Royal Ascot - Day 1

Ascot makes for great photos, and the bright, sunny opening day is full of women making a big effort in glamorous hats and colourful outfits.
A lot of the week will be spent photographing the fashion, with today and Ladies Day on Thursday being the obvious highlights, but, outside of the racing, Ascot usually brings together a reasonable number of the Royals so it's a good opportunity to shoot the female ensemble wearing interesting hats and dresses.
Today Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie (second from bottom) were on show alongside Zara Phillips and the Royal Ascot regulars - The Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Camilla.