A chunk of cloth thought to have been a part of a skirt belonging to Queen Elizabeth I is to go on show at Hampton Court docket Palace.
Specialists at Historic Royal Palaces (HRP), an unbiased charity, have concluded the the silk woven garment, which spent years draped on an altar within the 13th century St Religion's church in Bacton, Herefordshire, belonged to the Tudor queen after spending the previous 12 months piecing collectively details about it.
The garment is regarded as the one surviving piece of clothes owned by the Virgin Queen.
That is the material that's thought to have been a part of a gown that was as soon as owned by Queen Elizabeth I
It's now set to endure restoration work for 13 months earlier than being displayed at Hampton Court docket Palace.
The material, which has strands of silver in it, is similar to a gown worn by the previous Monarch within the Rainbow Portrait.
It additionally dates from the final a long time of the 16th century - across the similar time the portrait was painted.
Throughout that point, the material would have value the equal of three years' wages for a mean labourer.
Its embroidery - caterpillars, butterflies, squirrels, stags, frogs, flowers and rowing boats in colored silks with gold and silver threads - makes it much more costly.
Eleri Lynn, curator of historic gown at HRP, informed The Telegraph of her pleasure after seeing the material for the primary time final 12 months.
She mentioned: 'After I noticed it for the primary time I knew instantly that it was one thing particular.
'As I examined it, I felt as if I had discovered the Holy Grail, the Mona Lisa of trend.
'None of Elizabeth I's clothes are recognized to have survived, however all the pieces we now have learnt since then factors to it being worn by Elizabeth.'
The queen's clothes have been so treasured of their day that, after she stopped sporting them, they have been reduce up and recycled for various functions - like cushions - or given away.
The material is similar to the gown the queen wore within the Rainbow Portrait (above)
One in all St Religion's early parishioners was additionally the Queen's devoted lady-in-waiting, Blanche Parry, who acquired garments from her royal mistress.
Blanche's coronary heart has been interred on the church, the place there's additionally a monument that has been in-built tribute to her.
HRP joint chief curator and Tudor historian, Tracy Borman, discovered the material when she went to go to the church whereas researching Elizabeth I.
Chatting with the MailOnline beforehand, she mentioned: 'It was solely as a result of I used to be having a wander around the church that I noticed this extraordinary materials on the wall. It was a kind of likelihood discoveries.'
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