What the Queen does with her old unwanted clothes - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity What the Queen does with her old unwanted clothes By You Magazine - January 11, 2022 When you’re the Queen of England, you have access to the finest things in life – and that includes clothes. The Queen is known for her bold and bright fashion style, usually donning a head-to-toe tonal look consisting of a coordinating coat dress, hat and heels. Getty Images But, unlike her granddaughter-in-law, the Duchess of Cambridge, who often rewears her wardrobe, Her Majesty is rarely seen in the same piece of clothing more than once. So what does she do with all her old, unwanted clothes once she’s done with them? Most of us would chuck it all in a bag and take it down to the local charity shop or textile recycling bin, but something tells us Lizzie doesn’t do that – or certainly not herself, anyway. Getty Images Well, thanks to royal biographer Brian Hoey’s book Not In Front of the Corgis, we do in fact know exactly what Her Majesty does with her discarded outfits. According to the author, once she has tired of them, the Queen’s clothes are donated to her dressers, who are then allowed to do one of two things with them – wear it themselves or sell it. Getty Images However, there are some rules if they opt for selling the Queen’s clothes on. ‘If her dresser wishes to sell an item, she is not allowed to disclose any information about its former owner,’ says Brian. ‘All labels and any other evidence that might point to The Queen have to be removed so that no one can trace its origin.’ ‘All of the labels found on the clothes and anything that could possibly identify it as having come from royalty are obliterated.’ So there’s little chance you’ll stumble across the Queen’s old garms in your local Oxfam, but even if you did you’d never know. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved