Queen Camilla squeezes in trip to the races with quick flyover in royal helicopter

Camilla, who is patron of Jamie's Farm, kept warm in a forest green coat and fur-trimmed hat for the visit.

She completed her look with a pair of brown suede boots and accessorised with her black handbag.

She got into the action and was pictured taking in the races from the stands before presenting a trophy to the winner of the Johnnie Boden Backs Jamie's Farm Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase.

Camilla arrived at and departed the event in the royal helicopter, marking a busy start to the week.

Following the races, the Queen met French rape survivor Madame Gisele Pelicot at Clarence House, admitting she was "shocked" after hearing her story.

Her Majesty sat down with Ms Pelicot, 73, who was awarded the Legion of Honour in 2025, following her display of courage waiving her right to anonymity in France's largest rape trial.

Whilst sitting down with Ms Pelicot, Camilla said: "I've spoken to so many survivors, and I never thought I could be shocked by anything before, but I was shocked, speechless."

The Queen has a history of working and supporting survivors of sexual and domestic abuse and previously wrote to Ms Pelicot following the trial in 2024.

Her ex was jailed for 20 years for abuse that lasted nearly a decade.

The rape survivor has published her memoir, A Hymn To Life, where she described how phoning her three children with the news of what their father did was one of the hardest experiences in her life.

Ms Pelicot said: "I was well aware that for my children it was going to be immensely difficult."

She recalled her children's reactions, saying: "I heard my daughter scream. It was almost inhuman, that scream."

Her eldest son was in shock, while her youngest immediately asked how she was.

Ms Pelicot added: "They realised I was alone, and that I might do something stupid. For them, too, it was like an explosion."

She continued: "For more than four years, I carried this shame. And I felt that it was like a double punishment for victims, and a suffering we imposed on ourselves."

Ms Pelicot's lawyers gave her a week to decide whether to waive her anonymity, which she did the following morning.

Explaining why, she said: "I have never regretted my decision, not once. It was also a message to all victims who don't dare to do the same… It could give them some of the strength I found in me.

"Because within us we have resources that we don't even suspect. And if I was able to do this, all victims can too. I am convinced of this."

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