Royal Ascot Brawl (and drinking)

"Smart or unsmart, everybody uses the events of the Season for daytime drinking.” (Independent: http://ind.pn/mL2HBx )

Lady Celestria Noel, author of Debrett's Guide to the Season, explains why high society events in the UK are increasingly punctuated fights such as one at the Queen’s favourite race At Ascot, when eight tattooed men brawled in the royal enclosure.