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Hats may fall into and out of fashion but there’s one set of people who are always expected to top off their outfits with such style statements and that’s royalty. And as autumn approaches, a rather unexpected contender for royal hat of the year has staked their claim to the 2023 title. However, she has her dad to thank for her sartorial choice becoming public knowledge. As…

All eyes are on Sweden as King Carl XVI Gustaf becomes the first monarch in the country’s history to celebrate a Golden Jubilee. The King has another claim to royal history, too. The laws of succession were changed in the early years of his reign to allow his eldest child, a daughter, to become heir in the place of her younger brother. Carl XVI Gustaf has spoken of his unhappiness at his son…

It was a wedding for the history books as the King of Sweden ripped up the royal rule book that had governed marriages for centuries to wed his love. And the bride, the most talked about in the world, chose Marc Bohan of Dior to create her gown. It was an historic royal wedding which created a consort. When Silvia Sommerlath married King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden on June 19th 1976, she became…