{"id":502732,"date":"2026-06-20T15:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T15:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/502732\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T15:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T15:55:14","slug":"prince-alberts-sapphire-caps-off-a-resplendent-royal-ascot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/502732\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Albert\u2019s Sapphire Caps Off a Resplendent Royal Ascot"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"QueenQueen Camilla attends Royal Ascot on June 20, 2026 (Aaron Chown\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

A glittering week at Royal Ascot wrapped up on Saturday with a final spectacular sapphire moment from Queen Camilla, a royal birthday celebration, and another charming appearance from the newest Windsor bride.<\/p>\n

\"KingKing Charles III and Queen Camilla attend Royal Ascot on June 20, 2026 (John Walton\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

For the final carriage presentation of the week, King Charles III and Queen Camilla were joined by the jockey-turned-presenter Brough Scott and his wife, Susan. They were followed in the second carriage by one of the Queen\u2019s companions (and member of the House of Lords), Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen, and her husband, Colin, as well as the Earl and Countess de la Warr, who own South Park Stud at their home in East Sussex.<\/p>\n

In the third carriage were Neil Wilson, chair of Australia\u2019s Victoria Racing Club, with his wife, Stephanie, and the King\u2019s Master of the Horse, Lord Ashton of Hyde, with his wife, Emma. Rounding out the procession in carriage four were Orlando Fraser, son of the renowned writer Lady Antonia Fraser, and his wife, Clementine Hambro, who is a great-granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill. (Clemmie was also, famously, one of the bridesmaids at Charles\u2019s wedding to Diana in 1981.) They rode alongside Barby Allbritton, an American friend of Charles and Camilla who previously served as the chair of the Prince of Wales\u2019s US Foundation, and Lady Weatherby, the widow of Sir Johnny Weatherby<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"KingKing Charles III and Queen Camilla attend Royal Ascot on June 20, 2026 (Aaron Chown\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

King Charles wore a gray morning suit with a pale blue vest for the final day at the races, while Queen Camilla wore a favorite royal blue dress and hat.<\/p>\n

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\"KingKing Charles III attends Royal Ascot on June 20, 2026 (Aaron Chown\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

The King\u2019s last tie pin of the week was a particularly appropriate one: a teeny bejeweled jockey riding a racehorse. It\u2019s tough to see, but I think the jockey is even wearing the purple and scarlet royal racing silks.<\/p>\n

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\"FranzFranz Xaver Winterhalter\u2019s 1847 portrait of Queen Victoria in her wedding gown (Royal Collection Trust)<\/p>\n

The brooch is a magnificent diamond and sapphire cluster, given to Queen Victoria by her husband on the night before their wedding in 1840. She loved the jewel so much that she classed it as one of the Heirlooms of the Crown<\/a>, a collection that passes from monarch to monarch for the use of the Queen.<\/p>\n

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\"QueenQueen Elizabeth II is pictured during a visit to the Prince\u2019s Trust Centre in Kennington to mark the 40th anniversary of the charity on March 8, 2016 (Chris Jackson\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

Queen Elizabeth II treasured the brooch for seven decades, wearing it on countless occasions during her record-breaking reign.<\/p>\n

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\"LadyLady Davina Windsor, the Duchess of Gloucester, and Harriet Phillips attend Royal Ascot on June 20, 2026 (Jonathan Brady\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

The King and Queen were joined at the races on Saturday by the Gloucesters, who were celebrating a very important family milestone: the 80th birthday of the Duchess of Gloucester. Birgitte wore pearls and her diamond and rock crystal circle brooches<\/a> for her big day.<\/p>\n

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\"LadyLady Davina Windsor, Harriet Phillips, and Lady Rose Gilman attend Royal Ascot on June 20, 2026 (Jonathan Brady\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

The Duchess\u2019s daughters, Lady Davina Windsor (in blue) and Lady Rose Gilman (in a green floral dress) were also present at the racecourse on their mother\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n

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\"HarrietHarriet and Peter Phillips attend Royal Ascot on June 20, 2026 (Jonathan Brady\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

As she did on her wedding day, Harriet appears to have worn diamond-set jewelry pieces from Pragnell at the races on Saturday. The earrings<\/a> and the ring on her right hand<\/a> come from the brand\u2019s Manhattan collection, while the tennis-style bracelet<\/a> features heart-shaped diamonds. It\u2019s tough to tell if the pieces are in yellow or rose gold; several are offered in both styles.<\/p>\n

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\"HarrietHarriet and Peter Phillips attend Royal Ascot on June 20, 2026 (Jonathan Brady\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

Peter, meanwhile, repeated an accessory from their wedding day: the Prince of Wales feathers tie pin that he also wore on his wedding day. This closer look from Ascot confirms the piece\u2019s design.<\/p>\n

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\"PeterPeter Phillips and Harriet Sperling are pictured after their wedding ceremony at All Saints\u2019 Church in Kemble on June 6, 2026 (Ben Birchall\/PA Images\/Alamy)<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s Peter wearing the same tie pin on his wedding day two weeks ago<\/a>. Surely this must have been a present from his uncle and godfather, King Charles III, during his years as Prince of Wales?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queen Camilla attends Royal Ascot on June 20, 2026 (Aaron Chown\/PA Images\/Alamy) A glittering week at Royal Ascot…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,146,85,46],"class_list":["post-502732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}