Here are some photos from the last two days of Royal Ascot – Friday was Day 4, and Saturday was Day 5. Apparently, Friday was crazy-hot, and as you can see in the photos, King Charles looked like he was completely melting in his morning suit. Queen Camilla wore turquoise on Day 4, and “royal blue” on Day 5. Those look like her normal, dumpy housedresses and coatdresses. To her credit, Camilla always dusts off some major jewelry for these events though. On Day 4, Camilla wore Queen Mary’s diamond-and-turquoise brooch, which I don’t think much of. I’m not a big fan of turquoise in general though. On Day 5, Camilla wore Prince Albert’s sapphire brooch, a really stunning piece.
Meanwhile, Peter Phillips and his bride Harriet Sperling made another appearance at Ascot on Day 5. People are really obsessed with Harriet’s look here – she wore a lacy Beulah London dress, and remember, the founder of Beulah London came to Harriet’s wedding. The founder is also married to the Princess of Wales’ ex, Rupert Finch. This Beulah London dress retails for $1,570, and I have to imagine that Harriet is being given freebies at this point. There’s no way she could afford this “Kate Lite” wardrobe on a nurse’s salary, and god knows, Peter doesn’t have that much money. What else? Harriet carried a Stow London bag and she wore a Jane Taylor hat.
One of the most interesting things about Harriet wearing all of these “inspired by Kate” ensembles is that Kate is finally the one being copykeened, after years of obsessively tracking every single thing Diana wore and every single thing Meghan wears. And I’m sure Kate absolutely hates being copykeened, not least because… Harriet is actually doing it better. Harriet’s look and body is more suited to these clothes. Kate would have looked like a prissy doily in this dress.
Bonus: Zara Tindall in a custom Claire Mischevani dress with giant polka dots. Ugh.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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- Day 5 of 2026 Royal Ascot Featuring: Peter Phillips, Harriet Sperling Where: Ascot, United Kingdom When: 20 Jun 2026 Credit: Cover Images **NOT AVAILABLE FOR HELLO MAGAZINE**
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- Ascot, UK. 19 June, 2026. King Charles III and Queen Camilla during the Royal Procession ahead of the racing on Day 4 of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse.,Image: 1111237931, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no , Credit line: Bart Lenoir/Avalon
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- Ascot, UK. 19 June, 2026. King Charles III during the Royal Procession ahead of the racing on Day 4 of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse.,Image: 1111240558, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no , Credit line: Bart Lenoir/Avalon
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- Ascot, UK. 19 June, 2026. King Charles III and Queen Camilla during the Royal Procession ahead of the racing on Day 4 of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse.,Image: 1111243160, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no , Credit line: Bart Lenoir/Avalon
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- Zara Tindall attends Day Four of Royal Ascot 2026 Featuring: Zara Tindall Where: Ascot, United Kingdom When: 19 Jun 2026 Credit: Cover Images **NOT AVAILABLE FOR HELLO MAGAZINE**
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- Royals during Day Four of Royal Ascot 2026 Featuring: King Charles III, Queen Camilla Where: Ascot, United Kingdom When: 19 Jun 2026 Credit: Cover Images **NOT AVAILABLE FOR HELLO MAGAZINE**
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- King Charles and Queen Camilla on day 5 of Ascot the Royal Procession Featuring: Queen Camilla, King Charles III Where: Ascot Berkshire, United Kingdom When: 20 Jun 2026 Credit: Harry Schofield/Cover Images
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- Day 5 of 2026 Royal Ascot Featuring: Peter Phillips, Harriet Sperling Where: Ascot, United Kingdom When: 20 Jun 2026 Credit: Cover Images **NOT AVAILABLE FOR HELLO MAGAZINE**
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- Day 5 of 2026 Royal Ascot Featuring: Peter Phillips, Harriet Sperling Where: Ascot, United Kingdom When: 20 Jun 2026 Credit: Cover Images **NOT AVAILABLE FOR HELLO MAGAZINE**
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- Prince Charles and Queen Camilla present winning trophies at Royal Ascot Featuring: Queen Camilla Where: Ascot, United Kingdom When: 20 Jun 2026 Credit: Harry Schofield/Cover Images
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- Day 5 of 2026 Royal Ascot Featuring: Peter Phillips, Harriet Sperling Where: Ascot, United Kingdom When: 20 Jun 2026 Credit: Cover Images **NOT AVAILABLE FOR HELLO MAGAZINE**
Its always quite obvvious that the dresses Kate wears look far nicer on models & they now look nicer on Harriet as well.
