Sunday, 15 June 2025

Royal Ascot Carriage Procession (2025)

 

Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons


The Monarch & Consort normally rides in the carriage procession each day, with other members of the Royal Family and special guests. There are usually 4 carriages, each with 4 people. Those in the carriage were guests of the Monarch at Lunch at Windsor Castle before Royal Ascot.

Arrangement in the carriages procession is sort of by precedence. With more senior royals being in the front carriages. But they also try to balance that will spreading the royals out throughout the procession. (1st-3rd carriages towards beginning of week. 1st-2nd toward end. On rare occasions when royal attendance is very high we see royals in the 4th carriage. And when very low, just the 1st). 

Another important consideration is seats in the front facing rear vs. rear facing front. The rear seats facing front are more comfortable to ride in and are better photographed. 

The Carriage Procession begins at 2:00 PM. (Not every royal attending Ascot rides in the carriage procession. This is often because they have other pre-Ascot plans.)

Color Meaning
Purple Royal
Blue Extended Family

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Day 1 - Tuesday, June 17th
Carriage
Rear Seat (Facing Front) Front Seat (Facing Rear) 
1st King Charles Queen Camilla Prince Faisal bin Salman Al Saud 
(Horse Race Owner)
Lady Sarah Keswick
(One of  "Queen's companions")
2nd Princess Anne Annabel Elliot
(Queen Camilla's Sister)
The Duke of Wellington
(Family Friend)
The Duchess of Wellington
(Family Friend, former Princess of Prussia)
3rd Harriet Sperling
(Peter's Girlfriend)
Jill Horowitz Peter Phillips
(Princess Anne's son)
Anthony Horowitz 
(Author)
4th Henry Morton Jack Lady Joanna Morton Jack The Lord Vestey
(Son of Queen Elizabeth's former Master of the Horse)
Lady Vesty


Day 2 - Wednesday 18th
Carriage
Rear Seat (Facing Front) Front Seat (Facing Rear) 
1st King Charles Queen Camilla Prince Saud bin Kalid Al Saud Prince William
2nd Duchess of Gloucester Countess of Halifax
(Camilla's Former Sister-in-law)
The Duke of Gloucester Earl of Halifax
(Family Friend)
2nd Justin Rose Kate Rose William Boyd Susan Boyd
4th Lady Sarah Chatto
(King Charles's cousin)
Daniel Chatto
(King Charles's cousin-in-law)
Robert Harris
(British Author)
Gill Harris

Notes Day 2: 
Princess Kate was originally announced to be joining the procession in the 2nd carriage, but canceled last minute. This led to a number of changes in the carriage procession, including the removal of Lord Soames of Fletching and the inclusion of the Boyds, as well as the re-ordering of carriages. The original list is at the bottom of the page. 

Day 3 - Thursday 19th
Carriage
Rear Seat (Facing Front) Front Seat (Facing Rear) 
1st King Charles Queen Camilla Marquess of Salisbury
(Family Friend)
Marchioness of Salisbury
(Family Friend)
2nd Duchess Sophie Princess Anne Prince Edward Sir Tim
3rd Princess Beatrice Princess Zahara Aga Khan
(Horse Race Owner)
Edo Mapelli Mozzi William Haggas
(Race Horse Trainer)
4th Zara Tindall Alison Parente Mike Tindall William Parente


Day 4 - Friday 20th
Carriage
Rear Seat (Facing Front) Front Seat (Facing Rear) 
1st King Charles Queen Camilla Lord Cavendish of Furness Lady Cavendish of Furness
2nd The Countess of Caledon Marchioness of Lansdowne
(One of  "Queen's companions")
Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah Al Thani
(Qatar Royal/ Racehorse owner)
The Earl of Caledon
(Carried Northern Ireland's Standard at Coronation)
3rd Lady Bamford
(Family Friend)
Jackie Mullins Lord Bamford
(Family Friend)
Willie Mullins
(Horse Trainer & Former Jockey)
4th Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber
(Horse Race Owner)
Lady Zoe Benyon Lady Madeleine 
Lloyd Webber
Lord Richard Benyon
(Lord Chamberlain)


Day 5 - Saturday 21st
Front/Rear Placement will be updated after the procession
Carriage
Rear Seat (Facing Front) Front Seat (Facing Rear) 
1st King Charles Queen Camilla Mark Prescott
(Horse Trainer)
Lizzie Spender
(Horse Owner)
2nd Princess Eugenie Jack Brooksbank     Ed Walker
(Horse Trainer)
Mrs. Walker
3rd Lord Ashton of Hyde
(Master of the horse)
Lady Ashton of Hyde David Howden
(Howden's company is one of Ascot's official sponsors)
Fiona Howden
4th Rory Bremner
(Family Friend)
Susan Bremner
(Family Friend)
Nicky Henderson
(Horse Trainer)
Mrs. Henderson




The original announced list for Day 2.
This was scrapped due to Princess Kate's last-minute cancellation. 

Day 2 - Wednesday 18th - Original
1st King Charles Queen Camilla Prince Saud bin Kalid Al Saud Lord Soames of Fletching 
(Charles's Former Equerry)
2nd Prince William Princess Kate Justin Rose Kate Rose
3rd The Duke of Gloucester Duchess of Gloucester Earl of Halifax
(Family Friend)
Countess of Halifax
(Camilla's Former Sister-in-law)
4th Lady Sarah Chatto
(King Charles's cousin)
Daniel Chatto
(King Charles's cousin-in-law)
Robert Harris
(British Author)
Gill Harris



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