Flashback: Royal Ascot

Royal Ascot is a fun week on the Queen's calendar. The five day race meeting, held at Ascot Racecourse, gives the Queen a chance to indulge her passion for horses and gives us a chance to see a string of brooch appearances. She's based at nearby Windsor Castle for the week, arriving via a procession of horse-drawn landaus around the racecourse before taking her spot in the Royal Enclosure to watch the races. The meeting is held in the third week in June in the thick of the royal busy season, coming right after Trooping the Colour and Garter Day.

If you combine the multiple decades the Queen has attended Ascot, plus the multiple days each year, you get hundreds of appearances. That's far too many to attempt to cover in a flashback, so we'll stick to the line up from the most recent years (some previously appeared at the other blog). These all include the standard three strand pearl necklace and button earrings, plus a wide range of brooches.

 2006: Sapphire and Diamond Grapes; Australian Wattle; Jardine Star; City of London Lily; Queen Victoria's Bow 

2007: Six Petal Diamond Flower; Flame Lily; Pearl Trefoil; Queen Victoria's Bow; Flower Basket 

2008: Queen Mother's Shell; City of London Lily; Queen Mary's Russian; Jardine Star; Queen Victoria's Bow 

2009: Irish Blossom; Cullinan V; Queen Mother's Shell; City of London Lily; Sapphire and Diamond Grapes 

2010: Cullinan V; Australian Hibiscus; Carrington Sapphire Feather; Aquamarine Clips; Queen Victoria's Bow 

2011: City of London Lily; Williamson Pink Diamond; Queen Mother's Shell; Jardine Star; Queen Victoria's Bow 

2012: Brazilian Aquamarine Parure; Centenary Rose; Teck Corsage (without pendant chain); Amethyst Bouquet; Flame Lily 

Current Ascot Years:

2013

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019

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