to ninety-three years ago this month and a hatted trio on annual vacation at Balmoral Castle. The Duke of York’s Scottish tam ‘o shanter is particularly wonderful.
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Hats From the Past
to a photograph that appeared in The Illustrated London News on this day, 107 years ago. King George V had been king for just eight days and is pictured in naval uniform along with the future Edward VIII. Queen Mary was resplendent in an Edwardian feather trimmed hat.
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Hats From The Past
to this day, ninety-five years ago, and the wedding of Princess Mary to Viscount Lascelles which saw a pair of magnificent, feather trimmed toque hats hats worn by the bride’s mother, Queen Mary, and grandmother, Queen Alexandra.

Hat From the Past
to this day in 1942 that saw Queen Mary visit Cheltenham in one of her signature ruched toque hats with bejewelled feather trim. The average royal daytime look has certainly decreased in glamour in the intervening 74 years, hasn’t it?
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Hat From The Past
Stepping back 105 years to a spectacular feathered hat worn by Queen Mary in 1911 while aboard the HMS Medina, sailing to India for the Delhi Durbar.