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Royal fans will no doubt be delighted to see Her Majesty, 95, at the five-day racing event.
The monarch is usually a regular at Royal Ascot but this year she has been a no-show since it began on Tuesday.
The Queen looked resplendent in light blue for the day at the races.
An announcement on Saturday afternoon said the Queen would arrive at the Parade Ring at 2pm.
The announcement said: “Ladies and gentleman we are pleased to announce that Her Majesty the Queen will be arriving at the Parade Ring at 2pm.”
Other royals including Zara and Mike Tindall, Princess Anne and the Countess of Wessex already made appearances at this year’s Royal Ascot.
Speaking on Tuesday, the Queen’s racing manager said she hoped to attend later in the week.
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “Obviously the Queen would love to attend, as you know she’s fanatic about racing, watching racing and breeding horses, and has been going to Ascot all of her adult life.
“So, it’s a shame to miss an event.
“The plan at the moment is to see how it goes towards the latter part of the week and if the Queen’s able to come because she’s got runners, then, fingers crossed, it will happen.”
Mr Warren also described Her Majesty as “fanatic” about horse racing.
He added: “It’s a deep fascination, a very broad escapism for all the other things that the Queen has to deal with in her life.”
Racegoers were welcomed back to the meet for the first time since the pandemic began.
Ascot was staged behind closed doors last year but this year was selected to take part in the Government’s Events Research Programme on behalf of the sport of racing.
Each day 12,000 racegoers have been allowed to watch the sporting spectacle after providing negative Covid-19 tests.
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