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| Queen Victoria's 'big pants' fetch £10,500 at auction | Queen Victoria's 'big pants' fetch £10,500 at auction |
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| A pair of Queen Victoria's cotton pants with a 45in (114cm) waistband have been sold for a "record breaking" £10,500 at auction in Wiltshire. | A pair of Queen Victoria's cotton pants with a 45in (114cm) waistband have been sold for a "record breaking" £10,500 at auction in Wiltshire. |
| The pants, embroidered with the royal VR monogram were sold on behalf of Yesterday's World museum in Sussex. | The pants, embroidered with the royal VR monogram were sold on behalf of Yesterday's World museum in Sussex. |
| Tora Edmonds, from Chippenham Auction Rooms, said: "We expected to get about £5,000, it's the most a pair of Queen Victoria's knickers have sold for". | Tora Edmonds, from Chippenham Auction Rooms, said: "We expected to get about £5,000, it's the most a pair of Queen Victoria's knickers have sold for". |
| In 2014, a pair of her silk bloomers sold at auction in Kent for £6,200. | In 2014, a pair of her silk bloomers sold at auction in Kent for £6,200. |
| 'Calculated her waist' | |
| Mrs Edmonds said the "big cotton pants" dating to the late 1890s were sold to an English woman, who was a private collector and did not want to be identified, but she assumed the pants would remain in England. | |
| She said the woman also bought a number of other items of royal clothing and a set of replica Crown Jewels, which she purchased for £5,500. | She said the woman also bought a number of other items of royal clothing and a set of replica Crown Jewels, which she purchased for £5,500. |
| Auctioneer Richard Edmonds said: "We've had a lot of interest in this sale and the auction room was packed with buyers and interested spectators. This is a record-breaking price for Victorian royal intimate apparel." | Auctioneer Richard Edmonds said: "We've had a lot of interest in this sale and the auction room was packed with buyers and interested spectators. This is a record-breaking price for Victorian royal intimate apparel." |
| He said the pants were dated by measuring the waistband. | |
| "As there's such a good photographic record of Queen Victoria, it's possible to calculate her waist measurement over time, so we know roughly when she would have worn items of this size." | |
| The sale also included nightdresses and stockings worn by Britain's longest-serving monarch and her third child Princess Alice. | The sale also included nightdresses and stockings worn by Britain's longest-serving monarch and her third child Princess Alice. |