Red or yellow or pink or green, orange or purple or blue....?

Well the answer is the Queen wore none of the above this Ladies Day at Royal Ascot.

If you bet on Her Majesty to wear a predominantly white hat then the drinks are on you.

But while all eyes are supposed to be on the monarch's headwear, it's the choice of hat of her granddaughter Princess Eugenie which is likely to grab all the headlines.......

Fans of the turf usually put their money on which horse will be first past the post. Today, though, the big talking point at Royal Ascot will be the colour of the Queen's Ladies Day hat.

Although green continues to be the 7-4 favourite, bookmaker William Hill has seen a steady surge in punters putting their money on white.

So what colour will the world's most famous racing fan wear?

It wasn’t so much all hands to deck as all hands to hats as members of the Royal Family arrived a short time ago for day two of Royal Ascot.

But while the royal headwear stayed in place, one unlucky punter’s hat unexpectedly joined the royal parade as strong gusts of wind sent it flying onto the turf as the carriages passed by.

The Prince of Wales frequently berates us all about the harm being done to the climate by mankind.

It would appear one person who isn’t listening to Prince Charles' often dire warnings is his own brother, the Duke of York....

With the Royal Family in attendance, and the sun shining over a crowd of thousands, it really was a smashing, positively dashing spectacle on Ascot’s opening day.

While we’re lucky to be rewarded with the presence of more than two royals by the end of the five-day race meeting, day one usually attracts most of the senior members of the House of Windsor.

However, it wasn't quite the royal bonanza we've come to expect for day one of Ascot....

The distinguished architect whose designs for Chelsea Barracks were thrown out following private objections from the Prince of Wales has hit out at the "unconstitutional" behaviour of the future king.

Lord Rogers has also publicly suggested that Prince Charles' repeated interventions on a wide-range of controversial topics - from GM foods to alternative medicines - should be examined by a committee of constitutional experts.