BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)<br /> Pic: PhilYeomans/BNPS<br /> <br /> Like the Queen, Thomas was keen on the horses.<br /> <br /> A remarkable 'timewarp' archive amassed by a dressmaker to the Queen has sold for over £100,000.<br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> After she died in 2015 the property was inherited by a relative who also knew Mr Thomas well.<br /> <br /> She has now sold the contents at auction.
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