Arnold Royle, Esq., C.B., Deputy-Keeper of the Robes, writes to me: "Queen Victoria certainly wore the Colobium Sindonis and the Supertunica. The Chief Lady was the Duchess of Sutherland, who, as Mistress of the Robes, claimed the purple State Robe, and it is now in the drawing-room at Stafford House. The magnificent gold tissue robes of George IV. are now in the possession of the Duchess of Buccleuch."
Shortly after this book was published in 1911 the Sutherlands sold Stafford House (which was renamed Lancaster House). Does anyone know the current whereabouts of any of the pieces mentioned above?
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