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Royal Slice: Prince Charles and Diana’s wedding cake to be auctioned

Handle with Care: A slice of Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s 40-year-old wedding cake is going up for auction and could fetch R10 000.

Royal Slice: Prince Charles an

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A slice of Prince Charles and his late ex-wife, Princess Diana‘s 40-year-old wedding cake will go on auction this coming August.

Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s wedding cake

According to the BBC, the slice of cake could fetch up to £500 (almost R10 000). It was reportedly given to Moyra Smith, a member of the Queen Mother’s household at Clarence House, who preserved the topping with cling film.

“It appears to be in exactly the same good condition, but we advise against eating it,” said Chris Albury from Gloucestershire’s Dominic Winter Auctioneers.

The large slice, pictured below, is from one of the 23 official wedding cakes served on the day and features the royal coat-of-arms coloured in gold, red, blue, and silver.

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A handmade label

Smith kept it in an old floral cake tin and taped a handmade label to the lid, reading: “Handle with Care – Prince Charles & Princess Diane’s [sic] Wedding Cake,” which she signed and dated 27 July 1981.

Her family sold the cake to a collector in 2008 and it has now come up for auction 40 years after Charles and Diana were married.

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Image: BBC Radio Gloucestershire/Twitter

A royal wedding

The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer, who became Diana, Princess of Wales, married at St Paul’s Cathedral on 29 July 1981. The couple separated 11 years later in 1992 and divorced in 1996.

Albury said that an order of service, ceremonial details and a royal wedding breakfast programme will also go on auction.

Royal escort

In June 2021, a car given to the late Princess Diana sold for more than R900 000 at an auction. The 1981 Ford Escort was an engagement present to the Princess from her then-fiancé, Prince Charles. She was frequently spotted driving the vehicle until it was sold in August 1982.

Princess Diana Driving Her Ford Escort Car On Leaving St Mary’s Primary School In Tetbury. Image: Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images.