1 hour ago Ascot 2025: Royals feel the heat as they face 32C temperatures at Ladies' Day on hottest day of the year so far

New royal favourite Harriet Sperling joked with the King on the hottest day of the year so far as she joined the family at Royal Ascot for the second time this week.

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2 h. ago Daily Star super tipster Jason Heavey beats AI supercomputer bots at red

The Reach racing editor is on fire with his tips for the horses at this year's baking hot Royal Ascot after correctly picking winner after winner - even beating ChatGPT

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4 h. ago Two more winners on Thursday – here's my Friday Royal Ascot tips

Daily Star Chief Tipster Jason Heavey continued his good form with two winners on Thursday and he fancies star Irish filly Babouche to steal the show on Friday

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5 h. ago Prince William's emotional promise to Kate Middleton before she pulled out of Royal Ascot

Kate, 42, withdrew from the Royal Procession on the second day of Royal Ascot, with Buckingham Palace sources quick to reveal this was due to an administrative error.

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5 h. ago Royal Ascot provides free water but keeps dress code unchanged on hottest day of year

A crowd of 65,718 baked in temperatures near 30C which led the UK Health Security Agency to raise the heat-health alert level to amber

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6 h. ago Princess Beatrice shares a rare public kiss with husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi as temperatures soar at Royal Ascot

Princess Beatrice and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi packed on the PDA at Royal Ascot today, sharing a passionate kiss as they watched the races unfold from the stands.

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6 h. ago Get Louise Roe's Royal Ascot look with 20% off her high street red blazer dress

Louise Roe has firmly cemented her place on the Royal Ascot best dressed list with her structured red blazer dress - and it's available on the high street with 20% off

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6 h. ago Louise Roe's tailored midi dress nails Royal Ascot's dress code and has 20% off

Fashion expert Louise Roe secured her place on Royal Ascot’s best dressed list with a tailored red midi dress from Karen Millen – and you can still shop her exact look with 20% off

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7 h. ago Royal Ascot victory in Gold Cup brings vow to 'run naked down the track’

Jayne McGivern, who has championed the Derby winner Golden Horn since acquiring as a stallion, was overjoyed by his son’s success in the royal meeting’s signature prize

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7 h. ago Value Scope: Each way horseracing tips from Steve Jones for Royal Ascot Friday on ITV

Friday's features are the Commonwealth Cup and Coronation Stakes and our top tipster has found the value in four of Friday's race

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7 h. ago Trawlerman wins big one at Royal Ascot to claim coveted Gold Cup in record time

Trawlerman went one better than last year in the Gold Cup

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8 h. ago Royal Ascot 2025 day 3 results as Trawlerman makes all to win Gold Cup

Day 3 at Royal Ascot is up and running

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8 h. ago Royal Ascot winner survives late injury scare kept secret from punters

After Merchant landed the King George V Stakes, his trainer William Haggas revealed the horse nearly missed the race after coughing and slipping in the saddling box

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9 h. ago Georgia Toffolo shows off her 'most outrageous Royal Ascot look ever' as she wears HUGE feather hat for day three of the races

Georgia Toffolo showed off her 'most outrageous Royal Ascot look ever' as she arrived for day three of the races on Thursday.

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9 h. ago Kate Middleton Ascot confusion deepens as everyone misses key 'friend' detail

Princess Kate did not attend Royal Ascot with her husband, despite originally being listed in the carriage procession, but confusion has deepened after the attendance of several of her close pals

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9 h. ago Royal Ascot 2025 day 3 results as Charles Darwin lives up to his billing in Norfolk Stakes

Day 3 at Royal Ascot is up and running

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10 h. ago Royal Ascot 2025 results, winners, race card and latest day 3 odds

World-renowned five-day Festival begins in Berkshire

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10 h. ago Hundreds of spectators treated for heatstroke as heatwave strikes Royal Ascot

Racegoers were hot and bothered as temperatures soared during the horseracing festival

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10 h. ago Zara Tindall and Princess Beatrice steal the show at Royal Ascot after Kate 'error'

As day three of Royal Ascot kicks off, the royal ladies stunned in their glamorous dresses and race day best, despite the sweltering heat at the Berkshire racecourse

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10 h. ago Peter Phillips and NHS nurse girlfriend Harriet Sperling walk hand

Taking part in the traditional royal procession, Charles, 76, sat next to Queen Camilla, 77, in the first carriage as it travelled past packed stands on the Berkshire course.

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