Kate seems to select these dresses based on how they look not on wether they fit her body type.
Btw the fabrics of what Camilla wears seem quite thick for the weather & that front zip is a choice…
Ughhh, that damn front zip! I sometimes wonder if perhaps I’m being too nitpicky when I notice these things, but a front zip on anything dressy bugs the hell out of me! It’s a minor detail that can spoil a whole look for me, and Camilla is a serial offender.
Agree. Carole is another front zip offender
They’re not even interesting zippers! They could be, they are out there, but no.
Honestly, I’ll never in a gazillion years understand getting all dressed up just to sit in the stands at a horse race. And wear heels on grass? Who does that, outside of England??
To my mind, a front zip automatically makes it a housecoat. If you know, you know!
I fully agree with the housecoat assessment. Maybe Camilla declined a personal dresser and cannot reach a rear zipper? Shes nearly 80, I’m sure she has shoulder limitations. It might also explain why she wears weaker bust support garments… can’t get back there by herself to fasten a heavy duty support garment. Or just hates an underwire like the rest of us haha.
I dont care about Camilla but I dont mind the idea of any woman wanting to be comfortable at her own pony show, ya know?
Harriet wears clothes, clothes wear Kate. That will always be the difference.
She is desperately leaning into the royal thing and you know, absolutely challenging ‘the perfect princess ‘ TM. She’s being paid by brands because of her royal connections. Omg shocking! Isn’t that profiting from royal connections or am I totally wrong? Never minds, she a perfect white divorcee. All good. Unless perfect princess TM gets annoyed.
As is her husband. As is Zara. As is Mike. Idc. Let them get their bag. As long as they keep the sussex name out of their mouths, which Mike has been unable to do. The issue for me has always been the BM acting like Megan is tacky and profiting off the RF for selling cute jams and candles. Meanwhile, we got these people merching on the regular.
Sqiudgy and Jais that’s how we know it has to do with Meghan being an American woman of color and not because they honestly have a problem with her making money as a royal. They have a long list of white royals, born, married in and divorced, who they say nothing about them making their own money in part because of their royal connection, but as soon as the black biracial woman does it, there’s a problem. Everything they accuse Meghan of doing has been done or is being done by white people, in the family or out, yet there only problem is when she does it. Nothing she has done is wrong, the only thing wrong with Meghan when it comes to these people, is her race. This reminds me of how Bill Maher has a huge problem with Obama having a Presidential Center and wants to know why he has it and says the money could have been spent elsewhere. It’s always a problem when the person of color achieves what white people do and are celebrated for it.
Maher is dumb over the Obama presidential center but he’s questioning the cost ($860 million) not having one at all. But he’s not mentioning that it’s not just a presidential library/museum but really a whole community center. It’s an actual library—part of the Chicago public library system with a park, playground and basketball court. His digitized presidential records have been available at the Barack Obama Presidential Library in college park, md for years.
At squidly. Pete and Harriet are starting to look like a “work couple”. Are they in live or are these two people who both want more press.
Their honeymoon was too short. People gave his first marriage grief for being sponsored but i think this new combination will be worse. Especially with his sister being in on it.
Peter’s clothes never fit properly. It drives me bonkers. Sir, get yourself to a tailor.
@KC … His outfit looks like a last minute off-the-rack rental.
LOL! His pants look at least a foot too long! Couldn’t he at least pin them up?
