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It's the sapphire-and-diamond fortress from Sil tonight: the Leuchtenberg Sapphire Parure Tiara.  I know you all know what I think about this, but all that aside: really, shouldn't it have been the Edward VII Ruby Tiara?

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An interesting fascinator -- sort of verging into Christmas bow territory, and it kind of disappears into Sil's hair, but I think I like it anyway.

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It's the Connaught Diamond Tiara on Queen Sil tonight (and it's actually a tiara tw0-fer, because that's the Modern Fringe Tiara around her neck!).  I love this tiara to bits, but I'm going to express a possibly controversial opinion here: I think it's time for Silvia to pass this one on to Madeleine.  It's a bit too delicate for Silvia's hairstyle these days -- and, bonus, maybe it would convince Madeleine to bring her BF back to Europe and attend a tiara event or two?

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Okay, for real, who thought that using Batman characters as  hattery inspiration was even a little bit okay?  Tsk, tsk...

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It's the Connaught Diamond Tiara for the queen at the King's Dinner -- love the historical lineage of this piece.  (Gustaf VI Adolf and Margaret of Connaught are one of my all-time favorite royal couples.)  And it's perched at a much more flattering angle than last time we saw it.  AND I think Sil's also wearing my favorite Swedish necklace!  I am pleased.

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It's La Pronger for Queen Sil at this year's Nobel ceremony ... an impressive piece, but still not one of my favorites.  It's so ... pointy.  I feel like I'd cut myself trying to put it on.  (As if that would ever need to be a legitimate concern of mine, ha!)

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Looks like Sil's jazzed up her ubiquitous black pillbox with some feathery foliage.  I don't know, you guys -- I think sometimes a black pillbox hat just needs to be a black pillbox hat.  Thoughts?

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It's Tiara Alert time in Sweden tonight, hatters!  Sil's brought out the Connaught Diamond Tiara for the occasion -- more on its Edwardian history here.  I'm not sure I love the way it's perched on her head so flatly here, though.  To me, this tiara calls for integration into an up-do ... maybe I was just spoiled after seeing Madeleine sport it last summer?

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Sil busted out La Grande Pronger for tonight's wedding festivities -- so perfect for a Monegasque wedding, non?

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