The late monarch was never happier than when she was in the parade ring or cheering on her runners from the Royal Box, and her appearance each year in the daily carriage parade – always in a brightly coloured outfit and hat – became a focal point of the five-day race meeting.
After her death in September, Ascot said: “The world of racing has lost one of its greatest supporters.”
This year’s event opened with big screens on the racecourse playing footage of her most memorable Ascot moments, prompting applause from the crowd.
The late Queen’s love affair with Ascot began when she was still Princess Elizabeth and she was a regular fixture from just after the Second World War to her last appearance at the Berkshire racecourse in 2021.
COLOURFUL CHARACTER
Her choice of outfits reflected the passing decades, from her postwar fitted suits to floral turban-inspired hats in the 1960s and 1970s. In later years, ensembles by her personal dressmaker Angela Kelly, always in a range of bright colours, prompted bookmakers to take bets on which she would wear.
Just as her outfits changed, so did her race-day companions, who included her mother, her sister Princess Margaret, her four children and her eight grandchildren, and Diana, when she was Princess of Wales.
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AS 'THE DIPLOMAT RETURNS KERI RUSSELL
ON HAVING FUN WITH RUFUS SEWELL, MEETING THE U.S. AMBASSADOR AND BEING STRAPPED TO TOM CRUISE
FROM HIS CHALLENGING CHILDHOOD TO HOLLYWOOD'S HOT LIST BARRY KEOGHAN
ON BEING DRAWN TO STRONG WOMEN AND ENJOYING LIFE WITH HIS LITTLE BOY
AS 'THE SUBSTANCE' IS RELEASED MARGARET QUALLEY
ON MAKING THE LEAP FROM BALLET TO HOLLYWOOD
BUSY MUM-TO-BE AND DUTIFUL DAUGHTER PRINCESS BEATRICE
TEAMS UP WITH SISTER PRINCESS EUGENIE TO SUPPORT THEIR FATHER IN HIS EXILE FROM ROYAL LIFE
CHAMPIONING WOMEN'S HEALTH THE DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH
HONOURS 60 YEARS OF GROUNDBREAKING CHARITY
AS ONE DIRECTION REUNITE TO BID FAREWELL TO FORMER BANDMATE LIAM PAYNE
HUGS AND TEARS AS MOURNING FRIENDS AND FAMILY SAY GOODBYE
CELEBRATING HER GAME-CHANGING NEW CONCEALER VICTORIA'S SECRETS
THE DESIGNER SHARES HER TOP SKINCARE TIPS AND REVEALS WHICH PRODUCTS HARPER LOVES TO STEAL
CHANNELLING MARY POPPINS TO CHAMPION LITERACY THE QUEEN
JOINS CELEBRITIES AND BEST-SELLING AUTHORS TO APPLAUD YOUNG WRITERS' 'ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT WORK'
CONTINUING A FESTIVE TRADITION - WITH A TINY NEW TREAT TO DELIGHT VISITORS WINDSOR CASTLE AT CHRISTMAS
STAFF DECK THE HALLS - AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ROYAL DOLLS' HOUSE
SNAPPING UP RECORD-BREAKING £60M MANSION IN MIAMI THE BECKHAMS
WE GO INSIDE THEIR BILLION-DOLLAR LIFESTYLE AS THE FAMILY PREPARE TO EXPAND THEIR BRAND