Prince Andrew's daughters watch excitedly as Estimate runs around the track
Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie look thrilled at the result of the Gold Cup race
The Queen, wearing a lavender ensemble, rode in the Royal Procession with her grandson Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn. who chose to wear a fitted green dress and wide-brimmed hat
The Queen was predicted to wear blue on Ladies Day, but instead she chose a pale lavender summer coat on top of a floral dress, with a diamond brooch and matching lavender hat with pretty summer flower embellishment, while Autumn Phillips looked delighted to be attending the event, and looked elegant in a mint-green fitted dress
Racegoers take photographs of the Queen, Peter and Autumn Phillips and Prince Andrew, as the Royal carriage procession arrives at the Parade ring outside the grand stand on Ladies' Day during day three of Royal Ascot
Queen Elizabeth II and Autumn Phillips arrive in the Royal Carriage Procession on Ladies' Day during day three of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse
While Her Majesty chose a purple summer coat over a floral dress, accessorised with a matching purple and summer flower hat and a diamond and purple gemstone brooch, Autumn dressed fashionably in a green bodycon dress with a large-brimmed cream hat.
Wearing black leather gloves, the Monarch waved to the waiting crowds as the carriage entered the parade ring.
Her daughter Anne shared the second carriage with husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Lawrence, Princess Beatrice and The Lord Fellows.
The Princess Royal donned pale blue and cream hat and jacket, while Beatrice looked stylish in a black dress with beaded detail at the neck and a tan-coloured hat, with a tartan blanket over her knees.
Princess Eugenie wore a pale silvery-white jacket and matching Nerida Fraiman hat over a turquoise dress as she followed along with The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and the Hon. Hugo Palmer.
Despite the grey skies, the racecourse was awash with colour as racegoers wore an array of bright hats and feathery fascinators. Although it threatened to rain as the Queen entered the course, the weather held off and the few drops of water didn't put off punters in the Parade Ring.
The Princess Royal looked demure in an off-white outfit while Princess Beatrice looked elegant in a black and gold dress and small straw hat
Princess Eugenie chose to wear white and green, while her elder sister Beatrice opted for an extremely sophisticated black and gold ensemble
The crowds cheer as the Queen weaves her way towards the Royal enclosure accompanied by the Duke of York, Peter Phillips and Autumn Phillips for day three of the Royal Ascot meeting at Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire
The Queen - an ardent horse-racing enthusiast who has herself owned 20 Royal Ascot winners - attends every day of the five-day Berkshire meet, travelling up from Windsor Castle every day for the 2pm Royal Procession.
Today is Ladies Day, which has always been an opportunity for women to really go to town in the costume department - without breaking the strict dress code rules enforced in 2012 that might lead to them being evicted from the Royal enclosure.
The Queen's sartorial selections have themselves been the subject of much excitement in betting shops across Britain, and she has now three times inadvertently foxed bookmakers by wearing colours they did not expect her to.
She has also been applauded by gamblers for wearing more than one colour in an outfit or hat, and even a shades of questionable hue, meaning bookies have had to pay out on more than one 'winner'.
Two of the Queen's children, Princess Anne and Prince Andrew, accompanied their mother to Ladies Day
The Royal party make their way towards the Royal box so the races can begin
Prince Andrew accompanies his eldest daughter Princess Beatrice to the Royal box, left, and the Queen looked to be in high spirits at the Berkshire meet, right
Crowds wield cameras and cameraphones as the Royal procession makes its way past the enclosure on Ladies Day
On Tuesday Her Majesty appeared in a pale pink ensemble, but bookmakers couldn't decide if it was peach or pink, so paid out on both.
Alex Donohue of Ladbrokes said: 'We're not going to pick fights with the Palace so if they say it's peach we'll pay on peach. But it was pink to our eyes so we'll pay out on pink too!'
Yesterday, on Wednesday, the Queen and her daughter-in-law Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, both opted for complementary shades of spearmint green as they rode past crowds in the Royal Procession.
But this time it was Her Majesty's jolly, multicoloured hat left bookies a little put-out.
Jessica Bridge of Ladbrokes said: 'We think Her Majesty is taking us for a ride. These double and triple payouts are giving us a major headache but the Queen is coining it in for her loyal supporters.'
Blue was the favourite to be her colour of choice on Ladies' Day tomorrow at 3/1, or 4/1 she would opt for a summery yellow number.
'It seems unlikely but it's 100/1 she throws us another curve ball with a patriotic Union Jack-themed hat,' said Ladbrokes.
Alongside the Royal family there was some celebrity royalty in attendance, too.
Princess Beatrice waves to the crowds as she and her aunt, the Princess Royal, make their way towards the Royal box
Princess Eugenie looked pretty in a turquoise dress and pale silver jacket and hat, accessorised with a small coral clutch and nude strappy sandals, while the Queen went for a lavender overcoat and floral summer dress
Princess Anne and Autumn Phillips walk through the enclosure
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