Let's talk Ascot!

Camilla is not wearing a caftan; that's an A-line coat.

Mike Tindall looks so handsome. His nose job was great, and he's lost weight.

Where are Bea and Eug?

No black trans there=Ascot is cancelled!

OK. It's an A line coat that looks just a caftan.

I think Camilla looked good. I like her outfit and matching face mask.

I can’t stand Camila but she always manages to look good even when wearing gaudy pieces of jewelry.

It's because she has big hair. Large pieces of jewelry look best on women with big hair.

The Queen gave Camilla free rein of all the big jewelry pieces Queen Mary and the Queen mother wore that she didn't want, and they all look great on Camilla.

Stupid question, but: don't any of these people have to work? It's a Tuesday, for God's sake.

Yes, r7: Princess Anne got the day off from McDonald's, where she's usually flipping burgers.

They’re pigs at the trough, slurping up the public funds.

R8 I didn't mean just the royals. I meant all the other attendees who are there all dressed up like cotton candy / sugarfloss piles, on a Tuesday.

r10, almost everyone female in attendance has on a new outfit for this event, do you really think they went out to spend a few hundred to thousands of pounds only to forget to ask for the day off from work (if they work)? Yes, they took the day off for the annual race, not all that shocking.

[Quote]don't any of these people have to work?

Considering who these people are, I imagine quite a lot of business deals have some kind of origin at Ascot. The British are too polite to call it networking.

Ascot ain't no Aintree. I do miss the Daily Mail coverage of that spectacle, especially Ladies' Day. Incredible photos of the cavalcade of fashion disasters, flesh spilling from dresses, and mass drunkenness. Good times.

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Oops, I meant Kate.

Anyway, here is the original. I love it but wish the skirt was wider or higher. What the woman wore above was ust cheap and tragic but inspired by Kate's.

Kate looks fabulous.

Not from this year, that is from 2019. Just posted it to call out the lady that showed up in that home-made looking knock off.

Camilla talking about the Queen and her racing knowledge.

For North Americans not familiar with horse racing and social importance. I couldn't get over how 99% of Australia comes to a standstill on Melbourne Cup day in Australia. Those that don't show up styled in garish outfits, party at the office watching the horse race. Or do like we used to do, take whole afternoon off, go to an outdoor cafe/restaurant and proceed to get sloshed.

I'd love to see the guy on the left from behind in those pants.

By the by, I desperately want this outfit.

I don’t care what I have to do to get it!

When do the Duke and Duchess of York arrive? Sarah is my favorite.

So the queen got all those stuffy G-7 world leaders out of the UK just in time for the horse gambling to begin.

There aren't nearly as many fat cows in the DM article pics as usual.

It appears the HM didn't attend Ascot opening day due to a prior commitment -- meeting with the Australian PM. Duty above all else.

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Isn't it too hot for those suits?

Much better style by the commoners during today's event.

Ashcot, b'gosh!

Who knew Liza lovshs Wisconsin? She's practically Mid weshtern!!!

r26 Its wedding or funeral rules. You stop noticing it after the 4th double gin

The Wessex profile really is being stepped up, isn't it?

Kate's blue outfit from 2019 was a stunner.

It was interesting to see Andrew Parker Bowles as part of the royal party today. He’s aged badly though.

I think those two (Andrew and then wife, Camilla) were big boozers back in the day. Country parties, his affairs, her affairs. etc. So, not surprising at the outcome.

Camilla can thank Philip Treacy for the only nice part of her look. That dress is doing her NO favors. It looks unfinished.

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I just read that Ascot's dress code requires that ladies' dresses be below the knee. Zara's hems have been above the knee at both appearances and I've seen others with much shorter skirts.

R37 - I agree. The top bothered me but couldn't put my finger on it. It looks like a service worker's uniform. Like what a hotel maid would wear. The sticker even looks looks like a name badge.

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Where was Prince Andrew?

Sohpie's dress looks like a sack of spuds tied in the middle!!

Thank you, r41. Normally, I check the DM for it, but just assumed it didn't take place this year due to lockdown. Odd that it still was held.

I wonder why so few photos.

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The QUEEN has arrived on the final day of Ascot.

[quote] Where was Prince Andrew?

In the bushes of the local preschool.

