Carole Middleton is the Queen's Guest at Ascot

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Carole Middleton is the Queen's Guest at Ascot

Carole and Michael Middleton were invited to join the royal procession at Ascot this week, arriving at Ladies Day in a horse-drawn carriage.

The couple rode with Fitri Hay, wife of horse owner Jim Hay, in a carriage proceeding the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.

As special guests of the monarch, Carole – who had chosen an elegant champagne-coloured Catherine Walker suit with matching hat – and her husband spent the afternoon in the royal box.

There they mingled with the likes of Princess Anne– demure in a lavender-hued outfit - and Princess Beatrice, pretty in indigo. Courtesy: HelloMagazine. Click link below for full post.

Carole Middleton is the Queen's guest at Ascot - hellomagazine.com

Queen of Jewelry

Brooches, usually worn on the left shoulder, were a favourite for the royal and the Queen was believed to have over 100 in her collection. A selection that would go with an outfit were presented to her - usually three at a time - by her senior dresser and confidante Angela Kelly on special trays that once belonged to Queen Mary. The royal had a wide variety of different brooches which she often wore with her usual pearl earrings and necklace, including a spray of flowers brooch by the people and government of Australia during her Coronation tour of 1954./