Funny royal hats!
The five day event, the Royal Ascot has started. All British royalties (except for William and Harry) were present and I noticed the funny hats worn by the British royalties. My God, some of them were hideous. Is that royalty fashion? Do they have a Blackwell for queens and kings? If not, they could sure use one!
Princess Beatrice and princess Eugenie. The second one is supposed to have gone to the limit on the matter of the skirt’s length. I guess they care more about etiquette rather than caring about those silly hats.
As I said, the skirt worn by princess Eugenie is considered too short for this type of event.
Camilla Parker Bowles. Still awful! That’s one silly and ugly hat!
This is Florence Claridge. She’s old and wrinkled and she’s wearing a very ugly hat!
At least they have a beautiful smile 
My God! Looks like a bunch of swans dropped their feathers in too many colors.
The herd! Front image
The herd, image from the back! Notice the big butts!
She’s very cute but the hat is just silly! It’s Jackie St. Clair
Ah, a modern dress and an old style umbrella. It’s Jodie Skyes
The queen, elegant as always! Her hat is really cute, not silly and not ugly but cute.
A classy hat but still I don’t like it. She looks too old with that thing on her head!
Uf, silly hat! It’s Zara, the princess, not the brand!
you are pretty ignorant…it’s been tradition to wear hats like that for centuries. have you ever seen a picture of the kentucky derby? probably not. anyway, besides the fact that you obviously know nothing about the culture behind the amazing milliner’s designs, you insist on making asinine comments on the wearers’ figures! ie, “notice the big butts”. you sound SO very intelligent making such observations!
Nope, not ignorant I just don’t fancy the hats. They are silly and weird.
Obviously, you didn’t notice the big butts! They may be royalties, but those hats are silly. Except for the Queen’s hat, all the other hats I’ve seen are ugly and I wouldn’t wear them in this lifetime, no matter what!
I love the hats! I wish our culture approved of such excellent displays of opulence and drama. You can’t even find hats like that in Canada. I would wear a fabulous hat to every event I would ever be invited to if I could. In fact, I’m going hat shopping right now
Cute. I know its not royalty but they remind me of Sarah Jessica Parker’s hat she wore recently.
…hahahaha. oh, internet.
Perhaps some traditions ought to be put to bed, commenter ‘a’.
I think “a” has a big butt !!!
silly harmless fun! I do love the bright colors, and the ladies certainly don’t seem to take themselves too seriously.
I wouldn’t dream of wearing any of these hats, but they ARE neat. As fashion accessories, they’re somewhat ridiculous. But as art, they’re pretty fab.
I love Jodie Skyes’ parasol. Minus the hat, I think the old-fashioned parasol + modern dress could be very cute.
Aah! These are so fancy and colourful…….
Tradition or not, you can’t deny how goofy those hats are.
I should have been a hat maker. Bet these foolish things cost a forture.
Poster A really was right, you are showing a tremendous amount of ignorance. The hats aren’t worn to the market to buy groceries, they’re worn as tradition to a specific event, they’re meant to be loud, extravagant and over-the-top, it’s a bit of fun! No the royal family do not normally dress like that and anyway Royal Ascot isn’t just for the royal family, all women admitted to the inner enclosure must wear hats and many outside of this area join in the spirit also.
At the end of the day how many celebratory outfits can you point to that don’t look a little silly taken out of context..a santa suit in august? The loud “patriotic” clothing of 4th July celebrations ?(yes dressing like a giant flag does make you look ridiculous and no painting your face to match doesn’t help you pull it off any better!)
And commenting on the size of someone’s behind really is juvenile.
hey sam, perhaps you and “a” should get married and wear heinous hats to the ceremony. relax… this article is supposed to be funny, and youre going all “politically correct” on it and sticking up for this horrid tradition. yes, it is tradition, yes it is often a display of over the top ugly hats. the point of the article is to show how wacko us brits can be and how funny these hats are.
go buy one of these hats at a flea market and revel in the fact that youre actually the ignorant one.
Well said Sam!!
Although I must say that I think Zara Phillps looks hideous in that outfit. Its not the hat that looks bad though its the skirt and blouse…..really unflattering.
Like de Sinatra song…” The way you wear your hat…no no the can’t take that way from me….
I love it all!!!
Hey at least the women are wearing dresses! Geez, we are such a jean society… and so what if they have a big booty… at least it isn’t a bag of bones… oh yeah, and the hats… they are fun… a different culture… here in the U.S. we look stupid when ball caps are worn sideways.. oh that is really fabulous and took a lot of effort.. oh and how about the stupid ass baggy pants… or womens guts hanging over their low rise jeans… maybe they should put on a dress.
Keep wearing the hats ladies…. it is comforting to know a lady still dresses like a lady in this world somewhere. I’m thankful I have eyesight to see such color and difference.
You really have no idea what you are talking about do you? ‘I guess they care more about etiquette rather than caring about those silly hats.’ ha ha ha!
I would love to have such a good social excuse to get dressed up and wear a crazy dramatic hat. Hats are awesome!
This is just like that time last October that all those kids started showing up at my door wearing all these stupid costumes. Did they think I really believed that was a ninja on my doorstep? Or a witch? Real ninjas are much taller! Witches don’t even exist! Stupid children dressing up. What were they thinking? I can’t believe their parents let them out in public like that.
Haha – too funny – Brit, you’re a dumbass. What do you think the Kentucky Derby hats look like? If you think these “heinous” hats are just a British thing, think again – it’s part of the tradition of the derby and ascot. Thanks for displaying your ignorance on the web – keeps the rest of us entertained.
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