Piece of Charles and Diana's wedding cake to be sold at auction

The slice of cake from 1981 is expected to fetch between £300-500

Author: Isabel Kimbrey and Simon McLeanPublished 11th Aug 2021
Last updated 24th May 2022

A piece of Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding cake is being sold at an auction in Gloucestershire today - forty years after it was baked.

23 official cakes were made for the wedding, which took place in July 1981.

This slice is from one which was given to staff at Clarence House where the Queen Mother lived at the time.

It belonged to a woman, Moyra Smith, who worked in the kitchen.

Chris Albury, from Dominic Winter Auctioneers, said: “She wrapped it in cling film, put it in a tin and put a label on the tin.

“So there’s a hand written label where she’s amusingly misspelt Diana’s name “Diane” and signed and dated it.

“She then put it in the attic where it remained until she died in 2008. Her family then auctioned it off that year to raise money for charity.”

Chris Albury added: “What do you do with it? Well you just keep it. You put it in your cabinet and you enjoy it.

“There are cake collectors in the world who buy anything rom Queen Victoria wedding cake through to the latest royal wedding.

“It was of interest in 2008, it will be of interest now and it will be of interest in 20 years time.”