It turns out that rather than being filmed at Royal Ascot – where the scenes were set – production actually took place more than 200 miles away at Ripon Racecourse in North Yorkshire.
"It's kind of one of the main events of the film, where the family come together and they go to the races and it's a really exciting day for everyone."
Production designer Donal Woods further details why the change of location was made, revealing that "the real Ascot looks like Terminal 5" and that it is now a "huge skyscraper of a building".
He continues: "Ripon's still got a lot of period features so not every shot had to be CGI [or] had to be green-screened. And it's a very quiet course, I mean, we're now in the middle of the flat-racing season and we had four days filming plus two days to prep – so we needed a clear time frame to actually create the physical side of Royal Ascot that we're building."
In our verdict, we called it a "pleasant stroll with characters you know and love" while also remarking on how it ended "with a touching dedication to the legendary actress" Dame Maggie Smith, who memorably played Lady Violet Crawley and sadly passed away last year.
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