EMILY PRESCOTT: Queen Camilla helps Frankie Dettori go to Hollywood… ish!

Queen Camilla helped bid farewell to jockey Frankie Dettori yesterday as he ended his career in Britain in typically triumphant fashion.

The Italian ended his career in this country at Ascot by winning his last race at King Of Steel. He is now going to California to race there.

Dressed in emerald green, Camilla also paid a subtle tribute to her late mother-in-law by wearing a small diamond horse brooch given to her by the Queen.

Queen Camilla helped bid farewell to jockey Frankie Dettori yesterday as he ended his career in Britain in typically triumphant fashion

Alice Eve attends QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot Racecourse

Alice Eve attends QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot Racecourse

Bake Off judge Prue Leith, 83, striking in electric blue ruffled jacket, spoke about her love of horses

Bake Off judge Prue Leith, 83, striking in electric blue ruffled jacket, spoke about her love of horses

The Ascot audience included actress Alice Eve, 41, who watched from the exclusive Authority Suite in a beige coat with fur trim.

And Bake Off judge Prue Leith, 83, striking in a bright blue ruffled jacket, spoke about her love of horses and confessed: ‘I wanted to marry a horse when I was ten. My father pointed out to me that my children would all be centaurs and I thought, “Oh great, that sounds good.” ‘

Lily plays mother… to a 22-year-old boy

Lily Allen

Lily Allen

It seems Lily Allen has taken the critics who panned her role in the West End play The Pillowman to heart – she has taken up a place on a one-year acting course in New York. The 38-year-old, right, has revealed she throws herself into learning and embracing her younger classmates.

Lily – who also appeared on stage in 2:22 A Ghost Story and starred in the Sky TV series Dreamland earlier this year – says: ‘It’s very uncomfortable sometimes. I’m currently doing a scene study with a 22-year-old boy named Ben, a nice guy, and I’m playing his mother!’