It's been far too long since we've had royal wedding hattery fun on the blog, hasn't it?  Good thing the Dutch royals were happy to oblige us today!

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To be honest, I was almost a little disappointed that Mabel didn't pull out something incredibly ludicrous in the hattery department for this wedding!  This is very Zara Phillips-at-the-races, isn't it?

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Queen Beatrix's other daughters-in-law also attended Carlos Hugo's funeral -- Laurentien unfortunately went sans hat (boo!), but Mabel chose a headband.  But ... a green, fish-scales headband for a funeral?  Well, it is still dark -- and it's not half a headband and half pinstriped trousers, so I suppose we're good.

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HRH The Crown Princess of Sweden and Mr. Daniel Westling
June 19, 2010

Well, kids, yesterday we partied hardy in the wedding live posts, and today we get to have a tiara fiesta!  I've compiled all of the tiara entries for the royal guests at Crown Princess Victoria's wedding to Daniel Westling (now Prince Daniel) in this entry.

The wedding, of course, took place in Stockholm yesterday.  The couple has been together since 2002, when Daniel became Victoria's personal trainer.  Love blossomed, and on their wedding day, Daniel became royal.  During their balcony appearance, Victoria thanked the people of Sweden for giving her a prince.

And now, we'll all just have to wait to see how long it takes before the pitter-patter of little royal feet are heard in Haga Palace!

Wedding Hatters

Appropriately, Princess Mabel wore her wedding tiara to Victoria's wedding: it's a second diamond setting of the Sapphire Parure Tiara.  It's a little sparse for me, but overall, not too bad.

Less appropriate was what Mabel chose to pair with said tiara -- and I don't mean Prince Friso ...

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