The St. Andrews sisters (not those Andrews sisters; the granddaughters of Ed and Kate Kent) made it to Trooping this year as well -- there's the younger of the two (and the only one of the family currently in the line of succession), Lady Amelia, on the right.  Looks like your basic white feather fascinator to me.

Spotting her elder sister, Lady Marina, however, takes a bit more work...

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The ladies of the St Andrews family went conservative for their cousin's wedding -- that's Marina in the gunmetal gray hat (her face is obscured by her brother, Lord Downpatrick). Wish she'd gone for something with a bit more flair -- this is sort of a snooze.  (Better picture of Marina's hat here.  The way it picks up the skirt detail does make it more interesting!)

Amelia's in what looks like -- dare I say it? -- the training version of a Beatrix cake hat. If this girl's going to be working that kind of hat territory in her blog debut, one of the European princes needs to snap her up as soon as she's of age -- we can't let that kind of hattery fade into obscurity! (The St Andrews family is Catholic, so Luxembourg princes -- heads up!)

(Originally posted at the Annex - click here for more comments.)