🎩 “THIS HAT HAS SEEN HISTORY… AND NOW IT WITNESSES ANOTHER ROYAL CELEBRATION.” — PRINCESS ANNE REVISITS A VINTAGE FAVORITE AT PETER PHILLIPS’ WEDDING Princess Anne surprised guests at her son Peter Phillips’ wedding by wearing a hat first unveiled 45 years ago, a piece long associated with some of her most memorable royal appearances. While it may have originally been worn to another high-profile event decades ago, today it carried new meaning—a bridge between royal generations. Observers noted that the hat seemed to capture both tradition and continuity, honoring the family legacy while making a subtle fashion statement. Its return on such a special day reminded attendees that some royal pieces are more than accessories—they’re witnesses to history.

Princess Anne is the queen of the rewear!

The Princess Royal, 75, sported a 45-year-old hat as she attended the June 6 wedding of her son, Peter Phillips, to Harriet Sperling at All Saints’ Church in Kemble, England.

King Charles’ sister wore a yellow hat with a tie accent that royal watchers identified as a true throwback, as it appeared to be the same accessory she sported for another special event in 1981.

That July, Princess Anne wore the yellow headtopper to the christening of her daughter, Zara.

For both occasions, the Princess Royal wore the hat with yellow outfits. She paired it with a short-sleeved yellow dress in 1981 and repeated the same color scheme for her son’s nuptials on Saturday, adding navy gloves, purse and umbrella in the rainy weather.

Princess Anne regularly tops the lists as the “hardest-working member” of the British royal family by count of official engagements, and she seems to apply the same philosophy to her wardrobe.

The royal has previously worn items like coats, dresses and suits from years ago, making sustainable fashion statements and perhaps inspiring younger family members like Kate Middleton to do the same.

Princess Anne was the proud mother of the groom over the weekend when her entrepreneur son Peter, 48, married his nurse fiancée Harriet, 45, in a royal family wedding.

The marriage was the second for both the bride and groom, and they tied the knot about two years after they were first romantically linked. Peter and Harriet sparked relationship rumors when they attended the Badminton Horse Trials together in May 2024 and announced their engagement in August 2025.

The couple married in the Cotswolds in a wedding attended by King Charles, Queen Camilla, the Princess Royal, her first husband, Peter and Zara’s father, Captain Mark Phillips, Prince William, Kate Middleton and more members of the royal family.

The celebration was a family affair as Peter’s teen daughters, Savannah, 15, and Isla, 14, and Harriet’s daughter, Georgina, 13, all acted as bridesmaids on the big day and carried Harriet’s train at the church ceremony.

Princess Anne and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, then threw a reception at Gatcombe Park, their nearby Gloucestershire home, welcoming family and close friends to celebrate the newlyweds.