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...Smoking. With that rich background, little wonder that last month 5,000 Britons who had reason to feel they would not be refused addressed to "His Majesty's Ascot Representative, St. James Palace" applications for admission to the Royal Enclosure at Ascot...
...placid Queen Anne got tired of bouncing in a carriage over Britain's heaths watching the gentlemen of her court chase deer. She established the Ascot racecourse so that she could sit in one place and watch the gentlemen race their horses around. In the 238 years since then (right up into last week), interesting occurrences have taken place at Ascot...
Charles James Fox, great friend of American independence, appeared at Ascot, they say, in a grey topper, and started a fashion that slowly took hold. In 1791 there was a celebrated running of the Oatlands stakes at Ascot. Baronet, owned by the Prince of Wales (later George the Fourth), won the race after London had gone almost out of its collective mind over the event. An estimated ?500,000 changed hands in bets, and the Prince picked up ?17,000 in wagers...
Victoria, not keen on racing, always kept up the tradition of royal sponsorship of Ascot meets. She once asked the midget jockey Bell how much he weighed. Staunchly, little Bell replied: "My master says I'm never to tell my weight." (He weighed...
Their pleas had been scanned by a battery of palace secretaries, then checked and passed on to Ascot's Chief Steward, the Duke of Norfolk. The Duke's appointed list was sent to the Lord Chamberlain, then the King & Queen themselves gave the list a final scrutiny. People who had been successfully sued for divorce (not those who did the suing) were ruthlessly weeded out ("The only time I remember to hate my first wife is Ascot Week," gloomed one Londoner who was divorced 30 years...