 "33 years later: Slice of Princess Diana's wedding cake auctioned for $1,375")
Los Angeles: A 33-year-old slice of cake from Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s 1981 wedding has sold atauction for USD 1,375.
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The cake, still in its original white and silver presentation box, was sold online Thursday by Nate D Sanders Auctions of Los Angeles.
With the box was a card stating, “With best wishes from Their Royal Highnesses, the Prince & Princess of Wales.”
Auction house spokesman Sam Heller says the buyer is a private collector.
Although the cake came wrapped in its original wax paper, Heller says it wouldn’t be a good idea to try to eat it. He adds, however, that there is a small but dedicated group of royal cake collectors.
Some, Heller says, have purchased cakes dating to the days of Britain’s Queen Victoria, who married in 1840.
Associated Press