There were scenes of jubilation in Berkshire on Thursday after King Charles III and Queen Camilla recorded their first-ever Royal Ascot winner.
Desert Hero, trained by William Haggas and ridden by Tom Marquand, won the King George V Stakes by just a head.
Starting at odds of 18/1, Desert Hero was not fancied by many to win the race.
However, the horse showed a gutsy turn of foot, powering…
Amid a heatwave, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge made their 2022 Royal Ascot debut as they led the Royal Family in a procession at the iconic horse race.
The Duke was dressed in a top hat and tailcoat, while the Duchess opted for a polka dot dress by Alessandra Rich.
The Duchess of Cornwall spoke about her mother-in-law’s “passion in life,” horse racing, with ITV Racing on Tuesday, the first day of Royal Ascot.
Camilla agreed to sit down with ITV Racing to discuss the Royal Family’s connection to racing, and a snippet of the…
Royal Ascot: A history of the Royal Meeting which acts as the highlight of The Queen's summer
15th June 2021
Royal Ascot is a highlight of the royal calendar, and every June, thousands of people including the Royal Family head to the races. It is one of the oldest traditions for the royals, and has carried on throughout the global health crisis. In 2020, the meeting was held without any spectators. For this year’s event, up to 12,000 guests will be allowed to attend each day, as Royal Ascot is taking…
It’s famously one of her favourite times of the year and while the Queen can’t attend this year’s Ascot, she has made sure it’s got off to a very royal start by writing the introduction to the meeting’s racecards. Her words come as she misses…
The Queen had a good Ascot and so did the bookies, thanks in part to the now customary practice of predicting the colour of the royal hat in carriage number one. Betting on the Queen’s choice of topper is as much a part of Ascot as the royal procession itself and this…
As she celebrated her twentieth wedding anniversary with a day out at Royal Ascot with her husband, it appeared that the Countess of Wessex was paying her own tribute to her famous day as a royal bride. For Sophie was in white and black on her big anniversary, just as she was two decades ago when she said ‘I do’ at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor.
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As she…
Every picture tells its own story. In this occasional series, Royal Central looks at some of the most interesting regal images ever taken and today, it’s time to go to Ascot. The meeting, which takes place every June at the famous racecourse just down the road from…
It’s the hat that almost stole the show at the Royal Wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and now the man who designed it has revealed that it made as big an impression on him as it did on the rest of us. Milliner Philip Treacy has admitted that the reaction to…
Sarah, Duchess of York has been welcomed into the royal box at Ascot as a special guest of Her Majesty The Queen. The Duchess was joined by her daughter Princess Beatrice and her ex-husband, Prince Andrew, the Duke of York. Sarah was last seen joining the Royal Family for the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex last month.
After her marriage into the Royal Family in 1986 at Westminster…