Wow, listen to the cheers as the Queen got out of the car. I tell you, the Harkles seriously underestimated who and what they were dealing with.

The Cambridges, Beatrice and Eugenie were no shows this year.

No carriages this year either.

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R50 - that thread has already been posted.

[quote] Someone should start a thread or two on how deliriously happy the Queen seems to be lately. Her level of ridiculously unbounded joy is also being noticed by DM commentators - one poster actually apologized for being "mean" by suggesting he's never seen the Queen "laugh so much."

Prince Philip is finally dead. OF COURSE she's elated!!

Princess Anne always had a rocking body...

[quote] Princess Anne always had a rocking body...

Butterface.

The Queen looked good today. She's at her most relaxed around horses.

[quote] The Queen looked good today. She's at her most relaxed around horses.

Which could explain why she gets on so well with Camilla. (Could also explain the paternity of Princess Anne.)

R56 - Princess Anne resembles the Mountbatten side of the family. One of the most homely Queens ever was Louis Mountbatten's sister (the future Queen Louise of Sweden). The first photo is one of the "better" pictures of her.

Louise in old age. Anne looks similar.

Wow, Anne really does take after that side. Like Anne, Lady Louise was pretty in her youth, but didn't age so well.

2022.... Sophie Wessex wins hat of the day.

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where's Eliza Doolittle?

I wonder if Ascot would be this entertaining

Did Mike Tindall get some work done on his nose?

It looks better to me.

R62, Montecito. Failed experiment.

The Duchess of Cambridge was the height of elegance and serenity at Ascot today . She really wears clothes very well, and the overall effect is beautiful .

R66 JHC Kate reall knocked this one out of the fucking park.

Elegance personified. My ot quibble would be the earrings, which I think are only suitable for evening wear. She should hzveveorn the smaller pearl and diamond earrings Diana wore so often and that Kate has now.

But that's hairsolitting. She looks like something out of a film here.

And the skirt is ever so slightly transparent, and in the video you can see how beautifully the material moves against her legs.

The hat is divine.

This is one of Kate's best.

R64 Yes, a couple of years ago. He finally had it straightened out.

Why are you linking to an anti-gay website on a gay website?

Are you people even gay? Why are you here. There are a million straight websites to take that homophobic crap to

Meghan would've added some colour to this too white event. Did Andrew attend or is he still out with the COVID?

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Agree with all the comments about Kate at Ascot. I was kind of disappointed to see the brown suede shoes that she wore with the polka dot dress.

Dear Fellow Hairsplitter: I think I agree. I think she didn't want to do black or white shoes so opted for a black brown and white look.

It's not without its charm, on further prrusal.

However, the obvious choice that would have finished this off to perfection were spectator pumps.

She would have gotten the two-tone look more gracefully, and resurrected a look so tony, so chic, so elegant as to dwarf all those stiletto heels that all wear.

I have been bemoaning the loss of the spectator pumps and cloche hat for years.

Kate could have single-handedly resurrected this most classic of shoe with onecwesring at Ascot this week.

What a missed opportunity!

She looked fantastic, anyway, but just the same, the smaller pearl and diamond earrings and spectator pumps, and you'd have had a magazine cover for the record books.

Imagine what these pumps would have done for that outfit!!!!!!

JHC Look at Diana's legs . . . alas!!!!

That's a beautiful outfit on Prince Charles in OP. Who's his tailor i wonder.

I also wonder why DLers who post on fashion hardly ever comment on what men wear. Are you all drag queens looking for inspiration for your next getup? Or closet drag queens, pardon pun, or Frau adjacent, at the very least?

Can't be women since our sisters are into Cartthart and Birkenstocks.

In addition t o how great the clothes look, her smiling & laughing. lovely, so unforced.

One non-sartorial note from Ascot: Princess Beatrice exchanging an affectionate embrace with Uncle Charles, the York's sworn enemy now.

A marked contrast to sister Pss Eugenie, who allied herself with the failed Sussexes in a fury at the Wales/Cambridge contempt for Andrew and Sarah.

Kudos to Bea, undoubtedly with the support of the canny Edo, for reading the room correctly. I said it here first, and I'll say it again: Bea is being a given a shot at being brought on as a working royal. The deal is clear: you're on the side of the monarchy, or the Sussexes, but you can't do both.

