![King Charles III and Queen Camilla are awarded the trophy for the King George V Stakes as owners of the horse Desert Hero on day three of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 22, 2023 (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-02-ascot01.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
Thursday was Ladies’ Day at Royal Ascot, and we were treated to fabulous fashion, a royal victory, and diamonds from the collection of the late Queen Elizabeth II. What a day at the races!
![King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive by horse-drawn carriage on the third day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting in Ascot, west of London, on June 22, 2023 (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-02-ascot02.jpg?resize=1200%2C798&ssl=1)
For the third day in a row, King Charles III and Queen Camilla rode in the first carriage in the traditional procession for their arrival at Ascot Racecourse.
![King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend day three of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 22, 2023 (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-02-ascot03.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
They were joined in the carriage by the King’s cousin, the Earl of Snowdon, and Sir Mark Prescott, a celebrated horse trainer.
![King Charles III talks with Francis Brooke on the third day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting in Ascot, west of London, on June 22, 2023 (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-02-ascot04.jpg?resize=1200%2C1800&ssl=1)
The King—pictured here speaking with Sir Francis Brooke, the Chairman of Ascot Authority (Holdings) Limited—wore gray for Thursday’s trip to the races.
![King Charles III attends day three of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 22, 2023 (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-02-ascot05.jpg?resize=1200%2C1724&ssl=1)
He secured his tie with a small pin featuring a cabochon sapphire surrounded by a quartet of small diamonds.
![Queen Camilla attends day three of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 22, 2023 (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-02-ascot06.jpg?resize=1200%2C1800&ssl=1)
Queen Camilla again turned to two of her go-to fashion sources, the designer Anna Valentine and the milliner Philip Treacy, to create her mint green Ascot ensemble for Thursday.
![Queen Camilla attends day three of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 22, 2023 (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-02-ascot07.jpg?resize=1200%2C1587&ssl=1)
With the coat dress and hat, she wore pearl drop earrings with flame-shaped diamond studs and her four-stranded pearl choker with the round diamond clasp.
![Queen Camilla attends day three of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 22, 2023 (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-02-ascot08.jpg?resize=1200%2C1773&ssl=1)
But it was her brooch that caught the eye of so many royal watchers on this particular occasion. An official press release noted that Queen Camilla was wearing a “diamond brooch that belonged to Queen Elizabeth II.”
![Queen Camilla attends the Christmas Day service at Sandringham Church on December 25, 2022 in Sandringham, Norfolk (Stephen Pond/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2023-0108-camilla05.jpg?resize=1200%2C1599&ssl=1)
That press release offers us a little bit of provenance for a brooch that has been something of a mystery. Camilla wore the brooch last year on Christmas Day in Norfolk. There was speculation at the time that the brooch might have come from Queen Elizabeth II’s collection, and now we have confirmation that that is indeed the case.
![The Princess Royal, Sir Timothy Laurence, Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani, and Lord Soames of Fletching attend day three of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 22, 2023 (Kirstin Sinclair/Getty Images for Royal Ascot)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-02-ascot09.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
And speaking of the late Queen’s jewelry! The Princess Royal was in carriage number two on Thursday, riding beside her husband, Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence. Joining them in the carriage were Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani (the CEO of QIPCO, a major commercial partner of Royal Ascot) and Lord Soames of Fletching (who we also saw attending the races on Wednesday).
![The Princess Royal attends day three of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 22, 2023 (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-02-ascot10.jpg?resize=1200%2C1870&ssl=1)
Princess Anne wore her diamond, gold, and pearl earrings from Andrew Grima, plus a modern gold brooch with emerald accents.
![The Princess Royal attends day three of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 22, 2023 (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-02-ascot11.jpg?resize=1200%2C1675&ssl=1)
She also wore a triple strand of pearls—the same necklace that many believe was bequeathed to her by her mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
![Daniel and Lady Sarah Chatto attend day three of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 22, 2023 (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-02-ascot12.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
Two more Windsors were in the procession’s third carriage: Lady Sarah Chatto, daughter of Princess Margaret, and her husband, Daniel. They were joined by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen, a member of the House of Lords and one of the Queen’s companions, and her husband, Colin.
![Lady Sarah Chatto attends day three of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 22, 2023 (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-02-ascot13.jpg?resize=1200%2C1623&ssl=1)
Lady Sarah is always one of the most elegantly-dressed women of the family, and her appearance on Thursday at Ascot didn’t disappoint. She wore a pearl necklace with a special pair of diamond and pearl drop earrings. The earrings belonged to Princess Margaret, and Sarah wore them on her wedding day in 1994.
![Lady Carolyn Warren, Rachel Hood, John Warren, and John Gosden attend day three of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 22, 2023 (Kirstin Sinclair/Getty Images for Royal Ascot)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-02-ascot14.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
The fourth carriage brought along several prominent members of the racing world. The King’s racing advisor, John Warren, was there with his wife, Lady Carolyn Warren (daughter of the 7th Earl of Carnarvon, better known as Queen Elizabeth II’s friend “Porchey”). They rode alongside racehorse trainer John Gosden and his wife, the lawyer and racehorse owner Rachel Hood.
Several members of the royal family opted to skip the carriages and head directly to the racecourse. The Duchess of Edinburgh attended Thursday’s races with her father, Christopher Rhys-Jones. (He’s a spry 92 years old!)
Sophie wore a colorful Suzannah dress with a pansy print for Thursday’s outing.
She accessorized with pieces from her collection of jewels set with bright blue gemstones.
Also in the parade ring was Zara Tindall, who wore a lace dress with gold jewelry.
![Desert Hero, ridden by Tom Marquand (and owned by King Charles III and Queen Camilla), crosses the line to win the King George V Stakes during day three of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 22, 2023 (Alex Pantling/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-02-ascot15.jpg?resize=1200%2C781&ssl=1)
The day was a particularly exciting one for the new King and Queen, whose horse, Desert Hero, was victorious in the King George V Stakes.
![Queen Camilla and King Charles III cheer on their winning horse Desert Hero on day three of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse on June 22, 2023 (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-02-ascot16.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
King Charles and Queen Camilla were cheering him on loudly from the royal box.
![The Duke of Kent presents a trophy to King Charles III and Queen Camilla after their horse, Desert Hero, won the King George V Stakes on the third day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting in Ascot, west of London, on June 22, 2023 (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-0622-02-ascot17.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
Delightfully, they received their trophy for the victory from yet another member of the royal family: the late Queen’s cousin, the Duke of Kent.
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