Easter bonnets

They may have been thousands of miles apart but the Queen and the Duchess of Cambridge shared one thing today.  A taste in mauve hats.  Kate got there first as she went to church in Sydney, hours ahead of the Queen attending a service at Windsor.  But the choice of colour was almost identical.

The Duchess of Cambridge arrives for a church service in Sydney on Easter Sunday 2014

Kate teamed a lavender coloured fascinator with an Alexander McQueen dove grey coat while the Queen matched a lilac hat with a lilac coat.  From the sunshine of Sydney to windy wet Windsor, a regnant and a future consort shared a liking for spring colours.

The Queen at Windsor on Easter Sunday 2014

The other Windsor women didn't follow their lead with the Princess Royal in dark green and the Countess of Wessex choosing a cream coat with brown hat.  

The Countess of Wessex and her daughter, Lady Louise, at Windsor on Easter Sunday 2014

But for Elizabeth II and her granddaughter-in-law, the future was tinted with the first sight of spring even if the warm weather only touched one of them.