Queen of the wear! How Princess Anne recycled a 1978 turquoise dress for Royal Ascot

Princess Royal pulled off the ultimate sustainable fashion trick this week when she attended Royal Ascot.

The royal, 72, dressed to impress in a pleased turquoise number when she was spotted by Berkshire Racecourse on Wednesday.

Eagle-eyed royal fans saw that the dress, which Anne wore with a white jacket, was actually a number she first wore 45 years ago, in 1978.

At the time, she debuted the dress when she and the late Queen Elizabeth II welcomed Botswana President Sir Seretse Kham and his wife Lady Khama to Buckingham Palace.

But the outfit looked as classy as it did decades ago when the Princess Royal stepped into the royal enclosure earlier this week.

The royal princess, 72, looked elegant in a turquoise number she first wore in 1978 when she attended the second day of Ascot on Wednesday (left, 45 years ago, and right, this week)

Anne looked elegant in the Tiffany blue A-line pleated dress and updated it with a white jacket and wide-brimmed royal blue hat.

Thanks to the well-chosen accessories, the look got just the right hint of vintage, without looking the slightest bit dated.

Anne was the epitome of poise as she was spotted in the royal enclosure, pairing her look with a triple pearl necklace and pendant pearl earrings.

She also proudly wore her Jockey Club pin alongside a turquoise brooch on the lapel of her jacket.

As the racing – and the champagne pouring – continued for the second day in the baking summer sun, royals arrived in abundance for the second day of action, including King Charles and Queen Camilla and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh.

Anne, an avid horse rider, attended the event for several days.

Anne updated with a Tiffany blue dress with white accessories and beautiful pearl accessories, with a wide-brimmed blue hat

For Ladies Day yesterday, she was dressed in a chic green lace dress and white hat.

She took part in the royal procession and sat in the second carriage with her husband Sir Timothy Laurence.

Meanwhile, the princess’s daughter Zara Tindall and son-in-law Mike skipped the royal cortege and went straight to the races.

Race organizers have paid tribute to Royal Ascot’s ‘biggest fan’, Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away last September.

During her 70-year reign, the late Her Majesty attended almost every Royal Ascot festival, with the exception of last year.

This year, the organizers have displayed a heartwarming collection of photos of the Queen visiting Ascot over the years.

The Princess Royal looked elegant as she wore the blue number in the royal enclosure on Wednesday

They include a black and white photo of the royal family riding the track in 1960 when she was 34 years old.

The mother of four was depicted wearing a headscarf and riding boots as her horse galloped down the track.

The Queen took part in an unofficial race with other members of her royal party and finished fourth.

In addition, the organizers also select a photo of the Queen beaming on Ladies Day in 2013.

The event proved to be one of the Queen’s most successful Ascots as her horse Estimate won the Gold Cup – making her the first monarch in 200 years to win the award.

The late royal was pictured beaming at her trophy, which was presented to her by her son Prince Andrew.

The Queen was dressed in one of her signature robe dresses in a pretty shade of purple.

Under her jacket, the queen wore a beautiful floral dress – which matched perfectly with the flowers on her hat.

The image shows the Queen wearing a three-strand pearl necklace – which she also wore to her last-ever Ascot in June 2021.