Pale Pink Coat and Picture Hat, Rose Print Silk Dress

This look is comprised of a collarless, single button coat in pale pink silk crepe, a very simple picture hat by Angela Kelly covered in the same fabric, with flat crown and brim, whose only trimming is a wide band around the base of the crown, and a silk dress with naturalistic roses printed in shades of grey on a pale pink background. The coat is fully lined in the same silk fabric as the dress. Pink, and roses - what's not to love?

This outfit was first seen on 21 June 2014, Day 5 of Royal Ascot, accessorized with a multi-coloured diamond brooch in the shape of a spray of roses:

I must admit I wasn't totally in love with this look first time around, but when the Queen wore it again on 5 July 2015 to attend the christening of her great-granddaughter Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, I was sold! I was finally able to notice the clever detail of the coat lining, and I thought it was the perfect pastel hue for a summer christening. Plus, HM was the only lady to wear pink, and given it was a little girl who was being christened, you have to give her bonus points for that!

The Queen wore her yellow gold and diamond Singapore Peranakan Diamond Jubilee brooch for the occasion (Daily Mail main article on the christening here, on the Queen's look here):

 

 

 

The Queen wore the dress on its own to hold audiences at Buckingham Palace on 20 July 2016 (pictured below with David Hurley, Governor of New South Wales, Twitter link here). She wore what looks like her triple diamond bar brooch:

The Queen wore the same dress and brooch to attend a preview of the "Fashioning a Reign" exhibition at Buckingham Palace. Although the image was shared only on 25 July 2016 (Twitter link here), I'm inclined to think the visit took place on the same day as the private audiences, 20 July 2016: