London [UK]October 19 (ANI): A piece of cake from the wedding of Princess Diana and King Charles is going up for auction!
More than 3,000 guests attended this royal wedding in 1981. One of them was a guest named Nigel Ricketts, who passed away last year, according to the New York Post.
It is now revealed that Nigel preserved a piece of the 41-year-old wedding cake, which is now to be auctioned, according to the New York Post.
The cake will be auctioned in the UK by Door and Rees Auctions.
According to the New York Post, the piece of cake has a pre-sale estimate of GBP 300 which is equivalent to over Rs. 27,000 (as per the current conversion rate).
The cake is packaged in its original box and is expected to sell for even more, though.
According to The Post, although 23 official wedding cakes were made for the wedding, the piece appears to have come from the centerpiece Fruitcake, which had five layers and was five feet tall.
A piece of the same cake was sold in 2014 for GBP 1,375, which equates to over INR 1,27,000 (as per current day conversion rate)
According to the New York Post, Ricketts and other members of the royal household gathered together to buy a writing table for Charles and Diana as a wedding gift, and Charles was overjoyed with the present.
The Door & Rees website also has a handwritten thank you note for the royal staff. It read, “Diana and I are touched beyond words that you should have gone to so much trouble to find something so useful… and I can assure you that in whatever home we rest in, we will make it.” Will cherish!”
Princess Diana and King Charles III were married on 29 July 1981. It was watched by millions on TV and was also called the ‘Wedding of the Century’, however, the marriage remained a tumultuous one. Charles and Diana separated in 1992, four years before they legally divorced. (ANI)
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