© PA Images via Getty ImagesKing Charles III and Queen Camilla on day three of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse
Another day of top racing, another royal runner! The King and Queen’s hopes of a winner this week now entirely rest on his two Friday entries.
His first chance comes in the opening 2:30pm Albany Stakes with the aptly named King’s Prize. She’s raced once and won once and sits around 20/1.
Their second runner, Warrant Holder in the 3:40pm Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes, has a strong chance, currently sitting at 4/1 joint-favourite.
He’s won his last two starts and will be ridden by the excellent William Buick.
The King and Queen did have runners during the week, but their best-known recent royal success remains Desert Hero, who won the King George V Stakes at Royal Ascot in 2023.
The horse was trained by Queen Elizabeth II and rode by jockey Tom Marquand.
Zara Tindall described the win as “bittersweet” as the late Queen wasn’t there to see it.
“To think how proud and excited our grandmother would have been, the queen would have been. But to have a winner for Charles and Camilla, to keep that dream alive, was incredible. And what a race, asides all of that,” she said.