Karl Ludwig Navy Honeycomb Coat and Rose Print Dress, Angela Kelly Straw Hat

This outfit sees an interesting change, as Her Majesty chose to have a different colour silk bloom placed in her hat to wear on different occasions.

The first appearance of this look was on 21 October 2014, when the Queen, along with other members of the Royal Family, welcomed the President of Singapore, Tony Tan Keng Yam and his wife to Britain for the first ever official visit to the UK by a Singaporean President.
The Queen chose this navy blue honeycomb coat with shawl collar and silk dress with a pink roses print on navy blue background, both by Karl Ludwig Couture, topped off with a navy straw creation by Angela Kelly, trimmed with a large pink silk rose to match the print of the dress. For this first appearance in this outfit, the Queen accessorized with one of Queen Victoria's diamond bow brooches:

A look at the dress:

The Queen repeated this look on 10 May 2015, for a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey to mark the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe (link to the Daily Mail article here). For this more sombre occasion, the Queen opted to have the pink rose in her hat swapped in favour of more muted white blooms, in the form of two silk lilies.

 

 

Sorry, I simply couldn't resist the Alice in Wonderland reference! ;)

 

The Queen wore the Cullinan V brooch:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angela Kelly Mottled Silk Flower Print Dress and Honeycomb Coat

Oh, I just love the shades of blue and lilac in this Angela Kelly outfit! The coat is in a pale ice blue honeycomb fabric, matched to a mottled silk dress with a flower print on a cream background. The hat is pale ice blue straw with a spray of pastel-coloured feathers to one side. On the whole, it's a look that just screams summer, and in fact its first appearance came at a Buckingham Palace garden party on 19 July 2010, accessorised with the Cullinan V brooch:

 

On 24 November 2010, the Queen selected it to conduct an investiture at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, during a tour of the Gulf States, paired with the Flame Lily brooch:

 

The Queen with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and Prime Minster of the UAE:

 

The outfit, both with and without coat, was worn again on 24 May 2011, when the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh received President and Mrs Obama at Buckingham Palace. The Cullinan V brooch was used again:

 

 

The look made another garden party appearance at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 1 July 2014, when the honeycomb coat was added against the chilly weather, jazzed up with the Boucheron aquamarine and diamond clips: