Delicate lace from Queen Victoria's funeral procession, the monarch's voluminous nightdress, Princess Beatrice’s bloomers and a toybox and letters will all be auctioned in October.

The undergarments were found by a former Isle of Wight antiques shop owner and will be sold by Hansons.

Marilyn Rose, 90, who ran antique shops in Gurnard and Newport, can't remember how she ended up with the nightie and bloomers with Royal heritage.

Her son, Tim Rose, 64, from Warwickshire, said: “My mother is moving and we have been clearing the period property. They were among several fascinating finds, some of which are new to us.

Isle of Wight County Press: Former antiques seller, Marilyn Rose, who found the items at her former Isle of Wight home.Former antiques seller, Marilyn Rose, who found the items at her former Isle of Wight home.

(Photo via Hansons)

The house being cleared dates to the 1700s and was once home to Sir William Carter Hoffmeister, Queen Victoria’s physician while she was at Osborne.

A folder of letters has also been found, along with a 19th century toy box that belonged to Princess Beatrice.

A nightie 51" at the girth

Queen Victoria's extra-large, pale cream lawn cotton nightdress, edged with Honiton lace and embroidered with 'VR'  Victoria Regina and a crown, is an estimated £1,500-£2,000.

It measures 51 inches.

The bloomers which belonged to Princess Beatrice, the Queen's daughter, former governor of the Isle of Wight and Carisbrooke Castle resident, bear a crown and the initials BB for Beatrice of Battenburg.

Isle of Wight County Press: The bloomers belonged to Princess Beatrice (right). Photo by Hansons.The bloomers belonged to Princess Beatrice (right). Photo by Hansons.

It means they would have been worn in the years following her 1885 marriage to Henry of Battenburg and are valued at £500-£1,000.

In 2008, Hansons sold a Queen Victoria nightdress for £5,200, bloomers for £4,500 and a chemise for £3,800.

In 2020, two pairs of Queen Victoria’s leather boots, a black taffeta skirt and two bodices achieved £14,000, bought by Historic Royal Palaces.

The stained pine chest reads 'Toy Music HRH Princess Beatrice' and has an estimate of £400-600.

The sale also includes a piece of lace, bearing a note which reads, ‘Portion of the Pall that covered Queen Victoria’s coffin on her last journey from Osborne. Isle of Wight. Feb 1st 1901’.

It failed to make its estimate at an earlier auction but is linked to Queen Victoria's death at Osborne House, aged 81, on January 22, 1901 and her subsequent final journey to London, vis East Cowes.

Discovered in Somerset, it has a guide price of £800-£1,000.

Queen Victoria's former Isle of Wight home is at Osborne, outside East Cowes on the Isle of Wight and is run by English Heritage.