My friend and former neighbour Marie O’Regan, who has died aged 97, was a milliner who created more than 250 hats for Queen Elizabeth II.
She was born in Istanbul, Turkey, to Krikor Delalian and his wife, Varbara (nee Zazikian). In 1927 her father and brother, Harutyun, moved to Paris and two years later her mother followed with four-year-old Marie and her sister, Aurora – only to discover that Krikor had died of tuberculosis.
