Queen Victoria's silk stockings raise £700

A PAIR of silk stockings worn by Queen Victoria have sold for almost £700 at auction.

The black and white hosiery bear a crest design and are said to have been a favourite style of the Queen in the 1870s. Auctioneers Lyon and Turnbull believed the sale would attract the interest of collectors of "Victoriana". The hand-stitched stockings went under the hammer for 690 yesterday at the auction house's Edinburgh sale, surpassing their 400 value.