On October 20, according to foreign media reports, a piece of Princess Diana and Charles wedding cake and Charles' handwritten thank you letter were auctioned.
Auction time is October 19, local time, the British auction house Dore and Rees will hold an auction of items related to the royal family. The auction items include Elizabeth IIHTM2, some items from Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
Diana got married on July 29, 1981. About 750 million people watched the wedding, and the cake that was auctioned was part of the five-layer cake at the wedding.
The final owner of this small piece of cake is Nigel Ricketts, who kept the cake soaked in a box that could stand the test of time, and he kept it at home as a personal collection until his death last year.
Ritskits worked as a manufacturer and furniture restorator at Windsor Castle for 5 years. He once hand-crafted a table for Diana's newlyweds as a wedding gift. Later, Charles also handwritten a thank you letter and said: Please convey our warmest and most grateful thanks to all the members of Her Majesty the Queen, and thank you for the gorgeous table you provided us.
Currently, this cake is estimated to be 300 pound , which is about 2,400 yuan. The original quotation for the thank-you letter is 180 pounds, which is about 1,400 yuan.
In fact, this is not the first time that the century wedding cake has been auctioned. In August 2021, another cake at the wedding was sold for nearly 18,000 yuan. The reason why it is so expensive is because the cake is decorated with various royal elements. The seller gave the following response: likes it very much and will try hard not to taste it.
The public didn't understand this and said: This thing can also be used as a collection... It's fine if you make flowers such as head flower corsages and bouquets at the wedding to collect it, but the cake is really outrageous.
In fact, this price is not the highest in auction. The most expensive ones are a cake from William and Kate , which was sold for 54,000 yuan in 2014.
