Horsing Around! Queen Elizabeth Smiles Big While Attending Day 5 Of Royal Ascot — Photos
June 21 2021, Published 1:10 p.m. ET
There she is! Queen Elizabeth finally attended day five of Royal Ascot to see her horse in action on Saturday, June 19.
The 95-year-old sported a mint outfit for the occasion — and she couldn't stop smiling!
Scroll through the gallery below to see the Queen's outing!
Last week, the Queen was unable to partake in the event since she was hosting events at Windsor Castle.
"Obviously the Queen would love to attend, as you know she's fanatic about racing, watching racing and breeding horses, and has been going to Ascot all of her adult life," the Queen's racing manager, John Warren, said. "So, it's a shame to miss an event. The plan at the moment is to see how it goes towards the latter part of the week and if the Queen's able to come because she's got runners, then, fingers crossed, it will happen."
"In the past, she would have gone and looked at horses in the paddock, even though they weren't hers because she is so fascinated in the breed so she'd want go and look at the stallion prospects of the future," Warren noted. "Every race that takes place every day of the week, the Queen will certainly read the Racing Post every morning, look at the breeding of all the winners the day before, and see that these stallions that she uses will be potential horses for her own mares. It's a deep fascination, a very broad escapism for all the other things that the Queen has to deal with in her life."
The monarch even got to meet jockey Frankie Dettori, who rode for her in the first race!
She never stops! Warren also gushed over the Queen's work ethic.
"It's remarkable. The Queen's energy levels are incredible. She's 95. She went down to the G7 this week, and trundled back on the train in the middle of the night and the energy will be raised higher again for a week like Ascot," he said.
Last week, Zara and Mike Tindall, Camilla, Prince Charles and Peter Phillips were seen out and about.