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June 18, 2024. It was royal blue for Queen Camilla when she accompanied King Charles on the first day of the Royal Ascot in a long-sleeved cerulean dress and matching hat accented by neutral shoes ...
Take a look back at Royal Ascot with photos of the annual horse racing event from 1935 until now. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...
Royal Ascot, a race founded by Queen Anne in 1711, takes place each June at the Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire. Each day, members of the royal family attend, officially opening the event.
Royal Ascot evolved from the first four-day race meeting held at Ascot in 1768, although the meeting as it is known today only really started to take shape with the introduction of The Gold Cup in 1807. [17] Until 1939, Royal Ascot was the only race meeting held at the racecourse.
The race is now contested on the final day of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting. Prior to 2015 the race was also open to three-year-olds. It was restricted to four-year-olds and up when a new six furlong Group One race, the Commonwealth Cup , was created at the meeting for three-year-olds only in 2015.
Here, see all the best photos of the British royal family at the 2023 Royal Ascot: Day Five: June 24, 2023 King Charles and Queen Camilla were in attendance on all five days.
The Hardwicke Stakes is now held on the final day of the five-day Royal Ascot meeting. The leading horses often return to the venue to compete in the following month's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. The first to win both races in the same year was Aureole in 1954, and the most recent was Harbinger in 2010.
Here, see all the best photos of the British royal family at the 2023 Royal Ascot: Day One: June 20, 2023 King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in the first carriage for the first day of the ...