Pretty in Pink! Queen Elizabeth Stuns in Coat Dress With Matching Hat at Day 4 of Royal Ascot — See the Pics!

If you’re wondering why the queen likes to wear bright colored outfits, it’s because she wants to be spotted in a crowd. “She needs to stand out for people to be able to say ‘I saw the Queen.’ Don’t forget that when she turns up somewhere, the crowds are two, three, four, 10, 15 deep, and someone wants to be able to say they saw a bit of the Queen’s hat as she went past,” daughter-in-law Sophie, Countess of Wessex said in The Queen at 90 documentary.

Queen Elizabeth also likes to wear hats that match an outfit. “The Queen has always been aware that she needs to stand out from the crowd, and it is for this reason that millinery has always played an important role in her wardrobe,” Caroline de Guitaut, the curator at the Royal Collection Trust, once told The New York Times.

“[The hats] enable people who want to catch a glimpse of her to spot her immediately. Almost every hat she wears is strategic, ensuring her face is fully visible but also framed in a range of styles over the years that were often considered very avant-garde for their day,” de Guitaut explained.

The queen has donned so many colorful outfits over the years that it’s hard for us to choose which one is the best. She also looked pretty in pink when she attended the wedding of Lady Gabriella Windsor and Thomas Kingston at St George’s Chapel with Prince Harry in May.

Queen Elizabeth’s great-granddaughter Princess Charlotte might even grow up to copy the monarch’s bright wardrobe because she’s already acting so much like the 97-year-old royal.

“Charlotte is her mini-me,” an insider previously revealed to Closer Weekly, and said the queen is “confident that her great-granddaughter will grow up to be a great leader and role model” one day. We think so too!