Hattery Event: Royal Ascot 2012, Day 4
![Royal Ascot 2012, Day 4 (22 Jun 2012) [REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth]](http://madhattery.royalroundup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2012-06-ascot4-holdon.jpg)
Hold on to your hats, everybody -- it's time for more Hat Christmas delights!
bringing you the very best in ridiculous royal hats
![Royal Ascot 2012, Day 4 (22 Jun 2012) [REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth]](http://madhattery.royalroundup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2012-06-ascot4-holdon.jpg)
Hold on to your hats, everybody -- it's time for more Hat Christmas delights!
![Royal Wedding: HRH Princess Carolina of Bourbon-Parma and Albert Brenninkmeijer (16 Jun 2012) [Jacopo Raule/Getty Images]](http://madhattery.royalroundup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/2012-06-wedding-carolina2.jpg)
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!
St. Paul's was simply lousy with royals today! Let's get this Jubilee party started, hatters!
![Sandringham Diamond Jubilee Wood: HM The Queen and HRH The Princess Royal (03 Feb 2012) [PHOTO CREDITS: ARTHUR EDWARDS/AFP/Getty Images]](http://madhattery.royalroundup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-0203-britain-anneelizabeth.jpg)
No, no, this isn't a photo of two Russian grannies hanging out in Siberia in January -- it's the Queen and Princess Anne, braving the freezing temps in England to kick off this year's Diamond Jubilee festivities by doing one of my favorite royal activities:
![Sandringham Diamond Jubilee Wood: HM The Queen (03 Feb 2012) [PHOTO CREDITS: ARTHUR EDWARDS/AFP/Getty Images]](http://madhattery.royalroundup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012-0203-britain-elizabeth.jpg)
A royal tree planting! Hooray!
The queen's jubilee year formally begins on Monday, the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne. We'll be celebrating with the royals all year here at MH, too -- I've got a series of Jubilee Hattery Flashbacks queued up, and we'll be playing along as the royals go hither and thither to various events across the Commonwealth. Get excited, hatters! ![]()
PHOTO CREDITS: ARTHUR EDWARDS/AFP/Getty Images
![Raad van State Visit: HM The Queen of The Netherlands and HRH Princess Máxima of The Netherlands (25 Jan 2012) [PHOTO CREDITS: PPE]](http://madhattery.royalroundup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012-0125-netherlands-beatrix.jpg)
Queen Cake's hat at this visit to the Dutch Council of State is wacky, but it's repeat wacky. The real story is the topper behind her...
![Raad van State Visit: HM The Queen of The Netherlands and HRH Princess Máxima of The Netherlands (25 Jan 2012) [PHOTO CREDITS: PPE]](http://madhattery.royalroundup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012-0125-netherlands-maxima.jpg)
Poor Máx looks a little like she's just won the Run for the Roses...
PHOTO CREDITS: PPE
![Danish Ruby Jubilee - Service of Thanksgiving: HM The Queen of Denmark (15 Jan 2012) [PHOTO CREDITS: Chris Jackson/WireImage]](http://madhattery.royalroundup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012-0115-denmark-margrethe.jpg)
It's a mini-Saturn hat for Daisy's big day -- and in royal purple, so no one will be confused about who the anniversary girl is. On anyone else, I'd be saying some truly terrible things about this, I think, but since it's the Great Dane herself -- eh, it's really not that bad!
PHOTO CREDITS: Chris Jackson/WireImage
![Danish Ruby Jubilee - Service of Thanksgiving: HRH The Crown Princess of Norway (15 Jan 2012) [PHOTO CREDITS: Chris Jackson/WireImage]](http://madhattery.royalroundup.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2012-0115-norway-mettemarit.jpg)
It's back-of-the-head hat time with Mette-Marit again ... I'm really starting to dislike these, probably mostly because she wears them so often. Time for a new trend?
PHOTO CREDITS: Chris Jackson/WireImage