The 41-year-old piece of cake from the wedding of King Charles and Princess Diana sold for £170 at auction
A slice of cake, served at the wedding of King Charles III and Princess Diana in 1981, was recently up for sale and sold for a whopping 170 pounds ($190). The 41 year old piece of cake is said to be from the bottom layer of the 5 tiers cake.
Wondering who has kept it safe all these years? It was Nigel Ricketts, one of the wedding the guests were also French polishers and furniture restorers at Windsor Castle from 1980-1985 and passed away earlier this year. Preserved in the original presentation box, the cake box includes the Prince of Wales’ insignia, the initials C and D in calligraphy and ‘Buckingham Palace 29 July 1981’ written on the bottom of the box.
Auctioned by Dore and Rees Auctions in the United Kingdom, a piece of cake was sold with a pre-sale estimate of £300. However, it ended up selling for £170, well below the expected price but still amazingly high for a slice of cake. can eat.
A piece of cake at the wedding of King Charles III and Princess Diana (Source: doreandrees.com)
It is known that the slice is from the center cake has five layers and is one of 23 official wedding cakes prepared for one of the biggest cakes royal wedding. In 2014, a similar slice of cake was sold for £990.
“These items were laid out on the table by a friend of the late Mr. Ricketts for us to see. The cake is still in the unsealed box. You probably won’t want to eat it now but the amount of alcohol may have preserved it and it still looks like a slice of wedding cake has kept its shape and form,” said Guy Taylor, head of interior sales. stay at Dore and Rees, say the Daily mail.
King Charles III and Diana Princess, Princess of Wales, was married on July 29, 1981, in a grand royal wedding ceremony watched by some 750 million people worldwide. Held at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, the wedding continues to be the most watched royal wedding to date.
However, the couple’s eternal happiness was short-lived when they announced their separation in 1992 before finalizing the divorce proceedings in 1996. A year later, Princess Diana died in a car accident. and King Charles continued with Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005. Later, the title is Queen Consort following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, 2022.
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