A slice of Queen Elizabeth’s wedding cake, tucked away in a suitcase for nearly eight decades, fetched an astonishing £2,200 at auction. Gifted to a palace housekeeper and now preserved in its original box,

A 77-year-old slice of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's wedding cake was auctioned in Scotland for Rs 2.36 lakh ($2,800). The preserved slice, gifted to a housekeeper at Holyrood House, came in its original box with a letter of gratitude from the Queen.

A “very rare” 77-year-old slice of the cake served at Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s wedding sold for £2,200 ($2,800) this week, according to auction house Reeman Dansie.

The "very, very rare" piece of fruit cake sold for four times the expected amount when it went under the hammer

Would you eat 40-year-old wedding cake? A wealthy bidder recently bought a slice of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's wedding-day dessert.

Seven decades after Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s wedding day — November 20, 1947 — a piece of their celebratory cake has been sold. The cake slice was recently sold at auction for more than £2,

Almost eight decades later, an iconic royal wedding is back in the news. The late Queen Elizabeth II memorably married Philip Mountbatten in Westminster Abbey on 20, 1947