Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Slice of Princess Diana’s wedding cake auctioned

 Prince Charles and Princess Diana

The Associated Press

In this July 29, 1981, file photo, the carriage carrying the Prince and Princess of Wales passes along Trafalgar Square on its way from St. Paul’s Cathedral to Buckingham Palace after the royal wedding in London. A 33-year-old slice of cake from Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s 1981 wedding has sold at auction for $1,375.

LOS ANGELES — A 33-year-old slice of cake from Prince Charles and Princess Diana's 1981 wedding has sold at auction for $1,375.

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.

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