Is Royal Ascot Britain’s costliest race? Summer season occasion simply beats Grand Nationwide and Cheltenham for costliest pint at £7.60 whereas glowing wine prices £60 and magnum of champagne is £250 – how a lot does YOUR favorite drink value?

Racegoers at Royal Ascot face paying as much as £250 for a bottle of champagne, practically £8 for a pint of Peroni and £80 for a lobster platter this week, MailOnline can reveal.

Punters wearing gorgeous hats, summer time attire and good fits will endure eye-watering costs as they cheer on riders over the subsequent 5 days on the racecourse.

The most costly worth throughout all distributors is £250 for a 1.5 litre bottle of Moët & Chandon Rosé Imperial NV Champagne – which prices a mere £90 on-line.

Different sky-high costs discovered at Ascot embrace a 750ml bottle of Whispering Angel Cotes De Provence Rose for £75 – which retails at simply £15 through Ocado.

And a 750ml bottle of Chapel Down English glowing wine is on sale on the well-known website in Berkshire this week for £60, regardless of costing solely £30 at Waitrose.

For these simply wanting a pint of Peroni Nastro Azzuro, they are going to be charged £7.60 at Ascot – whereas a pint of Cornish Orchards Golden cider is the same worth of £7.50.

The price of a Peroni at Ascot is barely above the £7.50 at each the Grand Nationwide at Aintree and Cheltenham earlier this 12 months for both a Madri or Atlantic Pale Ale.

As for the meals at Ascot, there’s a vary – with a number of the costliest dishes together with a Lobster platter for £80 and a cheese and charcuterie board for £37.50.

A cheese toastie is £7.50, whereas a pepperoni pizza is £13 and crab fries are £15. Takeaway sandwiches and salads usually value between £5 and £6.

As for cocktails, an Espresso Martini is on the market £14.00 and a Baileys sizzling chocolate is £8. A non-alcoholic mojito, generally known as a ‘Nojito’, is on sale for £9.

MailOnline spoke to racegoers concerning the costs in the present day, with one highlighting the worth of Pimm’s which was £13.50 for a glass and £39.50 for a jug.

They stated: ‘A glass of Pimm’s for £13.50 – that is not a pint, that is a half pint, that is a rip off! How a lot is the Pimm’s jug? We have been in Windsor final night time, and it was £8 for Pimm’s and £40 for a four-pint jug of pints.’

However one other attendee stated: ‘The costs are catered to a sure market, it is so simple as that. It is a company occasion.

‘Numerous folks do purchase for them and their spouse, however the individuals who purchase for themselves are typically on the centre of the racecourse actually – versus the company, hospitality areas as a result of that is the place corporations are shopping for it.’

The attendee additionally identified that the worth of a pint of Budweiser, Stella Artois or Camden Stout was a a lot greater £8.95 a pint on the Premier League Darts closing at The O2 in Might.

They added: ‘So if you take that into consideration, actually a social time out, as a lot as the rest, to Ascot within the peak of summer time, the place you are seeing fabulous grade one races, it is honest.’

Royal Ascot was based by Queen Anne in 1711 after she declared the racecourse very best for ‘horses to gallop at full stretch’, and is now a serious social occasion in addition to a sporting attraction.

King Charles and Queen Camilla are confirmed followers of racing and arrived at Ascot within the conventional carriage possession this afternoon forward of the primary race.

Royal Ascot 2023 was their first as King and Queen, and the couple – who took on Queen Elizabeth II’s thoroughbreds – watched as their horse Desert Hero received the King George V Stakes, their first winner on the well-known meet as homeowners.

The late Queen Elizabeth II was a passionate proprietor and breeder of thoroughbreds, and had greater than 20 Royal Ascot winners throughout her 70-year reign.

Writing collectively within the official programme in the present day, Charles and Camilla stated: ‘It gave us immense pleasure and pleasure to witness Desert Hero’s victory within the King George V Stakes final 12 months, notably as he was bred by Her late Majesty.

‘We want all of the individuals this week the perfect of luck in in search of that distinctive thrill of a Royal Ascot winner. We additionally hope that these right here on the racecourse and watching from dwelling will get pleasure from 5 days of the best racing that this sport has to supply.’

The carriage procession that heralded the beginning of racing occurred in good summer time sunshine.

The King and Queen have been joined of their carriage by Charles Wellesley, the ninth Duke of Wellington who carried Queen Mary’s Crown on the coronation earlier than Camilla was topped, and his spouse the duchess.

They have been adopted by the Princess Royal who travelled along with her son Peter Phillips, Girl Gabriella Kingston, the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, and Charles and Camilla’s racing supervisor John Warren.

Girl Gabriella was invited to experience within the royal carriage procession by the King after the tragic dying of her husband Thomas Kingston in February aged 45.

Within the third coach was Camilla’s sister Annabel Elliot, her son Sir Ben Elliot, former co-chair of the Conservative Celebration knighted in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours checklist who’s married to the daughter of musician Steve Winwood, and the Earl and Countess of Halifax.

Within the closing coach was Sir Johnny Weatherby, the racehorse proprietor and breeder and previously the late Queen’s consultant at Ascot from 2011 to 2020, and racehorse coach Ralph Beckett and his spouse.