British royal wedding hats & what they mean | A Family of Hats

Are We Ready for a Hat Comeback?

All those crazy hats on the heads of the moneyed & titled almost eclipsed the royal wedding. Are we inspired, appalled or intrigued by the tradition of British hat-wearing?

By: Gerit Quealy

May 4, 2011

Queen Elizabeth II,The Very Reverend Dr John Hall, in-laws and granddaughters

Source: Chris Jackson/Getty

Queen Elizabeth II beamed in a sunny yellow hat, designed by her assistant, Angela Kelly, that matched her sunny disposition. She's flanked by a festival of hats: on her new in-laws, the Middletons, down left; her daughter-in-law Camilla, down right; her husband Prince Philip at left; granddaughters Beatrice and Eugenie just behind, and daughter-in-law Sophie, wife of Prince Edward behind them.

Perhaps royals like hats so much because they're easier to wear than a crown.

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