Let them eat cake — or perhaps, in this case, not! A slice of Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s wedding cake will soon be auctioned off, despite the fact that it is 40 years old.The 28-ounce piece of cake will go up for auction on August 11 and could garner £500, which equals nearly $700.
The portion has been kept in plastic wrap inside a decorative tin for the four decades since Charles, now 72, married Diana.
The slice is 8 inches by 7 inches and features a pristine royal coat of arms in blue, red and gold.The treat was gifted from the Queen Mother — the late grandmother of the groom — to a then Clarence House employee named Moyra Smith.
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