A 77-year-old slice of marriage ceremony cake from the 1947 royal marriage ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip has simply been bought for £2,200 (round Rs 2.40 lakh) at an public sale. Described as a “very uncommon slice,” the cake has remained preserved because the couple’s marriage on November 20, 1947. But it surely now not seems appropriate for consumption.
The slice, saved in its authentic packaging, contains a small field with a silver emblem of the then-Princess Elizabeth. Inside, the field holds an intricate doily, which has helped protect the cake for over 70 years. The unique recipient of this particular slice was Marion Polson, a housekeeper at HolyroodHouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, who obtained it as a present from Buckingham Palace.
In response to public sale home Reeman Dansie, Marion Polson was the housekeeper on the Palace of Holyroodhouse from 1931 to 1969.
Alongside the cake, Polson obtained a private letter from Elizabeth, thanking her for the marriage reward. “We’re each enchanted with the dessert service; the totally different flowers and the attractive colouring will, I do know, be significantly admired by all who see it. It is a current which we will use always, and every time we do we will consider the kindness and good needs for our happiness which it represents,” reads the typewritten word, signed by the longer term queen.
“The Marriage ceremony of H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Prince Philip of Greece R.N. on twentieth November 1947, (later H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh), a uncommon piece of marriage ceremony cake in authentic field with presentation card and authentic packaging addressed to ‘Miss Polson, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland’ Postmarked 21 April 1948. Bought with a printed letter from H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth thanking the Royal Family Employees for his or her Marriage ceremony Current,” the public sale home wrote on its web site.
In response to CNN, the unique marriage ceremony cake was an elaborate creation, standing 9 toes tall and weighing 500 kilos (round 227 kg). Adorned with coats of arms from each households, it additionally featured sugar sculptures representing the couple’s favorite actions. The large cake supplied 2,000 slices for marriage ceremony visitors, with further parts distributed to charities and organisations. One tier was saved for the christening of their first little one, Prince Charles.
Whereas a couple of items of the cake have been preserved and auctioned through the years, they continue to be extremely wanted by royal memorabilia collectors. In 2013, one other slice from the 1947 cake was auctioned by Christie’s, fetching £1,750 (round Rs 1.91 lakh).
