When Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) married Prince Philip in 1947, her incredibly detailed wedding dress might have stolen the show, but the couple's wedding cake was like something out of a vintage royal fairytale. The four-tiered fruit cake stood at a massive 2.7 metres (nearly nine feet) and weighed 500 pounds. Hundreds of boxed pieces were distributed to friends and contacts, but slices of the 77-year-old cake are, understandably, hard to come by these days—until a recent auction.
According to the Telegraph, a rare slice of Elizabeth and Philip's wedding cake sold at a recent Reeman Danise auction for £2,700 (about $3,670). It was an especially significant find, considering this is one of the last known pieces of the historic cake in existence—and the buyer intends to eat it.
