Royal Ascot has released the carriage procession list for the fourth day of the five-day meet in Berkshire. The only members of the Royal Family attending the racecourse today are King Charles and Queen Camilla, who will be joined in the first carriage by the Lord and Lady Cavendish of Furness.
The second carriage will include Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah Al Thani, the Queen’s companion, the Marchioness of Lansdowne, and the Earl and Countess of Caledon. The third carriage will carry the Lord and Lady Bamford and Irish jockey Willie Mullins with his wife, Jackie. Lastly, the fourth carriage will include the Baron and Baroness Lloyd-Webber and Baron Benyon with his wife, Zoe Robinson.
The King and Queen will be joined in the first carriage by the Marquess and Marchioness of Salisbury with a host of royal faces sitting in the subsequent carriages.
It comes just two days after royal watchers were confused when Royal Ascot released a list of royal attendees on Wednesday, which included the Princess of Wales, which had to be corrected after Kensington Palace confirmed that she wouldn’t be attending.
It is not clear when the princess took the decision not to join the royals at the races but she was said to have been disappointed not to join husband William and the King and Queen at the famous sporting and social event in Berkshire.
Kate has been making a gradual return to public duties since it was announced in January she was in remission from cancer.
Her appearances have increased in recent weeks and she has attended three high-profile events including Trooping the Colour, the annual Order of the Garter service and a visit to a V&A storage facility in London.
But it is understood Kate is trying to find the right balance as she fully returns to public-facing engagements that have featured an element of flexibility since her cancer diagnosis.