COn his usual parade of eccentric and often bizarre chapels and fascinators, rivers of cocktails and champagne and the inevitable cream strawberry cups, The Royal Ascot It attracts all year all aristocracy and high British society. An equestrian event that dates back to the English eighteenth century and which you simply go to be seen. And so it will also be for the 2025 edition, which will be held today until Saturday 21 at the slopes ofAscot Racecoursein the Berkshire County, a few kilometers from London. Over 250 thousand spectators they will exceed the gates to attend the 35 races scheduled this year, including the Ladies’ Day Thursday. But despite the presence now confirmed by King Carlo, on everyone’s mouth there is only one name: Kate Middleton.
Will Kate Middleton also be there at the Royal Ascot?
A show in itself, that of Ascot, of which the Windsor are always the protagonists. Among them, Kate is certainly the most awaited, but her participation together with her husband William has not yet been confirmed. This is because the last few days have been quite heavy for Middleton. After the Trooping The Color last Saturday and the parade for the Garter Day Yesterday, the Wales Princess is resting little. The doctors who still have the princess for cancer diagnosticate last year, always advise them to let a few days pass between one commitment and another. But how can Ascot get lost?
Kate Middleton is allergic to horses
It is known that the princess is not particularly enthusiastic about the event: years ago, to those who asked her why she had never played pole, Middleton had revealed that she suffered from an allergy to horses, so much so that she had expressed her intention to undergo immunotherapy. Last year, in the middle of the care, Kate had however been forced to give up the annual appointment. In his place he had gone William, who with Camilla had made the place of the king left at homehe too sick. However, the cousins, the princesses Beatrice, Eugenia, and Zara Tindall, had thought to live the presence of the Royal in the stands.
Carlo and Camilla confirm: they will go there every day
In one of the races scheduled this afternoon in the Ascot racecourse will also compete Reaching Highone of the horses of the teams of King Carlo, raised by Elizabeth II. And the sovereign confirmed: the 2025 edition will see him every day in the exclusive Royal Box together with Camilla. A surprise that surprised those who know him well, considering that, until a few years ago, Carlo had not seemed particularly excited to have to continue the tradition started by the mother.
Princess Kate in Ascot in June 2016 (Getty Images)
The unexpected conversion of King Carlo
Unlike Elisabetta II, not only passionate about riding but also a real authority in terms of thoroughbred farms intended for competitions, at first the son Carlo had shown a certain disinterest in the champions inherited from his mother. In the first months of his kingdom he had even decided to sell some of them, and the rest would have passed it to Camilla, who would have dealt with it just so as not to interrupt the tradition. Two years ago, however, at the first, exciting victory in Ascot with a horse trained in his Royal stables, Carlo’s attitude has changed. And now he can’t wait to be there every year.
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