A PIECE of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s wedding cake is to be auctioned after 78 years.
The fruit cake was given to Cyril Dickman, who worked as a servant in the royal household for more than five decades.
The alcohol-laced slice was one of 2,000 from the 1947 reception at Buckingham Palace.
And royal followers could snap it up when it goes under the hammer at Hansons Auctioneers in Etwall, Derbys, today.
Mr Dickman died in 2012 aged 85 and his piece is expected to fetch between £150 and £200.
Auctioneer Charles Hanson said: “When I first saw the cake, I thought ‘crumbs’ what a find.
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“We’ve had pieces of wedding cake from other royal weddings come through out sale room but never one from one of the most enduring royal marriages of all time.
“As an ardent royalist I was delighted to have in some small way shared a part of that very special day almost 80 years later.
“The cake seems to have survived the passage of time quite well, though it’s not something I would want to dunk in a cup of tea.
“On its own, it’s just a box of crumbs, but with its incredible story, it is nothing less than a slice of British history.”
About 200million people worldwide listened on radios to the ceremony at Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947.
