KING CHARLES and the self-titled ‘maddest f***er on the planet’ are set for an epic £2million showdown in the ‘race that stops a nation’.
The monarch and larger-than-life racehorse owner and multi-millionaire Rich Ricci look set to lock horns in the Melbourne Cup.
The King and Queen Camilla were at Doncaster last weekend to see Desert Hero, the horse the late Queen bred and left to her son, finish third in the St Leger.
Now trainer William Haggas has suggested a trip Down Under could be next for the three-year-old stayer.
Also on the plane out will be Ricci’s former Cheltenham Festival Triumph Hurdle winner Vauban.