Scroll down for the shot of Bea and Charles . . .

Not only in her attitude & behavior is Edo helping, but in her styling. She looks about 1.000x's better than pre Edo. Given him a gold star, I say!

Was that P Alexandra in the car with the queen?

I think Kate’s hat and the dots on her dress are brown, like the shoes. Her clutch is definitely brown. It’s a little odd, because the drown makes it reminiscent of the dress Julia Robert’s wore on Pretty Woman and you’d think she would want to avoid that association, but she does look fantastic. My gripe with the shoes is that they seem super inappropriate for walking in grass. I’m not sure whether the appropriate response is admiration or eye rolling. Sometimes I think her posture suffers due to the sky high shoes she always wears (which I am convinced she chooses to look even slimmer), but her posture looks pretty good in these photos. It really is a gorgeous dress and perfect on her. It’s a slightly understated look, but there is actually a lot of detail and the shape and fit really suit her.

Bea only had her daughter nine months ago and she's looked her slimmest for a few months now. And agree that her styling is at its best. Marriage agrees with her.

[quote] Beatrice exchanging an affectionate embrace with Uncle Charles, the York's sworn enemy now.

Hardly 🤣 she's kissing any royal ass she has to try to be in the inner circle. Foremost asses: that of Prince Charles and Camilla.

It looks like a very perfunctory royal greeting rather than a warm embrace.

^Jesus, talk of hairsplitting.

I didn't see Charles greet his own sister that way.

You don't get the significance of the gesture after Bea has started showing up at some carefully low-key quasi-royal events, do you?

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Edo is very easy on the eyes. Well done Beatrice !

I like the racing. Fuck the rest of it.

I see that most of the nag were watching the race form the infield. What an unattractive and poorly dressed group of woman. Within the Royal Enclosure only the Duchess of Cambridge looked great. Both the Princess Royal and the Duchess of Cornwall looked good for the ages. The poor Countess of Wessex needs to lay off the trifle.

British woman in general have the worst style. I still find them to be some of the most civilized people on the planet.

The beige dress she was wearing one of those days was the best I've ever seen her look. It fits her well and is not flowered or heavily patterned. If that was her husband's advice, she should let him select her clothes regularly.

Kate and TV Presenter Charlotte Hawkins win best dressed far and away.

Beatrice looked lovely.

Another of Bea...

Beatrice looked lovely. I think she appeared three of the four days.

Zara was very chic everyday.

Eugenie seemed not to be there. Maybe she is off to Portugal.

I didn't see Sarah Ferguson. She's my favorite. Damn that Andrew now that he's persona non grata.

Anne studying

What’s with the fit on Wessex’s dress?

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I know, poor Sophie. Her figure isn’t bad, it’s that she wears the frumpiest outfits. She needs a stylist. Camilla frequently dresses better than she does.

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Once in the stands or at a wedding, how the hell can anyone see around all those hats? And the men too with their top hats at Ascot.

Bea and Edo

Bea and Edo

Edo and Bea

Is this how regular Brits usually dress to events? When I see Royal events they all look so dowdy and dated.

Bea and Charles, Edo tipping his hat, Zara looks on...

Where is Eugenie? She and Jack seemed not to have been there any of the days this week.

Oof Bee looks huge and dour, but at least she put aside the chintz sofa look for a minute.

Sarah, Duchess of York where are you? I've looked and looked. You haven't missed in years. Must be that damn Andrew's fault.

Bea looks fab.

This is a fun event and people like to do it up. Either in serious fashion - which is scant as you can see - or exaggerated spring/summer attire. With HATS.

It's akin to a toned down version of drag.

Bayatress the Brown Noser and her little Italian.

Kate is chic in this polka dot number

Agree with the poster about the Princess Royal's figure -she re-wears items from the 1980s.

Diana showed up in polka dots too. Lookin' swell.

Kate and Diana together...

Big Willie

These people have to smile way too much. Think of the cheek wrinkles and crow's feet.

Chignon

Sophie

Brigitte, the Duchess of Gloucester (in blue), Princess Michael of Kent, and the Duke of Gloucester all rode in a carriage together.

Love Princess Michael. I read that she and Prince Michael who turns 80 are retiring from public life.

