The underwear — which has a 56-inch (142-centimeter) waist — has been added to Britain's Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection at Kensington Palace. The undergarments have a matching chemise, are embroidered with a "VR" and are believed to date from the 1890s.
The Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection is one of the must sees at Kensington Palace. Though I am not really sure that the Queen's underwear falls exactly under the heading of Ceremonial Dress.
The collection purchased the bloomers for 600 pounds ($993) earlier this summer. It's likely they were handed down to a servant after the monarch's death.
There are about 12,000 items in the collection-including photographs, prints, sketches, diaries — and famous outfits. A 12 million pound ($19.8 million) project, to be completed by 2012, is intended to allow more of the collection, including the underwear, to be displayed at Kensington Palace.
Kensinton Palace has a lot of history as well as a lot of clothes.
1605 Completion of the first house on the site of Kensington Palace. It was built for Sir Walter Cope, a businessman and politician
July 1689 William III and Mary II bought Nottingham House from the Earl of Nottingham for £20,000. This house would be transformed into Kensington Palace
8 March 1702 William III dies at Kensington Palace following a riding accident at Hampton Court
February 1722 The artist, William Kent submits his estimate for the decoration of George I’s new set of state rooms. He gazumped the King’s Serjeant Painter, Sir James Thornhill and won the contract.
Summer 1734 A delegation of Cherokee Indians visit George II and Queen Caroline.
24 May 1819 Queen Victoria born at Kensington Palace
20 June 1837 Queen Victoria receives the news from the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chamberlain that her uncle William IV had died and she was now queen.
24 May 1899 The state apartments at Kensington Palace opened to the public for the first time
October 1940 Incendiary bombs damage the Queen’s apartments at Kensington Palace
7 September 1997 The funeral cortege of Diana, Princess of Wales leaves Kensington Palace for her funeral at Westminster Abbey.
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