Hey, everybody, look who it is!  (No, not figure-skating Albert Einstein -- on the right!)

Our little Canadian maple leaf has returned to us, only weeks after giving birth to her little royal leaflet!  According to the press, Peter and Autumn brought baby Savannah with them to Norfolk this weekend to meet her great-granny, and a little side trip to church was on the docket.

Autumn's repeating a very good hat here -- the one she wore the last time she was on the blog, in December 2009!  I can't believe it's been a year since we've seen her in hattery!  Stop by more often, Phillipses!

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Lord almighty ... who knew that Princess Anne's infamous hair hat also came in a senior citizen/mad scientist version?!?

(Also, check out the policewoman trying valiantly to keep a straight face!)

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Let's see: Repeated hat, but one that is seasonally appropriate and beautifully shaped in a very flattering color?  Check.  Cold weather accessories?  Check.  Traditional car blanket in a rather interesting shade of sky blue?  Check.  Yep, just another Sunday at Sandringham for Lil!

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Only three months to go until the big royal wedding, hatters!  Are you getting excited yet?  (I know you are!)

If you still need a little hattery to help get you in the mood for a Westminster Abbey royal wedding, though, you've come to the right place on the right day: today I'm posting the first installment of Hattery Flashbacks from the Abbey!  For the next three months, I'll be posting hattery from the most recent royal weddings held at the Abbey -- here's the schedule:

January 29: Elizabeth & Philip / Margaret & Tony
February 28: Alexandra & Angus / Anne & Mark
March 29: Andrew & Sarah

The first two flashbacks are posted below!  So, put on your best wedding chapeaux, hatters -- it's time for some flashback fun!

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HRH The Princess Margaret and Mr. Antony Armstrong-Jones
May 6, 1960

Thirteen years after her big sister was married in Westminster Abbey, Princess Margaret arrived at the church for her own wedding to photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones.

Margaret, the younger daughter of George VI and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, had previously been involved with her late father's equerry, Peter Townsend; however, she broke off her engagement to Townsend after Parliament and the Church of England made it clear that it would be impossible for her to retain her royal status if she married a divorced man.  After Townsend married another woman, Margaret accepted Antony Armstrong-Jones's proposal.  Their wedding was the first royal ceremony to be shown on television.  (You can see clips from the broadcast on YouTube.)

Armstrong-Jones was not given a title on his wedding day -- instead, he was created Earl of Snowdon the following year, so that Margaret's first child, Viscount Linley, would not be born without a title.  The Snowdons had one more child, Lady Sarah, before divorcing in 1978 -- the first royal divorce in Britain in more than three-quarters of a century.  Snowdon would remarry once more; Margaret never wed again.

Wedding Hatters

HM The Queen
HM The Queen Mother
HM The Queen of Denmark
HRH The Princess Margaret
HRH The Princess Anne

HRH The Princess Elizabeth and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
November 20, 1947

Let's kick off our flashback series of Westminster Abbey weddings with one of the biggest -- the wedding of Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Elizabeth was born Princess Elizabeth of York, the elder daughter of Prince Albert (later King George VI) and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.  Philip was born HRH Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, the son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg (a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria).  The young royals had their first significant meeting in 1939, when 13-year-old Elizabeth was visiting the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and 18-year-old naval cadet Philip was her guide.

Like many couples of their era, they sustained their young romance through letters during World War II, and in 1946, they became privately engaged.  The engagement was announced to the public shortly after Elizabeth turned 21, and in November 1947, they married at Westminster Abbey.  Philip renounced his foreign titles and converted to Anglicanism before the big day, and as a wedding gift, his new father-in-law created him Duke of Edinburgh, the title he still uses today.

Phil 'n Lil are still going strong, more than sixty years later -- they've stayed together through Elizabeth's fifty-plus years on the throne, and they've welcomed four children, eight grandchildren, and one brand-new great-grandchild.  What's the secret to their lasting marriage?  According to their biographer, Gyles Brandreth, it's just this: "Prince Philip is the only man in the world who treats the Queen simply as another human being.  He's the only man who can."

Wedding Hatters

HM The Queen
HM Queen Mary
HRH The Princess Elizabeth
HRH The Princess Margaret
HRH Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark
The Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven

There are also many, many royal hatters from this wedding for whom we don't have good close-up photos, so as an added treat, here's a big group photo of the royals who attended.  Lots of foreign monarchs, British royals (including some very young members of the family!), and a load of Battenbergs/Mountbattens.  Care to try to name them all?  (Click to enlarge!)

Ka-boom! Oh, man, don't you just hate it when your hat explodes into a tangled mess of cabbage flowers, feather dusters, and horsehair?  Really gives you a bad hair day.  Oh, Paola...

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Love that Charlene is embracing the tradition of women wearing veils at Catholic services -- there are few things more elegant, if you ask me!  The lace looks especially striking against her blond hair.

This veil was worn to a mass celebrating Saint Dévote, the patron saint of Monaco.  She was martyred in Corsica in the first century, and, through various events, her body ended up on the shores of Monaco.  Her relics have been preserved in the principality ever since.  Many Monegasques have believed over the centuries that Saint Dévote has protected them against invaders and preserved their independence.  They cherish Saint Dévote so much that they've even named a part of the Grand Prix race course for her.  Now that's veneration!

Here's another look at Charlene's outfit for the day -- more black, which is super appropriate for this occasion, but I hope we see her in colors soon!  I believe those are the relics of Saint Dévote in the foreground:

(Thanks to lovely reader Sophie for sending in info about this event!)

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Thanks to lovely reader Brian for sending along this photo of Princess Kiko!  She and her hubs are on an official visit to Costa Rica at the mo, and I think she's got it just right on the "Imperial Highness making a visit to another nation" hattery front.  Good shape, good size, neutral color -- I love how the hat sort of looks pearly to go along with her necklace.  Thumbs up from me!

(Also, don't you just love Fumihito's goofy expression in the background?  LOL!)

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Is it weird to say that I ... like this hat?  It goes against so many of my rules: you know, it's both a sort-of fedora and a sort-of hairnet at the same time.  But I'm starting to think maybe Cams should investigate this shape!  What do all of you think?

(Thanks to lovely reader Jake for sending me info about this event!)

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