A “very, very rare” slice of wedding cake from Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s 1947 wedding netted four times the expected amount at auction after being found under a bed in a suitcase.

A 77-year-old slice of the 9-foot-tall cake served at Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's wedding sold for $2,800 this week. (J. A. Hampton, Hulton Royals Collection, Getty Images via CNN ...

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 ...

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s wedding cake. J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images She added, “This is a present which we shall use constantly, and whenever we do we shall ...

A piece of cake from the 1947 royal wedding of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip recently sold for £2,200 (around Rs 2,39,915) at an auction. The 77-year-old fruitcake, a remnant of the original ...

Along with the piece of cake’s presentation box came a note from Princess Elizabeth, written in 1947. It read: “My husband and I are deeply touched to know that you shared in giving us such a ...

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.

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.