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.

The "very, very rare" piece of fruit cake sold for four times the expected amount when it went under the hammer

Would you eat 40-year-old wedding cake? A wealthy bidder recently bought a slice of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip's wedding-day dessert.

A 77-year-old slice of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's wedding cake was auctioned in Scotland for Rs 2.36 lakh ($2,800). The preserved slice, gifted to a housekeeper at Holyrood House, came in its original box with a letter of gratitude from the Queen.

A "very rare" slice of wedding cake from the marriage of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip has sold at auction for £2,200. The fruit cake was found under a bed in a suitcase, 77 years after the original 9ft (2.

The sliver of alcohol-laced fruit cake was one of 2 000 dished out to guests at the wedding reception of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

The fruit cake was found under a bed in a suitcase in the original box, along with a presentation card postmarked April 21 1948, the auctioneers said.