When her beloved Albert died suddenly in 1861 Queen Victoria plunged into deep mourning until her death 40 years later. Such was the monarch's grief she only wore black for the rest of her life and ...

The huge pants - with a 52 inch waist - sparked a fierce bidding war when they went under the hammer combined with one of the former monarch's chemises, before eventually selling for a total of £7,400 ...

A pair of Queen Victoria's "ample" bloomers and two pairs of her boots are to be auctioned as they were taking up too much room in the owner's wardrobe. The royal undies are thought to have been given ...

Queen Victoria's underwear sold for record prices, but a four-poster bed in which actress Elizabeth Taylor celebrated her eighth honeymoon failed to set bidders at an Edinburgh auction on fire. One of ...

A collection of clothes which belonged to Queen Victoria has fetched more than £16,000 when sold at auction by a man from Norfolk. Roderick Williams, a 63-year-old electrical engineer from Coltishall, ...

Underwear and boots belonging to Queen Victoria - including an "ample" pair of bloomers, silk stockings and bodices - have sold for more than £16,500. The items are believed to have been given to the ...

The bloomers have been in a Kent family for more than 80 years A pair of Queen Victoria's silk bloomers with a 52in (132cm) waist have been sold at auction for £6,200. The knee-length knickers were ...

Vintage magazine pages from the Thirties reveal what lingerie advertisements looked like before the age of Victoria's Secret and Agent Provocateur. Drawings of smiling women, all of whom sport short, ...

A pair of Queen Victoria's "ample" bloomers and two pairs of her boots are to be auctioned as they were taking up too much room in the owner's wardrobe. The royal undies are thought to have been given ...