Man spends $7,000 on royal piece of cake
A man has spent almost $8,000 on a piece of cake from Princess Diana and Prince Charles’ wedding.
Avid royal fan Gerry Layton from Yorkshire in the UK purchased the 41-year-old large slice of cake which came from one of the 23 wedding cakes used at the couple’s wedding in 1981.
The 62-year-old first bought the piece of cake for £2170 ($3840) at an auction last year in August before deciding to donate it to a local charity ball auction.
It was only last week that the slice of memorabilia which has the royal coat of arms in gold, red, blue and silver went up for auction again and Gerry realised he hadn’t even tasted it.
"After some free champagne, I suddenly got the urge and thought 'I haven't even had a bite of it yet'," he told The Yorkshire Post.
This time round, Gerry paid £2100 ($3700) for the cake and said “I don't care if it kills me” but he will taste it.
"It's 41 years old but I definitely am going to have a bite."
Gerry has not ruled out donating the piece of cake again but only after he has tasted it.
Dave Avery who was the head baker of the Royal Navy said he had met up with Princess Diana before her big day.
"She said to me, 'I want a wedding cake and not a monument', so she was quite happy.
"There was nothing much [known] about Diana, so it ended up being more of a naval type of cake – all I could do was the Spencer crest.”
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