Pants? Queen Victoria's underwear sold for £12,000 at auction
裤子？维多利亚女王的内裤被拍卖了一万两千英镑。

维多利亚女王大家应该多不陌生啦，不顾，可能你们对她的想象是这样：

或者这样：

但是，其实人家是酱紫的。不不不，不是右边那位，是中间这尊。

所以当你听到她的腰围有114厘米的时候应该也就不会太震惊了~

A pair of Queen Victoria’s cotton knickers with a 45in (114cm) waistband have fetched £12,090 at auction.
维多利亚女王的一条腰围114厘米的棉质短裤在拍卖会上卖了一万两千零九十英镑。

They were sold alongside nightdresses, stockings and hats worn by Victoria and her third child, Princess Alice.
与内裤一起卖出的还有睡衣、长袜和帽子，是维多利亚女王和她的第三个孩子——爱丽丝公主穿过的。

All of the items, from the Yesterday’s World museum in East Sussex, bear the stamp VR, short for Victoria Regina.
所有这些单品来自东萨西克斯昨日博物馆，都有VR的标志，也就是维多利亚女王的缩写。

The auctioneer, Richard Edmonds, said the clothing was in excellent condition, having been preserved in tissue paper in a temperature-controlled storeroom.
拍卖商，理查德ž埃德蒙兹说，这些衣物都被放在温度可控的储藏室里用棉纸包裹好，保存得非常好。

Edmonds, the principal auctioneer at Chippenham auction rooms in Wiltshire, dated the underwear to the late 1890s by measuring the waistline.
埃德蒙兹，拍卖商的委托人在威尔特郡的切尔哈姆拍卖室里，通过测量腰围确定了内裤应该是19世纪90年代晚期的。

A private English collector bought the knickers, along with other items of clothing and a set of replica crown jewels for £5,500.
一位英国私人收藏家花5500英镑买了这条短裤，还有其他一些衣物和一组王冠的复制品。

“We’ve had a lot of interest in this sale and the auction room was packed with buyers and interested spectators,” Edmonds said.
“我们对这次拍卖很感兴趣，拍卖室里挤满了买主和感兴趣的观众”。埃德蒙兹说。

“This is a record-breaking price for Victoria royal intimate apparel.
“这对于维多利亚王室贴身衣物来说是破纪录的价钱”。

“Victorian royal clothing comes up for sale occasionally, but rarely in this excellent condition,” he said.
“维多利亚王室的衣物偶尔被拍卖，但是很少有保存如此完好的”他说。

“Items of Queen Victoria’s clothing were often given to members of the royal household, particularly after her death in 1901.
“维多利亚女王的衣物经常被赠与王室家族的成员，尤其是在她死后，1901年”

“We’ve been able to date the pants by measuring the waistband.”
“我们靠测量腰围能够判断裤子的年代。”

“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.”
“因为我们有逼真地关于维多利亚女王的影像记录，让随着时间变化计算出她的腰围成为可能，所以我们可以大略知道她在什么时候穿过这个尺码的衣服”

Royal memorabilia from the Victorian era to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales was also on sale, along with Victorian silverware, antique furniture and the propeller from a 1935 Gypsy 3 biplane.
从维多利亚时代到戴安娜王妃，威尔士王妃死亡时候的王室纪念品、维多利亚时期的银器、旧式家具和吉普赛3号双翼飞机的螺旋桨也在拍卖。

In 2014, a pair of Queen Victoria’s bloomers sold at an auction house in Kent for £6,200.
2014年，一双维多利亚女王的灯笼裤在肯特拍卖行拍出了6200英镑。

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