Royal carriage commissioned by King William IV sold for £247,900

  • Royal
The Royal British Mews Landau carriage was bought for £247,900 at auction. Credit: Bonhams

A royal carriage commissioned by King William IV has sold at auction for nearly a quarter of a million pounds.

The Royal British Mews Landau was bought for £247,900 by an online North East Asian buyer at the Bonhams Carriage Collection sale.

The restored travelling landau - which has deep claret body panels decorated with royal crests and English pattern iron shod red wheels with gold leaf lining - used to belong to the Royal Mews and dates from 1835.

The carriage has deep claret body panels decorated with royal crests. Credit: Bonhams

It would have been used to ferry trusted representatives of the royal household across Britain and Europe and possibly the king himself on long journeys.