top, left, before engaging in a fight with a fellow reveller as women, drinks and even a fence, right, became casualties of the heated tussle. Drinks were knocked off tables, fascinators were ripped off heads, and even a fence fell victim to the heated brawl at the racecourse. Two women became embroiled in a catfight as they tugged on each other's fascinators and fell to the ground, centre. Whilst things got off to a glamorous start with sartorially clued-up women, inset right, by the late afternoon proceedings had taken a boozy turn at Ladies Day. But it seems that the day's festivities got a little too much to handle for some revellers, who were seen stumbling barefoot through the course, taking power naps, inset left, and even engaging in some very frisky public displays of affection.
Her Majesty was also in attendance,
presenting the Gold Cup to winner Big Orange while her husband Prince
Philip recovered from an infection at home.
Ascot
is known for its drunken brawls; in 2011 a mass fight broke out on
Ladies Day, with top-hatted race-goers brandishing £98 bottles of
Laurent Perrier as weapons. One man was seen being held in a headlock
and members of a military band had to step in to stop the fight.
An Ascot spokesman said: 'It is disappointing when an antisocial small minority behave inappropriately.
'In
a crowd of 70,000 sadly such incidences are hard to entirely irradiate
but our staff and the police act on information as soon as they can.'
With
flowing prosecco and some high octane horse racing, it's little
surprise that spirits, emotions and tensions ran high at Royal Ascot on
Thursday.
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