Two for two on wide-brimmed Máx hats for the day!  This one's on the beachy side, but I still like it.  Although it looks like it was a bit difficult to keep on:

Must have been a wee bit windy...

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Best kind of royal lady = one who will gamely sport any topper the locals give her when she's on a tour.  Hooray!

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First glance: elegant!

Second closer look: '80s?  Yep, I'd almost put money on it.

Either way, Anne's wearing this straw-and-tulle creation to an important event: the official ceremony giving the town of Wootton Bassett its "Royal" prefix.  If you've not been reading about the town's special efforts to honor Britain's war dead, have a look over here.

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Belgian lampshade numero uno of the day!  But heck, it's Astrid at a wedding -- we're really just lucky that she only wore one hat instead of two!

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Look who's out doing some post-honeymoon hatting at Epsom, chickadees!  And she's embraced the structural beret!  It's so CP Mary, isn't it?

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It's springtime, which means it's also time for Benedikte to break out the beach hat!  I seriously always expect her to unfold a lawn chair and start sipping a mai tai when she dons this straw topper...

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Oh, Máx ... LMAO!  You forgot a hat for the opening day of your official visit to Vietnam, so you had Willem-Alexander whip one up for you out of two straw baskets on the plane ride over?!?

It's like an unholy combination of the corrugated cardboard disaster, the plaid turban debacle, and a tornado.  I can't, you guys.  It's just too insane!

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I have to say, after all of the knock-out hattery from Máx over the course of this state visit, I'm a little underwhelmed by her final choice.  Maybe she was just saving the best for the biggest events?  (Love the earrings, though!)

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Ooh -- one of my favorite Máx hats, repeated here for a trip to a market in Qatar.  This lady was made for dramatic, wide-brimmed hats!

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The leopard print hat band rides again!  Constantine and Anne-Marie were out this morning in Spetses, apparently making a last-minute check at the cathedral (and avoiding the super-excited Greek press -- check out the mike on the right, LOL!).  Let's just hope this isn't the only hattery we're getting today!

Putting up the royal wedding live post ASAP -- get excited!

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