David and Samantha Cameron, wearing a £200 maxi skirt from her own label, enjoy a day at the races in Gloucestershire

David Cameron swapped his signature shirt and tie for a trusty pair of jeans and muddy trainers as he attended the races earlier today.

Walking arm in arm with wife Samantha, 52, the British Foreign Secretary braved the cold today to attend Cocklebarrow races near Gloucestershire.

The former prime minister, who appears to be enjoying political life again, walked into the event with his wife of 27 years.

The pair exchanged cheerful glances as they strolled through the muddy field.

Samantha looked stylish in a £200 corduroy maxi skirt from her brand Cefinn, with contrast stitching.

Ms Cameron completed the look with a chic oversized blazer and a pair of statement gold hoops.

Meanwhile, David kept it simple and opted for a chocolate-colored hunting jacket with jeans.

The Cameron's would have enjoyed a busy day at the Cocklebarrow races, which included pony racing and P2P racing, and also had a shopping market to browse.

Last month the ex-prime minister revealed his return to politics came after Rishi Sunak refused to let him leave Downing Street when the pair met for drinks.

Lord Cameron made a shock return to Cabinet in November when the Prime Minister appointed him Foreign Secretary as part of his reshuffle.

The former prime minister had enjoyed a drink with Mr Sunak in his flat above Number 10 a week earlier, at what he thought was a meeting designed to rack his brains for friendly advice.

But he was blindsided when the Prime Minister refused to let him leave and instead offered him a return to frontline politics, seven years after he resigned.

Lord Cameron told it Sunday Telegraph: 'He asked my advice about certain things, we were talking about things in general, and I kept grabbing my coat and saying, 'Well, I have to go, I've taken up way too much of your time.' He kept saying, 'No, no, sit down, there's something else I want to ask you.'

Ultimately, Mr Sunak asked him to return as Foreign Secretary and although he was surprised by the directness with which he wanted to say 'yes', Lord Cameron asked if he could think about the decision with his wife Samantha and their children.

It was a full-circle moment for Lord Cameron, who stood on the cusp of Number 10 in 2016 and hugged his family after an emotional farewell in which he announced he would step down as Prime Minister following the Brexit referendum vote.

In his farewell speech, he shared a rare glimpse into family life behind the famous door, with the children sometimes 'kicking the red boxes full of work'.

He recalled how his daughter, Florence, had climbed into his red ministerial box just before a trip abroad and begged to be taken along.

He promised 'no more boxes', so perhaps it was no surprise that 'there was a bit of eye rolling' when Lord Cameron asked his children Nancy (19), Arthur (17) and Florence (13) about his possible return.

'She [the children] were generally positive,” he said. “They know this is what really interests me and they have been very supportive.”

After getting the green light from his family, Lord Cameron told Mr Sunak he would take over the post and the two men agreed the outlines of a comeback deal.

Lord Cameron would use his network of contacts and status as a former leader to boost British foreign policy.

In return, he would drop his lucrative and controversial business interests and agree to toe the line on issues he publicly disagreed with.

Mr Sunak could not contain his joy and was seen rejoicing at the shock move to bring him back.

In a slick video released by No10, the Prime Minister was shown crowing about the fact that news of the ex-PM's return had not emerged ahead of the dramatic reshuffle that saw Suella Braverman dumped as Home Secretary.

Mr Sunak told Lord Cameron: 'This is somehow the best kept secret,' to which the former Prime Minister replied: 'Unbelievable.'

Not everyone was apparently happy with his return to Boris Johnson this month, who appeared to mock his return.

In a thinly veiled swipe at the Foreign Secretary, Mr Johnson suggested that Lord Cameron was a prime example of 'nails peeling from the lids of coffins' around the world.

Speaking to real estate agents in Ontario, Canada, Mr. Johnson said: “Look, I think this is great news for renewals everywhere.”

In his 2019 memoir For The Record, Lord Cameron revealed how he and Samantha had often argued about how his career would affect their private lives.

At the time, she was a 21-year-old art student in Bristol, while he was 25 and working as an adviser to then Tory chancellor Norman Lamont.

Describing how his friends doubted their relationship, he said: 'I was the ambitious Tory apparatchik. She was the hippie-ish art student.

“My friends would say she helped turn a fairly traditional Home Counties Tory boy into someone a little more rounded, questioning and open-minded,” Cameron wrote.

“But a lot of the discussions we had about politics were really about logistics, not issues. Samantha was very concerned about how this would affect our lives. Where would we live? How would we stay together? How much would we see of each other?'