CNN —A “very rare” 77-year-old slice of the cake served at Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s wedding sold for £2,200 ($2,800) this week, according to auction house Reeman Dansie.
The cake, which no longer looks edible, survived for almost eight decades since the wedding day on November 20, 1947.
Reeman DansieElizabeth and Philip’s wedding cake was an extravagant, nine-foot tall (2.7 meters) creation, which weighed 500 pounds.
Meanwhile, cake served at Charles and Princess Diana’s wedding and then kept in plastic wrap in an old cake tin similarly sold for £1,850 (then $2,565) at an auction in 2021.
That 40-year-old cake slice featured a coat-of-arms colored in gold, red, blue and silver, a silver horseshoe and leaf spray, as well as some white decorative icing.
Persons:
Elizabeth II, Prince Philip’s, Reeman, Princess Elizabeth, Marion Polson, Polson, Elizabeth, ”, “, Reeman Dansie Elizabeth, Prince Charles ’, Princess Diana’s
Organizations:
CNN, Holyrood House
Locations:
Buckingham Palace, Holyrood, Edinburgh, Scotland, Charles