It drives me crazy that it doesn’t matter where he’s at or what he’s being photographed for, he always looks like a little boy who found his father’s suit laying across a chair waiting to be taken to the cleaners. The suits are always too big, long and wrinkly, even at their wedding. I couldn’t believe that they had a magazine cover and no one bothered to make sure his clothes were sized properly.
Especially those pants that are six inches or more to long for his legs…
Ive always chocked peter’s clothes up to him being broad. How tall is he? I actually meant to look this up years ago because he looks beefy a good amount of the time.
I can’t imagine Kate is thrilled that there is a new shiny around.
Harriet does pull these looks off well.
Nor would Willy pose leaning into Kate or holding her hand like Peter is doing here. Yes, they’re newlyweds, but the chemistry is there.
Agree. Harriet pulls the look off because she’s healthy and has a bit more form because she carries some weight. Unlike skeletal and unhappy Kate.
I dislike the prissy, lace themed Hello Dolly look. Glancing back from the 1920’s to end of 20th century, fashion was much more fun, more fashion forward, with bold prints and geometric design and still gives people a freshness that looks modern. Unlike this uninspiring high collared, wasp waist, blow me away with a sneeze look that recent royals under 50 seem to favor. It speaks of fussy, nervous, and sclerotic mind.
I’d be embarrassed to spend that much money for this much tepidness.
I’d give you an upvote if I could, simply for the use of the word “sclerotic.” Both apt and erudite!
Harriet is also a woman who truly works for a living, has actual qualifications and does a real job. She has personal accomplishments as a nurse and a parent, so she exudes confidence galore! She earned her confidence unlike a certain lazy clothes horse!
Geuinely worried that Harriet is ticking off the keen one. Let’s see how long Harriet gets invited to these very public outings or the pressgoes on the attack.
It’s very lacy. Almost bridal. Reminds me of a blue lacy one Kate wore years back. But she does look good imo. She looks healthy and has a glow.
Don’t come at me, but I think they look better on Harriet because she looks healthy and happy and her smiles are genuine and her husband looks proud to be with her! If Kate was/had all of those things, she could wear the dress and probably look actually better than Harriet because of her coloring.
It’s Kate style but on a woman who looks healthy and happy. And that makes a very big difference. I like the fit on Harriet better.
Personally, I hate Harriet’s doily dress. And that pink purse does not go well with that dress and what looks like a reptile patterned shoe. Both way too informal for that type of dress.
For the very first time in this round of races, I think Zara looks pretty good. Much better than she’s looked in past days. This is the first dress without poofy sleeves. Personally, I like polka-dots, and they’re “in” for the summer ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Cam looks like the Horse that got the sugar cube; she has the *worst* “smile’. In that first pic, first thing that shot to my mind was the SNL skit: “Ooops! I crapped my pants!” Lolol
The bag and the shoes don’t work with the dress and hat – complete mismatch.
I personally like the pop of color that the purse provides but the shoes should have either matched the purse or the dress.
Agree, Harla. I love the bag. But the dress is so fussy.
I like the polka dot dress. It’s the hat that mucks up the outfit for me. Fascinators, to me, seem very slapstick—as if you’ve been hit in the head with a cream pie and it’s stuck. Or you’ve attached a satellite dish to your head. They flatter no one.
I’m with you on both points.
The shoes are apparently brocade Manolos at some exorbitant price.
I like Harriet’s and Zara’s outfits. King is always well-dressed. Nice weather.
Peter would look better if he wore the next size up, It looks slightly pulled
The dress itself is pretty, but the hat combo is giving Second Wedding in Texas circa 1982
I think if you had to parody the British reaction to Meghan, it’s like copyright infringement. Like, that’s OUR thing!!!! When you do it, it’s blowing the gaff, if I’m spelling that right. It’s dropping the mask. The merching and posing only works if it’s all from the same catalogue.
