Maybe it's the sound of bellowing laughs and brass bands that ring out from the parade ring, or perhaps it's the high fashion and lavish hats adorning the throngs of racegoers filing into the historic Berkshire venue.
More pertinent, though, and what really sets this event out from the rest, is the royal seal of approval.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has attended every day of every meeting for the last 64 years and her arrival at the head of the royal procession traditionally heralds the start of racing.
This year was no different, and racegoers rushed to the track side to see the monarch and her royal entourage making their way in horse-drawn carriages up the Straight Mile in front of the packed grandstands.
The 93-year-old Queen, in a cornflower blue coat and hat, was joined in the leading carriage by her middle son, the Duke of York. They were accompanied by the King and Queen of the Netherlands, while the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge occupied the second of four royal carriages.
But royal fans hoping for a glimpse of Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, were to be disappointed. It's just over six weeks after the birth of their first child Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.
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