Britain's Prince Andrew escorted a new female companion to Ladies' Day at Royal Ascot on Thursday. The prince was accompanied by socialite Goga Ashkenazi for the second day of the prestigious Berkshire horseracing event.

Britain's Daily Express newspaper reports Andrew and Goga spent the entire afternoon together in the Royal Box.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth and her granddaughter Zara Phillips showed off new hats at Royal Ascot on Thursday. The queen sported a wide-brimmed cream design with a chocolate brown ribbon for the second day of the prestigious Berkshire horserace meeting, known as Ladies' Day.

Zara, 26, opted for a racier leopard print creation complete with giant spiky bow.

The women in the British Royal Family upped the style stakes at the opening day at Royal Ascot on Tuesday with an array of stunning hats. Queen Elizabeth, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall and Princess Michael of Kent thrilled the crowds at the Berkshire racecourse with their stylish outfits as they entered the ground in the traditional carriage procession.

The queen, in shocking pink, was in the first carriage along with husband Prince Philip and son Prince Andrew. They were followed by Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, who sported an off-white dress with black embroidery, topped off with a feather trimmed hat, and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, who wore an elegant cream creation.

Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, suffered an attack of vertigo during the Trooping the Colour ceremony over the weekend. The duchess - the wife of Britain's Prince Charles - could barely be seen when she joined the British Royal Family on the balcony of London's Buckingham Palace to watch the event on Sunday, as she was standing well away from the edge.

While she would normally be expected to take pride of place alongside her husband at the front, Camilla, who turns 60 next month, cowered behind the group.

Britain's Prince Charles came face to face with the actor who portrayed him in hit movie "The Queen" on Wednesday. The prince met and shook hands with Alex Jennings at a charity lunch for the Actors' Benevolent Fund at London's Clarence House. The 50-year-old actor starred as Charles alongside Dame Helen Mirren's Oscar-winning portrayal of Queen Elizabeth in Stephen Frears' box-office smash.

Alex told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "I had wondered about whether I should come and people said 'of course you should.'

Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are to return to the estate where they enjoyed part of their honeymoon. The royal couple will plant a mulberry tree in the grounds of Hampshire's Broadlands Estate where they stayed back in November 1947, during a two-day tour of the county.

The estate, located in the small market town of Romsey, was owned by Philip's late uncle Earl Mountbatten, who was killed in a terrorist attack in 1979.