Great races, flamboyant fashion, pomp and ceremony are the heady mix that makes horse racing at the Royal Ascot a unique English sporting and social event. Ladies in stunning hats and frocks, gentlemen in their toppers, champagne and caviar - it all adds to the sea of colour and pageantry at the Royal Ascot, where glamour and spectacle play as big a part in the proceedings as the racing itself. All in all, a very 'British' day out!