Prince Michael of Kent and Princess Michael of Kent at the Royal Ascot.

Peter Phillips arrived at the Royal Ascot solo, sans his new girlfriend, Lindsay Wallace.

Princess Beatrice and Edo Mapelli Mozzi rode in a carriage on day two.

As did Sophie, Countess of Wessex, and the Lady De Mauley.

They were joined by their husbands, Prince Edward and Rupert Ponsonby, 7th Baron de Mauley.

Princess Alexandra and Prince Philip's cousin, Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, joined Beatrice and Edo in the royal procession.

Camilla and Charles watched the horse races through binoculars.

Waity Katey paid off

Here are the Cambridges arriving via the carriage procession.

Peter Phillips

Peter and Zara

The duke and duchess of Montecito are missing out.

Looks like Eugenie, Jack and Sarah were no-shows.

I adore Lady Sarah Chatto’s looks. She keeps to a very narrow style: cashmere cardigan, pearls, full pleated skirts, hat with a downturned brim, neutral colors. Love it.

Edo and Beatrice looked smart and chic as they posed in front of a sculpture of a ram. The stunning piece of art was crafted by sculptor David Williams Ellis, who is also Edoardo's stepfather.

Sophie

Bea and Zara

Kate and Wills

Beatrice and Edo

That's a lot of dressing up for three-four days in a row. And super expensive too.

Kate has really upped her game. I wonder if showing Meagain how its really done is a tiny part of it. William looks handsome in that top hat. Bald or not,he just oozes masculine energy. Yum 1

Bea has upped her game too. She looks lovely. Edo looks good too.

R90 That picture of Charlotte Hawkins is from last year. Someone else did copy that dress this year, though, though less successfully.

Is that true, R148?

Here's one of Hawkins on Day FIVE - how many damn days does this go for?

r146 Not so much showing her how it's done as their people likely telling them they have to come out with a return to more formal and reserved than being just one of the people they had been pushing the last decade or so. . .

Honestly, if Harry hadn't gone American.. they would have had more of a fight, he could have pimped out his body to Iran and it wouldn't be as much of a snafu even with Ferdie 2.1 in tow.

Though, really, it's just the shift in the trends towards sociocultural conservativism even with a leftwing branding... it's a trend among many of the other royal families, too. . . though certainly a balancing act between remaining stately without crossing the line into extravagant or excesss.

From a psychological perspective, it reassures the public of control and security as the economic woes and shortages draw up greater associations with the past. For the UK, WWII is the fundamental root of modern British society... it's also the scar that stings, so nearly every hardship or conflict gets pulled back into this multigenerational trauma. Even if the kiddies are largely unaware they've inherited it. It's also the spot of the stronger royal family and rose up the love for the Queen... which we saw brought up again in reflections on the Ukraine.

And given she's on her way out.. this transition to the next will have to play into that quite a bit as to not be dragged down by the surrounding controversies..

albeit, no doubt there isn't some court intrigue as a continued part of the character assassination to thoroughly severe any future disputes... that's just standard societal practice . . . certainly not limited to royals but this machiavellian standard is necessary for good govt, even just the public figure of one.

The men all wear those same striped trousers. I wonder if they have multiple pairs or just wear the same ones every day.

R90 And deservedly so! Hawkins' outfit is a bit more in the ice cream lolly mode, but it works on her. Both women looked fantastic.

Sophie's hats were nice, and her colours are nice, but, like Meghan, she seems challenged by fit around the bustline.

And she could stand to lose a stone or so.

But, hell, the whole Ascot/Derby thing is so reality-challenged as to be fun just on that basis.

R90 Charlotte looks like a fashion wannabe and 'influencer'.

Agree generally with R150, but I suspect she thinks about it almost not at all. She and her husband are waxing--her father-in-law will become king and then her husband. She worked hard to create an image that was successful despite the trashing for years by the UK press and those jealous of her success or anti-monarch. She'll keep applying those standards as she and her husband maintain their popularity while Charles and Camilla's popularity slowly increases. Meanwhile the recent moves made by the RF were quite successful in putting the Harkles in their place, so the RF has a strategy in place. I think Camilla and Catherine are steadying influences so things like the freedom to visit the UK as desired and the available lease on Frogmore Cottage won't be removed.