Ladies Day at Royal Ascot...

We Brits are suckers for tradition, and none more so than Ladies Day at Royal Ascot. It's one of the events of the most hotly anticipated days on the racing calendar, and a day for all the ladies to wear their lovely and in many cases outrageous hats!  Every year I look forward to seeing what's in store with the head-gear, and this year did not disappoint.

Ladies Day saw a herd of fabulously dressed racegoers converge on the paddock, with bright hues, monochrome and cheerful floral print once again.  The Queen arrived looking cheerful in a pretty lavender hue accompanied by her grandson Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn Kelly who was radiant in an emerald green ensemble and cream hat.  Another royal to appear was Princess Eugenie who plumped for a viridian dress teamed with a delicate silver pillbox hat by milliner, Nerida Fraiman.

Some of the hats were lovely, some were like a piece of art, some were silly, and some were just plain ridiculous!  But it was all in good fun and done with humor, which is what it's all meant to be about.  So take a look at some of the looks on show at this prestigious British event.