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BONNET PRINCE CHARLIE

A look at the heir’s host of hilarious headgear from 1951 to 2018

After Charles received feathered headgear in Australia this week, we look at the stranger titfers worn by the royal

By Danielle O'Brien and Amy Reading
11th April 2018, 12:27 am
Updated: 11th April 2018, 1:04 am

PRINCE CHARLES has put in plenty of practice for when he is crowned king – everywhere he goes he wears a hat.

This week the heir to the throne was given feathered headgear during a traditional welcome in Gove, Australia.
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But it is not the strangest titfer the royal has worn.

Danielle O’Brien and Amy Reading look at some of the others he has put on – and put up with.

1951

Knitting a trend
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At aged two, Charles made this knitting pattern for his hat a nationwide hit

1969

Prince-about-town
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The debonair prince-about-town in a play at Cambridge University

1969

Dustman at uni
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Taking up the role of a dustman in another uni role

1975

Fancy in fur
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Charles the wildlife patron royal can’t resist fur in freezing Canada

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1977

Chief Red Crow
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Being made a chief named Red Crow in Canada (again)

1979

Corks over crown
Forget the crown jewels – Charles will settle for corks under an Aussie hat

1980

Respectful in India
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Looking respectful with this head-covering for a temple visit in India

1985

Infan-treat
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For Charles, getting to wear infantry kit like this is the cherry on top

1986

When in Dallas
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When in Dallas, dress as a cowboy… or JR Ewing

1994

Fired up in Sydney
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The royal ear doesn’t quite fit into a fire helmet in Sydney

1996

Charlie’s chevrons
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1996

Get Uzbek together
Uzbek wedding gear in the year of his divorce

1998

Cool in Canada
Trying to fool punters into thinking he’s cool with a backwards cap in Vancouver

1998

Skiing in Switzerland
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When skiing in Switzerland, one does not do pom-poms

1998

Shakespeare in Edinburgh
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When in Edinburgh, dress as an extra in Shakespeare

2000

R-eagle in Guyana
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Hawk feathers set off sunglasses nicely in Guyana

2000

Prince of Wailers
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Bob Marley and the Prince of Wailers in Jamaica

2000

Tame in Trinidad
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The most normal hat Charles has ever, in Trinidad

2000

Hot in hard hat
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Full protective kit in a Swiss tunnel, including hard hat

2009

Two-poppy Prince
In Canada, VIPs get cedar wreaths and TWO poppies

2014

Sheikh it like a Saudi
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Doing the sheikh at a festival in Saudi Arabia

2014

Carlos the Colombian
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In a Colombian sombrero with a double-breasted suit

2017

Short-term solution
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The air to the throne pops into a school in Hertfordshire

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