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The Princess of Wales makes a triumphant return to Royal Ascot 2026<\/p>\n
Mark Cuthbert\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
They join the ranks of the well-spruced revellers who turned heads for all the right reasons yesterday when the inaugural style<\/a> idol of the event was, naturally, Zara Tindall<\/a>. The equestrian daughter of Princess Anne<\/a> put on a pastel-hued-to-perfection, puff-sleeved custom lilac ensemble designed by Rebecca Vallance. \u2018What I love about Ascot is that people still genuinely enjoy dressing for the occasion\u2026 It\u2019s one of the few events where style remains such an important part of the experience, and I think that\u2019s something worth celebrating,\u2019 said Vallance.<\/p>\n Zara paired the belted, scallop-hemmed lapel look with a coordinating Juliette Botteril wide brim boater which featured an intricate floral-inspired embellishment, a matching Anya Hindmarch top-handle bag and suede Emmy London<\/a> pumps. A staple attendee of the event, we\u2019ll no doubt be seeing much more of Tindall\u2019s winning racetrack-ready regalia as we head through the week.<\/p>\n Joining Tindall in the best dressed class of ’26 was the latest royal bride and Tindall\u2019s sister-in-law, Harriet Sperling<\/a>, who just last weekend tied the knot with Peter Phillips<\/a> in a custom lace number from Emilia Wickstead. For her first Ascot outing as Mrs Phillips, she chose a powder-blue button-down high-neck dress by Suzannah London which she paired with a floral-adorned saucer in a matching hue, icy sling-backs and an emerald clutch.<\/p>\n Another fabulous face in the royal carriage was opera<\/a> It-girl and Glyndebourne<\/a> chatelaine, Danielle de Niese. The soprano supreme was spotted tucked behind the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester<\/a> in the third horse-drawn cart next to her husband, Gus Christie. The former Tatler cover star looked quintessentially<\/a> leading lady-fabulous in a watercolour print dress, hitting the high notes of glamour with a swirling scarlet hat.<\/p>\n It was a decidedly dazzling debut day for the nation\u2019s favourite races. But, hang on to your hats (pun intended), there\u2019s still three more days to go\u2026<\/p>\n Stay tuned for updates on Royal Ascot 2026\u2019s best dressed guests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Princess of Wales makes a triumphant return to Royal Ascot 2026 Mark Cuthbert\/Getty Images They join the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,18412,56,54,55,307],"class_list":["post-645339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-paywall-exclude","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-web"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}