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Slice of Cake From Princess Diana, Prince Charles' Wedding Sells For Over $2,500
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By Wade Sheridan
Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A slice of cake
from Princess Diana and Prince Charles' 1981 wedding has been auctioned for $2,565.
Private collector Gerry Layton from Leeds,
England pur- chased the
slice through Dominic Winter Auctioneers locat-
ed in Cirencester, England.
The slice of cake weighs about 28 ounces and was preserved inside plastic wrap and a cake tin.
The slice features a coat-of-arms design, along with decorative icing. It comes from one of the 23 official cakes that were made for the royal wedding and was given to Morya
Smith, an employ- ee of the Queen Mother at Clarence House at the time.
The item was sold to Dominic Winter Auctioneers on behalf of Smith's family in 2008.
The late Princess Diana and Prince Charles were marred at St. Paul's Cathedral in London on July 29, 1981.
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