Can a slice of a decades-old cake fetch as a great deal as 500 Pounds? While one can indifferently throw off a crumpled slice of an ordinary cake, but even a tiny slice of a cake reduce 40-years ago at British Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s wedding is worth a treasure. A prescient servant at the Royal House who manned the wedding ceremony in 1981 along with hundreds of her likes decided against obtaining the cake and kept it for posterity. Moyra Smith, who was an employee of Queen Mother at Clarence House was provided a slice from a cake which is understood to have been reduce for the Royal servants. The very same slice of cake is now going to be sold in an auction in Britain on August 11, BBC reported.
The auction of the 40-year old cake slice has gotten focus from about the world. According to a report by The Independent, the slice measures eight inches by seven inches and displays the Royal coat of arms decoration in red, gold and blue colour. Smith, who should have restrained herself and her family from obtaining the cake in contrast to her peers, sold the slice to a collector in the year 2008. The very same slice of cake is now becoming place on auction by Gloucestershire-based Dominic Winter.
Chris Albury, who is a specialist valuer at Dominic Winter was quoted saying by BBC that the slice could fetch something involving £300 and £500. Talking about the slice, Albury jokingly stated that he wouldn’t suggest the winner of the auction to have the cake even though the cake is destined to last for ages. Mrs Smith, who was prescient adequate to recognise the worth of the cake slice, had taken measures to assure that the cake remained fresh and kept it in a floral cake tin. Smith had also appended a hand-made label under the cake which mentions, “Handle with Care – Prince Charles & Princess Diane’s [sic] Wedding Cake.”
Prince Charles married Princess Diana in July 1981. The couple who had taken their Royal celebrity status to the greatest of heights across the world separated in the year 1992 and lastly divorced in 1996. Soon following in the year 1997, Princess Diana died in a automobile accident survived by Prince Charles and her two sons-Prince William and Prince Harry.