Pretty in pink! Queen waves happily as she arrives at Royal
Ascot alongside Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, despite Prince Philip's absence
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The Queen looked in
good spirits as she arrived accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall
Her pink dress and coat ensemble also delighted punters who
had placed money on her choice with bookmakers
Other royals to attend the race meeting included Princesses
Beatrice and Eugenie, both in hats by Nerida Fraiman
Hemlines will be policed by Royal Ascot's dress code
assistants who will ensure sartorial standards are met
Rules include knee length skirts, straps of at least 2.5
inches wide and big hats, particularly in the Royal Enclosure
One unfortunate racegoer, a man in a floral headpiece, was
ejected by Ascot's fashion police
The Queen cut a fashionable figure on day one of Royal Ascot
as she appeared in a fondant pink suit - joined by Prince Charles and the
Duchess of Cornwall, but without the Duke of Edinburgh.
Smiling broadly, the monarch made her traditional appearance
on the race track in an open landau carriage pulled by four grey horses,
greeted by loud cheers from an adoring crowd of racegoers.
But the bookies weren't smiling so much, having to pay out
to punters who guessed the Queen would be wearing pink and those who guessed
she would be wearing peach... because they couldn't decide what colour exactly
her suit was.
So in the first punter-friendly gesture of the Royal
meeting, they paid out in full on bets struck for both pink and peach. Alex
Donohue of Ladbrokes said: 'We're not going to pick fights with the Palace so
if they say it's peach we'll pay on peach. But it was pink to our eyes so we'll
pay out on pink too!'
The Duchess of Cornwall was her usual stylish self in a
pretty cream ensemble, while her nieces, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, both
of whom plumped for hats by milliner Nerida Fraiman, rode with their father
Prince Andrew in a carriage behind.