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A slice of wedding cake from the nuptials of the future Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip — a full 77 years ago — has sold for over four times its expected value at auction.. After being found ...
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 ...
After a slice from Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s wedding cake was discovered under a bed in Scotland, it sold for $2,800 at auction, over four times its expected price.
Bollands had provided cakes for Queen Victoria [52] and King George VI. [53] Their cake for Princess Elizabeth was a three-tier cake weighing 27 kg and supported by hand-carved pillars, [54] together with four gilded “heraldry-style” lions, was presented by representatives of Bollands. [55]
In 1947, McVitie & Price made the principal wedding cake for Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) and Philip Mountbatten, which was served at the wedding breakfast. [39] McVitie's were commissioned to make a chocolate biscuit cake as a groom's cake for the 2011 Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. [40]
For her wedding dress, Elizabeth still required ration coupons to buy the material for her gown, designed by Norman Hartnell. [12] [13] The dress was "a duchesse satin bridal gown with motifs of star lilies and orange blossoms." [13] Elizabeth's wedding shoes were made out of satin and were trimmed with silver and seed pearl. [11]
A slice of cake from Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s wedding has sold at auction for £2,200. The fruit cake was found under a bed in a suitcase in the original box, along with a ...
Queen Elizabeth cake is a lightly sweet, moist, and low-fat date cake, topped with a brown sugar, butter and broiled coconut mixture. [1] " Queen Elizabeth cake" is named after the Queen of Canada , Elizabeth II , and may have first been made in 1953 for her coronation .