Tatler UK - 10.2019

Photographed by LARA ARNOTT

Tatler October 2019 tatler.com

‘THIS WOULD BE A FINE

place for a race,’ Queen Anne declared

on first seeing the land that, 308

years later, still holds a particular

fascination for the royals. This year,

there was splendour as the rain fell

and records were rewritten – Ascot is,

after all, still the finest place for a race.

It was a safe bet the Queen would

be the fashion frontrunner – but no

one could have predicted how strong

Her Majesty’s style influence would

be on day one. From Zara Philips’

indigo floral to Princess Beatrice’s

broderie lace, royals mingled beneath

a canopy of umbrellas in a spectrum

of blue – as per their matriarch her-

self, in pastel Angela Kelly. ]

Royal Ascot saw megawatt

glamour, record-breaking

form and umbrellas aplenty

Above, the Countess of Yarborough & Lady Brooke

Below, Johnny Weatherby, the Queen & the Duke of York

Ascot

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Charles &

Agnieszka Butter

Sophia Sackville &

Earl De La Warr

of

The Duke

& Duchess

of Cambridge

PHOTOGRAPHS: INSTAGRAM/@SOPHIASACKVILLE

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