Best Hats Worn by the British Royal Family: Bold, Beautiful to Downright Ridiculous

Sophie, Countess of Wessex wore turquoise Jane Taylor to Ascot in 2013.

Princess Beatrice in ombré Philip Treacy for Royal Ascot in 2012.

A wide-brimmed cream Jane Taylor number for Sophie, Countess of Wessex at Ascot, 2014.

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge wore moss green by Sylvia Fletcher for Lock and Co. Hatters at Christmas 2015.

Back in 2011, for Kate's first Christmas Day church service as a member of the Royal Family, she chose a berry velvet hat designed by Jane Corbett.

Princess Diana wore scarlet John Boyd to a carol service at Guildford Cathedral in 1981.

The Queen in Malta, 1967

Princess Diana wore a fuchsia John Boyd cocktail hat in Australia, 1983.

Princess Beatrice in a Karen Henriksen plum cloche at the Epsom Derby 2013.

A mauve Stephen Jones cloche for Princess Eugenie in 2012.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall wore Philip Treacy for her wedding in 2005.

Princess Anne wore a tangerine polka dot scarf/hat combo at a charity event in Hyde Park, 1979.

Jane Taylor designed the straw cocktail hat for Kate's trip to church in the Solomon Islands, 2012.

It was a splash of Jane Taylor indigo for Zara Phillips-Tindall at the Cheltenham Festival in 2015.

Kate in scarlet Sylvia Fletcher for Lock and Co. at the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant in 2012.

Princess Diana wore a Kangol hat at an Italian naval base in 1985.

Zara Phillips chose wide-brimmed leopard print for Ascot 2007.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in teal Philip Treacy for a church service in 2007.

Princess Beatrice in a midnight-blue and cream Gina Foster cocktail hat at a church service in 2012.

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge wore cream Gina Foster for Zara's wedding in 2011.

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge wore a peach ruffle Jane Taylor cocktail hat at a remembrance service in Belgium, 2014.

Autumn Phillips in taupe Emily London for church at Easter 2015.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in a trusty Philip Treacy for Trooping the Colour 2015.

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in a black Tam O'Shanter for the Braemar Games in 2006.

The Queen channels Elizabeth Taylor in a yellow turban on a trip to Mexico in 1975.

Princess Diana at the Braemar Games in a Philip Somerville beret, 1981.

Princess Beatrice in sage and gray Stephen Jones for the Epsom Derby in 2012.

Sophie, Countess of Wessex in dove gray Jane Taylor for Ascot 2015.



The Queen in a Rachel Trevor-Morgan favorite, Wolverhampton 2014.



Zara Phillips chose gray felt Amy Money Millinery for the Cheltenham Festival in 2012.

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge in ice-blue Jane Taylor for Trooping The Colour in 2014.