Royal Ascot: Be careful girls... that's not a Fake Sheikh is it?

By Sophie Freeman

Royal Ascot: Princess Eugenie, left, with Princess Beatrice, the Crown Prince of Bahrain and Prince Andrew


You'd think Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie would be giving sheikhs a wide berth at the moment - what with their mother being so spectacularly conned by a fake one last month.

But the girls were only too happy to chat to the Crown Prince of Bahrain yesterday at Royal Ascot, along with their father Prince Andrew.

It comes just weeks after the Duchess of York was caught out selling access to her former husband to what she thought was a wealthy sheikh. He turned out to be undercover reporter Mazher Mahmood.

She was filmed by the News Of The World pocketing $40,000 (£27,600) in cash as a down payment for the £500,000 deal.

But luckily for the Princesses yesterday, Prince Salman Bin Al-Khalif was definitely the real thing.

They were joined by their grandmother, the Queen, who was applauded as she arrived at the Berkshire racecourse in a horse-drawn carriage.


In full stride: The Princesses walk to the Royal Enclosure, left, and then ponder which horses to back, right


Scam: The Duchess of York was filmed being taken in by The Fake Sheikh, Mazher Mahmood


Wearing a lilac suit and matching hat, she was accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of York and the Crown Prince in the first carriage, with Princesses Anne, Beatrice and Princess Eugenie following them in the procession.

The youngest princesses were wearing eye-catching outfits, with Princess Eugenie in a bright pink hat and her sister wearing a gold silk dress and navy jacket.

Celebrities enjoying the racing included actress Joan Collins, sporting a white Philip Treacy hat to set off her outfit of a floral turquoise and white jacket with puffed sleeves and a simple white dress.


Royal wave: The Queen arrives with Prince Philip by horse-drawn carriage for Ladies Day


Royal rider: Queen Elizabeth meets jockey Hayley Turner, right, who sports the Royal Colours on day three of Ascot


The Queen got into the spirit of Ladies Day in her own fashion, by picking one of the country's leading female jockeys, Hayley Turner, to ride for her.

Unfortunately Miss Turner, 27, did not take the monarch's highly-fancied bay colt Tactician to a win


Dressed to impress: Joan Collins wore a white Philip Treacy hat with a puff-sleeved blue jacket. Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts looked dapper in traditional morning dress with his wife Shirley


All white on the night: Television presenter Suzi Perry poses with guests from the U.S. Navy


source: dailymail