The royal wedding that took place in 1981 had more than 3,000 guests. Amongst them was a guest named Nigel Ricketts who passed away last year, according to New York Post. It has now come to notice that Nigel had preserved the 41-year-old wedding cake piece which is now set to be auctioned, as per New York Post. The cake will be auctioned off by Dore and Rees Auctions in the UK.
According to New York Post, the piece of cake has a pre-sale estimate of GBP 300 which is equivalent to more than Rs. 27,000 (as per the current conversion rate). The cake is packaged in its original box and is anticipated to sell for much more, though.
According to The Post, although there were 23 official wedding cakes made for the wedding, the slice seems to have come from the centrepiece fruitcake, which had five layers and was a whopping five feet tall.
A slice of the same cake sold for GBP 1,375 in 2014, which is equivalent to more than INR 1,27,000 in today’s time.