Harriet’s dress is lovely. It reminds me of Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady. Zara’s polka dots are not my cup of tea but she can wear anything because there is always the sleek, muscular body of a professional athlete underneath, and she beams at every occasion, which is always a good look.
British fashion designers have been so innovative and influential, it’s hard to believe that this is what the aristocracy and adjacent decide to embrace. I hate all these fussy dumpy dresses that look like a laundry bag with a belt – the droopy skirts, itty bitty handbags and prissy little hats. At least Camilla goes bold with her hats.
I don’t like the Beulah London dress or the too white hat. The shoes might have worked without the pink bag. It’s an ok look but she’s attractive and has a good figure. Zara’s look is pretty bad. It usually is. I love polka dots and I don’t like this dress without the belt and ugly hat.
Peter looks like an off-brand Ken doll.
I dislike Harriet’s (Kate’s) fussy style but she is pretty and everything looks much better on her than Kate.
I don’t know if Harriet’s “prettier” but she certainly looks happier and healthier.
Harriet better watch her back. According to the royal fashion bloggers her jewellery is from Pragnell. It wouldn’t surprise me she’s being paid to wear their jewellery.
Ok, no, no, and no.
Nice first: Harriet looks healthy and happy. That’s really nice to see.
Harriet’s outfit: if that dress cost over 1k, someone got a lousy deal. It looks cheaply made: the sleeves are an awkward length, the fabric is limp, and the whole front of the bodice and collar are wonky and don’t lie properly.
The shoes and bag are both wrong for the dress, and don’t go together either. It’s fine to play against the bridal look with accessories, but this was a random stab at that and it failed.
Zara: pixelated polka dots and her usual smugness — ok, whatever, royal D List.
QC Not-Diana: I can’t believe this cow is actually doing a worse job than QEII did at showing off these gorgeous jewels. QEII was always unimaginative, far too matchy-matchy, but at least the jewels showed to advantage.
Not-Diana would have done way better to just swap the two brooches for these outfits — each brooch would have shown to far better advantage against the contrasting blue than they do against the matching colors.
It takes real talent to make a jewel like the Prince Albert sapphire brooch look dull and insignificant! Yet she pulled it off. It doesn’t help that her ugly spirit shows so clearly on her face, but just looking at the fashion alone, this is honestly a crime.
Ah well. I know who to look to if I want to see a Princess who is always elegant, graceful, and beautifully put together, whether she’s wearing a t-shirt and jeans or the haughtiest of haut couture… she lives in Montecito. 😎💛
Yes! Swap the brooches! That would have been so much better! I was looking at Camilla’s various jewelry items & nothing really went with anything else, let alone her outfit. Bleh.
Oh, and one more thing: will someone please explain to me, what in the everloving crocodile hell is it, with this obsession all these women have with the damn sleeves puffed at the shoulder?!?
Is it some kind of secret sleeve tax on “royal” and royal-adjacent grifters on the public purse? THEY ALL WEAR THEM CONSTANTLY. Kate is the only one who often goes for sharp shoulders, on those eternal coat dresses (which is a whole other problem.)
I started noticing it first on Beatrice, because she wears them on everything, with high necklines, on dresses a size too small, and it’s terribly unflattering on her. She actually has a nice figure but she never dresses what she has to advantage.
Once Beatrice had sensitized me, I couldn’t stop seeing the damned puffed sleeves on all of them. Even Not-Diana’s cobalt zip-front house dress has the puff at the shoulder. It’s ridiculous.
Help me out here, folks — what am I missing? Why is this childish, unflattering style so widely loved in the UK aristocracy?
I don’t think it’s only the UK. Here in Canada I see loads of lovely frocks and tops and they all have puffy sleeves. In most cases it doesn’t look good at least on me. I’ve even seen jackets/blazers with a semi puffy sleeve and it’s awful. It’s only saving grace is that it’s not as pointy shouldered Romulan Star Trek uniform as Kate’s outfits.
It is probably another 80s revival, mixed with anime style with cute bows and shirt blouse collars. But it’s nice to have some whimsy in fashion again.
