Royal fans have spotted Queen Camilla's unusual equestrian pin badge at Cheltenham Festival on Ladies Day. The Queen attended the event, meeting a group of trailblazing female athletes and joining a host of royal and sporting guests.

Pinned to Camilla's camel coat by Anna Valentine, was a badge belonging to the Jockey Club. It read "HRH The Duchess of Cornwall". Fans noted the unusual detail and shared their thoughts online, one wrote: "The Queen looked lovely as she attended Day Two - Ladies Day - of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse. I also noticed that Her Majesty's Jockey Club pin still reads H.R.H. The Duchess of Cornwall, which I thought was a neat detail."

Camilla has held a longstanding interest in equestrian sports and works with a wide number of organisations that help to promote racing education and welfare. She was appointed an Honorary Member of The Jockey Club in December 2015, before she became Queen.

Camilla, now joint patron with the King of the Jockey Club, was at Ladies Day on the second day of the Festival, where she met women in the sport who have made their mark.

The Queen also reunited with her niece-in-law Zara Tindall at the famous racing event, with the two posing for a photo together. See you up there," Camilla said, before heading to the royal box, where was joined by her son Tom Parker-Bowles, daughter Laura Lopes and her husband, Harry Lopes.

Camilla also chatted to jockey Aamilah Aswat, who last month became the first black woman to win a jump race in the UK, winning at Kempton Park on Guchen, a horse owned by the Friends of Ebony Horse Club.

In 2020, Cheltenham went further by rebranding all four festival days simply as days one through four, moving away from the traditional names of Champion Day, Ladies Day, St Patrick's Thursday and Gold Cup Day.

A Cheltenham Racecourse spokesman explained the reasoning behind the restoration in September 2025: "In 2020 we decided to market all four days of the Cheltenham Festival in an entirely different way, changing them from Champion Day, Ladies Day, St Patrick's Thursday and Gold Cup Day to days one, two, three and four.

"The four days have been re-branded multiple times since and we have now taken the decision to promote the Wednesday of the event as Ladies Day again from 2026, with the primary focus on growing the number of female racegoers in attendance."