Royal Ascot is well underway, and betting closed early for guessing the colour of the Queen's hat at Ladies' Day (yesterday). The bookies are down thousands of pounds due to a palace insider having snitched that HM would wear brown. (See the Times article on the ten-year old tradition of betting on this essential detail.) One feels so sorry for them. Absolutely not cricket.
Mrs Edward Claridge (above right) is an Ascot Ladies' Day regular who's usually good for a laugh, while Ms Getty (left) favours unrestrained elegance. But my dear, something simply must be done about tradesmen advertising their wares (below left)... so dreadfully "non-U"...
To see more hats, take a butchers at the BBC website, or visit the Official Ascot Image Store, or alternatively listen to a midi recording of the evocative Ascot Gavotte from My Fair Lady.
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