Queen Victoria's bloomers up for auction in the UK

Fox ^ | 12/5/16 | James Rogers

[workerbee]

A pair of linen bloomers that once belonged to Queen Victoria are up for auction in the U.K. later this month.

The split drawers have a 42.5-inch drawstring waist and are embroidered with the royal monogram “V.R.” for “Victoria Regina (Queen Victoria)” and the number “23.” Auction house Henry Aldridge & Son told FoxNews.com that the bloomers were given to the seller’s grandmother by one of Queen Victoria’s ladies in waiting.

[workerbee]

Is nothing sacred?

[Buckeye McFrog]

42.5-inch drawstring waist

That was a lotta woman!!

[workerbee]

Good German stock and 9 children will do that. ;-)

[Buckeye McFrog]

Someone was online selling a pair of
Eva Braun’s underpants last year.

[workerbee]

Ugh. All this gives a whole new meaning to the old adage about “wear clean underwear, you might be in an accident.” Yeah... or someone 50-100 years after you’re dead might attend an auction. lol

[Leep]

Queen size Queen.

[Professional]

23? In my house, 2 out of 3 ain’t bad...

[Lazamataz]

I’d hit those bloomers.

[Huskrrrr]

Jeez Louise, what does one do after buying the Royal bloomers? Frame them and hang them on a wall?

[Daffynition]

[Calvin Locke]

42.5-inch drawstring waist

Her uncle, King George IV, had at least a 50" waist when he was the Prince Regent.

She was bad looking at 23, but did had a pretty thick neck.

[HarleyLady27]

Remember when the Clintons auctioned off a set of the ‘Bent One’s’ underware??? OMGOSH!!!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I will repeat, “collectors are weird.”

[silverleaf]

Someone nicked the royal knickers?
We are not amused...

[silverleaf]

That’s what the hooker in Berlin claimed they were...

[mewzilla]

So why do they expect the bloomers to fetch way more at auction than the chemise...?

[Calvin Locke]

Dang, “...wasn’t bad looking at 23...”

[smokingfrog]

She had 9 children.
Could they be maternity bloomers?

[Gay State Conservative]

I'd bid on the bloomers belonging to the Duchess of Cambridge...particularly if she was in them!

[Thank You Rush]

“”Remember when the Clintons auctioned off a set of the ‘Bent One’s’ underware??? OMGOSH!!!””

Auctioned off? More like a deduction to Goodwill or Salvation Army or similar - taken on a tax return.