Buckingham Palace curtains in your home for Christmas?

If you’ve ever wanted to put your feet up in Buckingham Palace, the opportunity may come unexpectedly.

Curtains that once hung on castle walls, and in the great rooms of Windsor Castle, have been used as coverings for footstools.

Eight of these stools, with their eco-friendly royal connections, Going to be auctioned online. For the King’s Foundation Charity.

Used palace curtains have been used to make earlier. Kimonoswhich were auctioned last year.

A footstool can be the ultimate talking point of a Christmas party, with your living room furniture more authentically royal than the set of the TV show The Crown.

The recycled curtain material – “Delft blue floral, vintage rose and teal, and rich damask burnt orange drapery” – was from a style used between the 1950s and 1990s during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

In a variation on finding a new home for Christmas, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home is also taking part in a charity auction of royal foot stools.

Their dogs looking for new homes were part of a photo shoot of auction lots – perhaps in some other form of “retail”.

The money raised in the online auction will go to the King’s Foundation, which helps train people in traditional skills.

The foundation is also hoping to help find homes for some of the Battersea dogs.

The handcrafted wooden stools were made at the Snowdon School of Furniture, located on King Charles’ Highgrove estate in Gloucestershire.

Dumfries House in Scotland was covered by members of Saving Bee, which invites anyone to join to develop their skills in textiles.

The recycling theme is in line with King’s long-standing interest in sustainability and environmental protection.

Even earlier, royal items have been sold at auctions. Last year, the auction raised over £32,000 for the charity. Chairs used in coronations.