Cotton underwear once worn by Queen Victoria will be auctioned in England.
The BBC reports that the 125-year-old underwear was purchased from a descendant of one of Queen Victoria’s ladies-in-waiting.
Auctioneer Richard Edmonds said, “Items of Queen Victoria’s clothing were often given to members of the royal household, particularly after her death in 1901. They’re stamped with the royal crest which proves they’re from the royal wardrobe.”
Also included in the sale on 11 July are stockings and shoes worn by Queen Victoria’s third child Princess Alice and replicas of the Crown Jewels.
The undies have a 45-inch waistband, are embroidered with the initials “VR” (for Victoria Regina), and are reportedly in “excellent condition.”
Experts suggest they were worn by Her Majesty in 1891, a date they were able to come up with by tracking Queen Victoria’s expanding waistline, which apparently grew as she aged.
Money from the sale will go toward Yesterday’s World museum in Sussex.
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