Yes, surprisingly good. And Harriet is a fool to bait Kate by looking better than Kate in any public event. And Harriet is a year or so older than Kate? Watch out, Harriet. You are in danger.
My Fair Lady 👰♀️
I’ve mostly found Harriet’s style pretty reasonable looking, though the blue polka-dotted tie front outfit from Easter was notably atrocious. This is pretty decent, though I’m not into the shoes. Her hats have frequently been quite meh, and I appreciate that she went in a very different direction from what she usually does (the small and mid-sized things perched at an angle,) and gone with a wide brim hat with an actual crown this time.
I actually kinda like Zara’s black and white look from the hips up. The skirt is so damned stiff on the scroll down.
Uh oh. This lady better enjoy the good media coverage now while it lasts because won’t be long until the green eyed monsters in that family start calling up media contacts to get out some bad press on her. Standing out is a crime in that family. She’s the exact type person to make Katey pants and her mother envious, not to mention Chuck and his Chick. Maybe then Peter will have some sympathy for what Harry went through watching media thugs tear his wife apart.
I find myself wondering what it must be like to marry into the BRF and suddenly be scrutinized for fashion and actions. What’s it like to suddenly have designers and apparel sellers approaching you with deals or free items? Do you go through your current wardrobe and throw it all away, or save items for when you are at home and no one sees you? Do you go through your closet putting things into one of two piles, one pile of for suitable for BRF, and the other not suitable?
Can you ever wear sweatpants ever again?
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m relatively new at following the royals. But what stands out to me is that Harriet and Peter look genuinely happy, with real smiles, and they truly enjoy being there. All the others look miserable with their partners and would rather be anywhere else. One snide comment. They’re holding hands – gee – where did they get that idea???
While I don’t care for any of these looks, what I will say about Harriet is that in the limited time we’ve seen her she seems to have better instincts for accessorizing and styling her looks. Yes this time she got it wrong – the shoes and the pink bag are wrong with this dress, but at least everything isn’t matchy-matchy, nor is she trying to create a monochromatic look with different shades of the same color that don’t complement each other. Unlike POW who can’t accessorize to save her life, can’t properly manage tone-on-tone styling, and who has the absolute worst shoe game I’ve ever seen (besides Katie Holmes.) I’ll take these snakeskin(?) shoes all day long versus those beige stilettos we see Kate wear with every outfit.
I’m sorry but ALL these looks are old and ugly, inclusing and especially the hats.
are we still pretending this woman is but a lowly active NHS nurse, putting in regular shifts?
I think Harriet looks good and quintessentially English- buttoned up, belted up, laced up, and she wears it very well. Not sure about her styling the pink bag and the shoes with the dress, though, but perhaps they are freebies or just simply her choice. Her purse and shoe game from what I’ve seen usually work better than here. I think she models this style well. Don’t know why Zara has this fixation with puffy sleeves, but they are really “in” now as has been pointed out. Zara has looked better lately- to my mind, she always looks stuffed into her clothes, and puffy sleeves do not help that look. I’ve always thought Camilla’s front zip dresses was probably a practical thing- they’re easy to get into and do up. I think the fit and flare silhouette suits her and looks good on middle-aged figures. I think Harriet and Kate are the pair for write-ups on “who wore it better.”
The only thing I can think of when I see these pictures is a bunch of silly adults playing dress up while the world is on fire. Like Nero fiddling while Rome burns. I could care less about rich privileged people dressing up to go to a horse race and spending considerable resources doing so because it’s part of the “job.” I’d rather see them at a photo op in a community garden, pretending to plant a vegetable because at least it makes them look somewhat useful.
Not a big turquoise fan either. This brooch was given to Queen Mary for her wedding in 1893 by her in-laws Edward VII and Alexandra.
Side note—Eugenie and Jack rode in the ascot carriage procession that day.
I thought they all looked rather church lady boring. I saw some influencers that looked amazing.