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Piece of cake from Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding fetches a whopper at auction

Updated on: 31 August,2014 07:57 AM IST  | 
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A 33-year-old slice of cake from Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding in 1981 sells at an auction for $1,375

Piece of cake from Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding fetches a whopper at auction

The slice of the wedding cake

Los angeles: A 33-year-old slice of cake — still in its original white and silver presentation box — from Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s 1981 wedding has sold online last week by Nate D Sanders Auctions in Los Angeles auction for $1,375.


The slice of the wedding cake and the original white and silver presentation box
The slice of the wedding cake and the original white and silver presentation box from July 29, 1981.  pic/AP

The box, which was an invitation card stated: “With best wishes from Their Royal Highnesses, the Prince & Princess of Wales.”
Auction house spokesman Sam Heller says the buyer is a private collector.


Prince Charles and Princess Diana
Royal blush: Prince Charles and Princess Diana wave to the crowd after their wedding in 1981. Pic/AP

Although the cake came wrapped in its original wax paper, Heller says it wouldn’t be a good idea to try to eat it. Heller says, “There is a small but dedicated group of royal cake collectors,” adding that some have purchased cakes dating to the days of Britain’s Queen Victoria, who married in 1840


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