court)

Interview with Prince Hans Adam II and Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein (Royal House of Liechtenstein)

Royal Hats this Year: Norway

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Royal Hats Year In Review 2014Here are all of the Norwegian royal hats we saw this year (click on each photo to link its original post with larger views of each hat):

Princess Astrid

1. Princess Astrid, May 15, 2014 | Royal Hats  2. Princess Astrid, October 13, 2014 | Royal Hats  3. Princess Astrid, December 12, 2014 | Royal Hats

Crown Princess Mette-Marit

4. Crown Princess Mette-Marit, May 9, 2014| Royal Hats  5. Crown Princess Mette-Marit, May 12, 2014| Royal Hats  6. Crown Princess Mette-Marit, May 15, 2014 | Royal Hats  7. Crown Princess Mette-Marit, September 2, 2014 in Mona Strand | Royal Hats  8. Crown Princess Mette-Marit, October 13, 2014 | Royal Hats  9. Crown Princess Mette-Marit, December 10, 2014 | Royal Hats

Queen Sonja

10. Queen Sonja, January 14, 2014 | Royal Hats 11. Queen Sonja, February 7, 2014 | Royal Hats  12. Queen Sonja, May 15, 2014 | Royal Hats  13. Queen Sonja, May 19, 2014 | Royal Hats 14. Queen Sonja, June 11, 2014 | Royal Hats 15. Queen Sonja, September 2, 2014 | Royal Hats 16. Queen Sonja, October 2, 2014 | Royal Hats 17. Queen Sonja, October 13, 2014 | Royal Hats 18. Queen Sonja, December 10, 2014 | Royal Hats  19. Queen Sonja, December 25, 2014 | Royal Hats

Do any of these hats make your list of favourite royal hats this year? Is there one you want to nominate for your least favourite hat of 2014?

Norwegian Royals at Nobel Peace Prize

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The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this morning in Oslo and as usual, the Norwegian royal family attended the ceremony. Queen Sonja topped her luscious purple velvet Pucci jacket with a black felt calot hat, wrapped in a swath of net tulle. I am not always a fan of calot hats but this rather simple one worked well with her suit and statement necklace.

Queen Sonja and Crown Princess Mette Marit, December 10, 2014 | Royal Hats

Designer: unknown
Previously Worn: I believe this hat is new

Crown Princess Mette-Marit topped her white Valentino coat with the same black lace fascinator headband she wore to this event back in 2011. It is a fine enough hair adornment but a hat, it is not.

Queen Sonja, December 10, 2014 | Royal Hats    Crown Princess Mette Marit, December 10, 2014 | Royal Hats

Designer: unknown
Previously Worn: December 10, 2011

Queen Sonja’s ensemble was the winner for me today. What did you think of this pair of small black hat/headpiece?

Photos from Getty as indicated; Nigel Waldron and Nigel Waldron via Getty

Last Week’s Extras

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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)

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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)

This Week’s Extras

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Napoleon’s hat sold for 1.9 million euros (BBC)

Queen Sonja wore a traditional folk dress headpiece to an evening of folk opera ( Royal House of Norway)

Prince Charles in a dapper plaid cap amid some hunting controversy (Express)

Knock-offs of the Duchess of Cambridge’s hats available on Etsy (Berkshire to Buckingham blog)

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Queen Noor of Jordan launched a blog on the Huffington Post this week (Huffington Post)

The Imperial Royal Family celebrated the 80th birthdays of the Emperor and Empress this week with a concert – especially lovely to see the former Princess Sayako join in (Imperial Family of Japan)

New photo of Princess Madeleine and Princess Leonore released by the Swedish Royal Family (Svenskdam)