It was likely a coincidence she did not intend.
But when Queen Camilla put on a floral display at Ascot yesterday, it was in a dress called the ‘Montecito’ – the name of the celebrity enclave in California that is the home of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
The Queen wore the £1,150 blue iris-print shirt dress, by favoured royal designer Suzannah London, to watch her horse, Handcuffed, compete in the Princess Margaret Stakes.
She was left disappointed when the filly failed to place but was reunited with her former husband, retired military officer Andrew Parker Bowles, and the pair were pictured deep in conversation.
Neither King Charles nor Mr Parker Bowles’ new partner, TV presenter Anne Robinson, were at the event.
Queen Camilla put on a floral display at Ascot yesterday in a dress called the ‘Montecito’
The Queen was reunited with her former husband, retired military officer Andrew Parker Bowles , and the pair were pictured deep in conversation
The Queen wore the £1,150 blue iris-print shirt, dress by favoured royal designer Suzannah London, to watch her horse, Handcuffed, compete in the Princess Margaret Stakes
She walked the lawns chatting with jockeys and attendees during the prestigious stakes that first ran in 1951
The Queen presented The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes trophy to the team behind the winning horse, Simmering.
France won the stakes for the first time since 2006 with its horse Goliath and jockey Christophe Soumillon.
The Queen was photographed speaking with Goliath’s owner Baron Philip Von Ullmann as he held the golden trophy she had just presented him.
She walked the lawns chatting with jockeys and attendees during the prestigious stakes that first ran in 1951.
Goliath had 25-1 odds and the race favourite Auguste Rodin finished fifth.
Ascot describes the stakes as its ‘premier midsummer showpiece’ and the horses race over a mile and a half.
