View the gallery We've got some no-names, a HERE IS MY NAME, some royals, and more of The Queen. Sigh. Royal Ascot, I shall miss your brightly lidded glories. [Photos: Getty]
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View the gallery Come for the outrageous lids; stay for how ADORABLY ECSTATIC the Queen looked when a horse she owns won the Gold Cup. She is TICKLED. [Photos: Getty, Pacific Coast News]
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View the gallery Today I need to celebrate the Britons' penchant for polysyllabic eloquence. From the Royal Ascot brochure: "Mrs. Gertrude Shilling was undeniably the premier indefatigable sartorial dame of Ascot." I don't know who she is, but I hope that is on her tombstone.
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View the gallery BEHOLD: CRANIAL THUNDER. [Photos: Getty]
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View the gallery Thank you, Australia, for having so many days of delightful hat-requiring events! We already covered Derby Day; now behold the Melbourne Cup.
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