Home Secretary Priti Patel was photographed enjoying a day at Glorious Goodwood with Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, appearing to be far distant from the bloody contest to become the next Tory leader.
As they observed the horses running to victory at the West Sussex racecourse, the cabinet members appeared at ease among the other visitors.
Freddie, Ms. Patel’s son, who is 13 years old, accompanied her on the expedition.
The Witham MP arrived dressed for the cooler weather in a pale pink Cordings coat that cost £185.
She is wearing a headband with a pearled crescent moon that appears to be the Alemona style by Jane Taylor, which is manufactured to order and costs about £1,595.
The cabinet member’s ballerina-length white netted dress could be seen peeking out from under her coat.
She completed the ensemble with a pearl brooch on her coat, pearl earrings, and a string of pearls around her neck.
Ms. Patel and Mr. Wallace were seen laughing and joking in the audience, which looked a world away from the bitterly contested election to succeed Boris Johnson.
Truss and Sunak, two potential candidates for the Tory leadership, engaged in an unimpressive public duel last night that may have cheered their Labour rivals.
In front of voters watching on national television and in a BBC studio, the two tore chunks out of one another.
They had been warned that the leadership race had turned “puerile” and “embarrassing” and that they needed to change the tone even before last night’s BBC event in Stoke-on-Trent.
The warnings, however, seemed to go unheeded as Mr. Sunak criticised Ms. Truss’ economic strategies.
After calling him a “bean counter” who would plunge Britain into recession, the Foreign Secretary said that he is out of touch due to his wealth.
Afterward, the former chancellor was accused by Ms. Truss’s supporters of engaging in “aggressive mansplaining and shouty private school behaviour” because he constantly cut her off when she was discussing the crucial issues of taxation, expenditure, and addressing the cost-of-living crisis.
Minutes before the Foreign Secretary said she might give Mr. Sunak a post in her Cabinet if she won, a spokesperson for Ms. Truss called him “unfit for duty” as well.
However, when questioned about Mr. Sunak’s “mansplaining” during a visit to Fontwell, West Sussex, the Foreign Secretary declined to wage further battle.
She told Sky News, “I’m not going to criticise the other candidate in this election.”
Tonight at 6 o’clock, Ms. Truss and Mr. Sunak were scheduled to debate again on TalkTV, however the debate was postponed owing to the illness of host Kate McCann.