As per the latest reports from the world of royalties, a 40-year-old slice of Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s wedding cake is to be auctioned. The cake slice is from one of the 23 official wedding cakes and it measures eight inches by seven inches. It features the royal coat-of-arms coloured in gold, red, blue, and silver.
The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer married at St Paul's Cathedral on 29 July 1981. The couple separated after 11 years in 1992 and divorced in 1996.
As per reports, after the 1981 grand royal wedding, the slice was given to Moyra Smith, an employee of the Queen Mother's household at Clarence House, who preserved the cake with cling film and kept it inside an old floral cake tin. The slice was cut from a cake that was distributed to the staff at Clarence House.
It is reported that Smith kept the slice till 2008, after which a collector took it and is now selling with auctioneers Dominic Winter in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Chris Albury from Gloucestershire's Dominic Winter Auctioneers in a statement informed BBC News that the cake appears to be in exactly the same condition, but it is advised not to eat it.
The auction will be conducted on 11 August.
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