A slice of royal wedding cake is going up for auction tomorrow.
The 68-year-old piece of cake from the marriage ceremony of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh is expected to fetch up to £500 at Gorringes in Lewes.
The fruit slice, about the size of a cigarette packet and laced with alcohol, was one of 2,000 dished out to guests at a lavish wedding reception at Buckingham Palace on November 20, 1947.
Despite this, wrapped in its original parchment, it is still edible.
It comes with a white cardboard presentation box, a miniature doily and an inscribed card sending "best wishes" from the happy couple.
Philip Taylor, from the auction house, said: "The cake is in a remarkable state considering it is 68 years old.
"It has been very well preserved due to all the rum and brandy in it.
"You could eat it but I wouldn’t recommend it."
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