she has a beautiful valentino couture suit. >> reporter: this is not the first royal wedding for phillip tracy. in fact, he has long been favorite of prince william's stepmother. tracy designed the headdress camilla parker bowles wore when she married prince charles in 2005. he thought of tying in the gold colors in the chapel. he first saw kate middleton on tv wearing one of his designs. she had bought it in his store. >> very, you know, low key. she will be fantastic for british fashion design. >> reporter: tracy's designed for armani, lauren, valentino. his head wear has been worn by royalty and everyday people. >> it's a symbol of positivivity. and there is nothing more positive than the royal wedding. >> reporter: he says the hat doesn't come alive until it's worn. i couldn't resist what do you think? >> looks pretty good. >> reporter: and you picked this color to completely -- this pops, this pops. >> yes. you know, you have very good coloring. you wear bright colors. and you know, not matching is the new matching. >> reporter: and tracy reminds us hats are not only for women. he is a sn

many of them were made by phillip tracy, the royal's favorite london hat maker. now i can tell you a little secret i've been keeping. when tim gunn and i visited phillip, we had an extraordinary run-in with none other than princess beatrice, fifth in line to the throne. today, she made news for wearing that hat, the one that already has its own facebook page, with tens of thousands of members. well, here's what happened. >> phillip, what can you envision cynthia in? >> reporter: oh, i love it. >> isn't that fabulous? whose hat is it? >> we can't tell you. >> beatrice, hello. a real life english princess. >> you know -- are you excited about your hat? >> i isn't seen it yet. >> reporter: oh. >> it's looking good. she trusts me. >> yes, i do. always. >> reporter: have you saved your hats? >> yes. i am a very lucky girl to have some pretty amazing hats. >> reporter: are you excited? >> yes, very excited. >> reporter: well, we won't keep you. thank you so much for talking to us. >> honor to meet you. >> reporter: and by the way, it turns out that fabulous hat i had on

next stop, the workshop of phillip tracy. the most famous hat maker in the world.aga to the duchess of cornwall. he made this hat for kate. the women in his workshop are burning the midnight oil. creating the confections that will grace the heads of royals and regulars when kate and william wed. >> everything is completely hand made. it's fun for us to work with kind of hard core english aristocrats where we can say, is there any possibility you can bring in some diamonds? and they do. >> how wonderful. >> reporter: this is for somebody for the royal wedding, in a navy satin. she's beautiful, gorgeous and -- >> has her own fashion company. >> reporter: yes. he's not allowed to tell us, but we think we know who he means. and what about the royal clientele? >> princess eugenie when she steps out of her tar with her dad at the wedding will be wearing this. and it's going to grow. we've only started it. >> reporter: so, back to catherine middleton -- >> she came here one day to have a hat made and she is very beautiful. more beautiful in real life. she will be a brilli

and the topper, and i do mean literally the topper, the superb phillip tracy hat.the royals. you will not take atnks away from kate middleton wearing this, but you'll feel confident and resonate your own personal style. >> can we have all three models is this this gives us a bit of a, and we do have a sense of kate middleton's style seeing this. she makes a statement. >> and she's appropriate. as you say, not trying too hard. that helps us believe her and her style. that's why she's the new style i icon that everyone wants to emulate. >> will we see this trance lasl across the pond? >> absolutely. >> thank you three. thank you, tim. >> we'll see this at the wedding. >> we will. >> thank you, tim. we have nick watt, bianna golodryga, they're going to find the secret london where will and kate are able to be themselveth. we'll have that and more when we come back. [ man ] before allegra-d, congestion from allergies shut me down. after allegra-d, i can breathe. [ female announcer ] for fast, non-drowsy, 24-hour relief from even congestion and pressure. [ man ] after a

reporter: as we have seen, sarah jessica parker, lady gaga, and kate middleton are simply mad for phillip tracy'se to wear a hat. >> reporter: why do you have to wear a hat? >> because it's tradition. >> reporter: now, you make hats for kate middleton. >> yeah. >> reporter: what kind of a hat would she be wearing? >> she's worn a hat like this. this is just a smart winter hat. >> reporter: that's great. >> i've seen pictures of her, this is wonderful. >> or something like this. which is a kind of a know modern deitrich or a french beret. pretty good on you too, barbara. >> reporter: i probably don't look like her, but thanks. next week's wedding will be kind of a fashion show for hats. >> a royal wedding like this only happens every 30 years so it's the ultimate hat moment. >> reporter: show me some ultimate hats. >> like this. >> reporter: nobody will be able to see from the pew behind me. oh, my goodness. i tried on quite a variety of hats. all of them distinctly and absolutely british. somebody has bought a hat like this? >> yes. >> reporter: how come the british wear hats, we don't? >> well t

that is a phillip tracy. very close to prince charles.se friend of prince william. >> and she is gracefully -- >> i think she looks fantastic. >> i do, too. >> someone who will not be dressed gracefully will be prince william. it's not as hotly anticipated. it's been announced he is going to wear the irish guard mounted officers uniform. he could have chosen among many military uniforms to wear. i'm going to bring in robert lacey, one of the most revered royal historians. covered the royals for 30 years. he has chosen the scarlet tunic of the irish guard. and not the r.a.f., for instance, the royal air force. >> he is in the r.a.f. at the moment. because he is a helicopter pilot doing rescue out in north wales. but he's wearing the uniform of the irish guard because he is the colonel of the irish guard. these royals, they get titles. they get colonels in charge of regiment. he is going to wear it perhaps because it will look good on the day. and he will match whatever his bride-to-be will wear, as well. >> and some members of the royal ai

the queen and prince phillip will be leaving the palace to william and kate and 300 of their closest friends to celebrate here all night. lynn? >> all right. tracie potts there for us in london. tracie, thanks so much. just a reminder for those of you at home, nbc royal coverage begins at 4:00 a.m. eastern and 1:00 pacific time right here on your local nbc station. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. surveillance video shows the dangers of clocking in for work inside an arizona prison when one inmate violently attacked a guard. the inmate's assault continued until he was restrained. he explained the unprovoked attack, saying that he wanted to stay in jail because he feared death threats from the mexican cartel. >>> a combination of heavy rain and a wet runway proved to be the ingredients for a rough landing in chicago. an inbound southwest airlines jet skidded off the runway after it touched down at midway airport. unlike a similar incident in 2005 when a 6-year-old boy was killed, there were no injuries on the plane or on the ground. >>> and we end with perhaps the nfl's top pick of the 2019 draft. this uta

tracy are there. along the route we want to begin, though, with mark phillips who is standing by outside westminster abbeye's a growing number of royal fans camped out there at what has essentially become a tent city. those die-hards were awarded this morning with a glimpse of the bride and the best man. >> yeah, they were. there's a ground zero in this event, this is it. the tent city has been forming for a couple of days now. probably 300 or 400. it will be well into the thousands by the time this happens dom. this may be the most coveted bit of real estate on the planet right now. people still trying to get in. they did get a glimpse of the royal party coming to rehearsals here. we're right across the street from westminster abbey and these are probably the best seats in the house, unless, of course, you're actually in the house. but this is where people will get the first glimpse of kate, of the dress, of everything that you've just been talking about with sharon osbourne. this is really where the festivities, the celebration, of course, this great marriage, really begins. erica? >> not a bad spot for

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