A highlight in the royal calendar and social season, the annual royal race meeting at Ascot is a great British sporting occasion. It mixes top horseracing with extravagant hats, Pimms, champagne ...

With it, she wore her usual pumps, pearl earrings and a satin blouse in the same eggplant shade, complete with a cravat, or ascot-like tie. If there was a telling detail, that was it. The cravat is a ...