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Royals are famous for the love of hats but their hats don’t always love them back – as Queen Maxima of The Netherlands discovered yesterday.

Royals are famous for the love of hats but their hats don’t always love them back – as Queen Maxima of The Netherlands discovered yesterday.

The 44-year-old monarch nearly lost her plum-coloured headgear when a stiff breeze caught it outside the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Maxima is not the only royal to struggle with her millinery – here are our favourite shots of hats behaving badly.

Queen Maxima

Princess Diana looking cheeky.

Princess Mary losing her headgear.

Queen Elizabeth

The Queen.

Queen Elizabeth holds onto her hat.

Princess Marie of Denmark losing her hat.

And her veil!

Camilla

Diana and Fergie.

Her Majesty

The Queen

Queen Elizabeth II

Camilla

The Queen

Princess Beatrice’s royal wedding hat went viral for all the wrong reasons.

This hat didn’t win Beatrice any fashion fans.

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