Photos: First Day of the Royal Ascot Horse Race
June 18, 2013
Racegoers walk along the street as they arrive during the first day of Royal Ascot, in Berkshire, west of London, on June 18, 2013. The five-day meeting is one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar. Horse racing has been held at the famous Berkshire course since 1711 and tradition is a hallmark of the meeting. Top hats and tails remain compulsory in parts of the course while a daily procession of horse-drawn carriages brings the Queen to the course. ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images ( 520676922 )
Anika Svenska laughs a she holds onto her hat as she poses for the media on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting in Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) ( Britain Royal Ascot )
Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Charles, Prince Of Wales attends day one of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 18, 2013 in Ascot, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse) ( 170798844 )
Prince Charles, Prince Of Wales attends day one of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 18, 2013 in Ascot, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse) ( 170798756 )
Jenny Hammond-Ediss and Alan Ediss talk together in the Royal Enclosure on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting in Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) ( Britain Royal Ascot )
A race goer hires a pair of binoculars from a stall holder who checks them on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting in Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) ( Britain Royal Ascot )
Belinda Strudwick poses for the media on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting in Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) ( Britain Royal Ascot )
Jospeh O'Brien riding Declaration of War (R) lands the Queen Anne Stakes during day one of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 18, 2013 in Ascot, England. (Photo by Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse) ( 170797641 )
Milliner David Shilling doffs his hat during the first day of Royal Ascot, in Berkshire, west of London, on June 18, 2013. The five-day meeting is one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar. Horse racing has been held at the famous Berkshire course since 1711 and tradition is a hallmark of the meeting. Top hats and tails remain compulsory in parts of the course while a daily procession of horse-drawn carriages brings the Queen to the course. ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images ( 520677364 )
Princesses Beatrice, right, looks at the crowd with her sister Eugene as they arrive by carriage for the first day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting in Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) ( Britain Royal Ascot )
Racegoers crowd around the parade ring as Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (2-R), Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall (R) and Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales (R) arrive in a carriage during the first day of Royal Ascot, in Berkshire, west of London, on June 18, 2013. The five-day meeting is one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar. Horse racing has been held at the famous Berkshire course since 1711 and tradition is a hallmark of the meeting. Top hats and tails remain compulsory in parts of the course while a daily procession of horse-drawn carriages brings the Queen to the course. ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images ( 520676835 )
A racegoers poses for a photograph during the first day of Royal Ascot, in Berkshire, west of London, on June 18, 2013. The five-day meeting is one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar. Horse racing has been held at the famous Berkshire course since 1711 and tradition is a hallmark of the meeting. Top hats and tails remain compulsory in parts of the course while a daily procession of horse-drawn carriages brings the Queen to the course. ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images ( 520676901 )
Two race goers are viewed though a gold crown gate on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting in Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) ( Britain Royal Ascot )
Bollywood actress Aishwaraya Rai Bachcan poses for the media on the first day the Royal Ascot horse race meeting in Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) ( Britain Royal Ascot )
Singer Katherine Jenkins arrives and poses for the media on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting in Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) ( Britain Royal Ascot )
Sophie, Countess of Wessex (C) attends day one of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 18, 2013 in Ascot, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse) ( 170797473 )
Jospeh O'Brien riding Declaration of War (R) lands the Queen Anne Stakes during day one of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 18, 2013 in Ascot, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse) ( 170797476 )
Stablelass Alice Claphan walks Animal Kingdom in the pre-parade ring during day one of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 18, 2013 in Ascot, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse) ( 170798870 )
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan poses for the media on the first day the Royal Ascot horse race meeting in Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) ( Britain Royal Ascot )
Queen Elizabeth II & Camilla, Duchess Of Cornwall attends day one of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 18, 2013 in Ascot, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse) ( 170798925 )
TV presenter and conservationist Anneka Tanaka-Svenska wears a hat designed by Louis Mariette during the first day of Royal Ascot, in Berkshire, west of London, on June 18, 2013. The five-day meeting is one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar. Horse racing has been held at the famous Berkshire course since 1711 and tradition is a hallmark of the meeting. Top hats and tails remain compulsory in parts of the course while a daily procession of horse-drawn carriages brings the Queen to the course. ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images ( 520677296 )
Princess Beatrice, right, and sister Eugenie stand during the minuets silence for race horse trainer Henry Cecil who died recently, on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting in Ascot, England, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) ( Britain Royal Ascot )
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