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It was Catherine's first public engagement since pulling out of an appearance at Royal Ascot, when it was said she needed to find the right balance in her return to work.

There had been much attention paid when the princess did not take part in an engagement at the Ascot racecourse.

Catherine did not appear at Royal Ascot earlier this week, with royal aides saying she had to find a balance in how she returned to public events.

Trawlerman went one better than last year to win the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot in a track record under a brilliant front-running ride from William Buick.

After Godolphin's first and third in the Gold Cup, Sheikh Mohammed's team had a second victory with Arabian Story, ridden by Oisin Murphy, in the Britannia Stakes to give trainer Saeed bin Suroor his 40th Royal Ascot win.