REX Madonna's iconic corset set to go under the hammer at auction next month

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Madonna donned the bespoke gold lamé corset, complete with coneshaped bra, for her Blonde Ambition tour in 1990. It is expected to fetch at least £25,000 at auction next month. King Charles II’s christening robes and two dresses belonging to Princess Diana are also among the lots.

French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier, who designed the corset for Madonna, said: “She knew what she wanted: a pinstripe suit, feminine corsetry.” He said Madonna, whose hits include Material Girl and Like A Virgin, liked his clothes because they “combined the masculine and the feminine”.

GETTY The iconic piece was designed by French designer Jean Paul Gaultier

The royal linen baby clothes, passed down through generations of the same family by Margaret de Halsey, lady-in-waiting to Queen Henrietta Maria in about 1630, have been held by the Museum of London since the 1940s.

She knew what she wanted: a pinstripe suit, feminine corsetry. Jean Paul Gaultier

The auction also includes photos, autographs, letters and jewel cases relating to Wallis Simpson and the Duke of Windsor, who abdicated to marry the American divorcee in 1936. Princess Diana’s Catherine Walker sea-green sequined evening gown, worn for a visit to Austria in 1986 is estimated to fetch more than £10,000.

GETTY Dresses worn by Princess Diana are also up for grabs at the auction