Cheltenham Festival Ladies Day: The good, the bad and the bonkers - fashion stakes were high on day two of Gold Cup week

For the first time since 2019, Ladies Day returned to the Cheltenham Festival, stealing the limelight from horse and rider for one day only. The royals were out in force for day two of the racing, including Queen Camilla, Princess Royal and Zara Tindall in attendance.

Of course, fashion was to the fore with Camilla wearing a stylish Philip Treacy hat featuring feathers and a coat by Anna Valentine. Carole Middleton, the Princess of Wales’s mother, posed for a picture with Zara and husband Mike Tindall, along with TV actor James Nesbitt.

Guests invited to the royal box included the Queen’s son Tom Parker Bowles, daughter Laura Lopes and her husband Harry. The Queen also celebrated outstanding female sporting talent by meeting a group of trailblazing women.

Her Majesty spent time chatting to Natasha Hunt and Zoe Aldcroft, two members of England’s Women’s Rugby World Cup winning side, and Rachael Blackmore, the first female jockey to win both the Grand National and the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Camilla also spoke to jockey Aamilah Aswat, who became the first black woman to win a jump race in Britain when she triumphed on the 9-1 shot Guchen in a handicap hurdle at Kempton Park last month.

Take a look through our gallery to see just how fabulous the turnout was for what is dubbed ‘the greatest on day on turf’...