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Slice of Queen Elizabeth II's wedding cake sold at auction after 77 years

Photo: John Fairhall/BBC

A slice of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's wedding cake, baked for their wedding on November 20, 1947, has been sold at Reeman Dansie auction. The BBC reports this.

After the cake was found in a suitcase under the bed of a former housekeeper at the royal palace, the lot unexpectedly gained popularity and was sold for $2,800.

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The cake, stored in a gift box along with a letter from Princess Elizabeth, was bought by a buyer from China. The four-tiered wedding cake, weighing over 200 kilograms and reaching 2.7 meters in height, has become a real culinary luxury, and now a piece of it is a rare rarity.

Prepared by: Sergey Daga

Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116

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