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Signed portrait from the Queen.
A remarkable 'timewarp' archive amassed by a dressmaker to the Queen has sold for over £100,000.
The late Ian Thomas meticulously kept his fashion designs, letters, cards and photographs relating to the Queen at his home that was more like a museum.
He helped design the Queen's coronation gown in 1953 as well as the powder blue outfit she wore for Charles and Diana's wedding in 1981.
The lifelong bachelor passed away in 1993 and left his home and its contents to a florist he had been good friends with for 25 years.
After she died in 2015 the property was inherited by a relative who also knew Mr Thomas well.
She has now sold the contents at auction.
Pic: PhilYeomans/BNPS
Signed portrait from the Queen.
A remarkable 'timewarp' archive amassed by a dressmaker to the Queen has sold for over £100,000.
The late Ian Thomas meticulously kept his fashion designs, letters, cards and photographs relating to the Queen at his home that was more like a museum.
He helped design the Queen's coronation gown in 1953 as well as the powder blue outfit she wore for Charles and Diana's wedding in 1981.
The lifelong bachelor passed away in 1993 and left his home and its contents to a florist he had been good friends with for 25 years.
After she died in 2015 the property was inherited by a relative who also knew Mr Thomas well.
She has now sold the contents at auction.
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