伊莉莎白女王和菲利普親王已有 77 年歷史的婚禮蛋糕重新亮相並售價 2,834 美元

1947 年11 月20 日，星期四，當時的伊麗莎白公主和菲利普·蒙巴頓結婚。蛋糕。

A slice of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s wedding cake recently sold at auction for a whopping £2,200 ($2,834). The boozy fruit cake, which was 9-feet tall and had four tiers, was gifted to Marion Polson, the former housekeeper at Edinburgh’s Palace of Holyroodhouse, by Princess Elizabeth.

伊莉莎白女王和菲利普親王的一塊婚禮蛋糕最近在拍賣會上以 2,200 英鎊（2,834 美元）的天價售出。這個酒味水果蛋糕高 9 英尺，有四層，是伊麗莎白公主送給愛丁堡荷里路德宮前女管家馬里昂·波爾森的禮物。

Polson had bought the newlyweds a dessert service, and the future queen gifted her the cake slice in appreciation. The cake came in a presentation box with a note from Princess Elizabeth, written in 1947, which thanked Polson for the wedding present and said, “My husband and I are deeply touched to know that you shared in giving us such a delightful wedding present. We are both enchanted with the dessert service. The different flowers and the beautiful colouring will, I know, be greatly admired by all who see it.”

波爾森為這對新婚夫婦買了一份甜點服務，未來的女王送給她一塊蛋糕以表示感謝。蛋糕裝在一個展示盒中，上面附有伊麗莎白公主於1947 年寫的字條，感謝波爾森送來的結婚禮物，並說道：“我和我的丈夫得知您為我們提供瞭如此令人愉快的結婚禮物，我們深感感動。我們都對甜點服務很著迷。我知道，所有看到它的人都會驚嘆不已的花朵和美麗的色彩。

Marion Polson passed away in the 1980s, and her family offered the cake slice for auction earlier in 2024. The cake is no longer edible, but James Grinter, of auction house Reeman Dansie, called it a “little time capsule of glorious cake.” He said that this is the first piece of the cake ever sold “in its completeness.”

馬里昂·波爾森(Marion Polson) 於1980 年代去世，她的家人於2024 年初將蛋糕片進行拍賣。 「輝煌蛋糕的小時間膠囊」。他說，這是有史以​​來第一塊「完整」出售的蛋糕。

“This one actually has its original contents, which is very, very rare,” he added. The auction house expected the slice of fruit cake to sell for around £500 ($644), but a bidder from China purchased the item for £2,200 ($2,834).

「這個居然有原創內容，非常非常罕見，」他補充道。拍賣行預計這塊水果蛋糕的售價約為 500 英鎊（644 美元），但一位來自中國的競標者以 2,200 英鎊（2,834 美元）的價格購買了該物品。

This isn’t the first slice of royal wedding cake to hit the auction block. Prince Charles and Princess Diana had 23 wedding cakes baked for their July 29, 1981, nuptials. Forty-one years later, the cake sold at auction for £2,100, as reported by Royal Central. In 2014, Gee Chuang, CEO of a Silicon Valley startup, paid $7,500 at auction for a slice of Prince William and Duchess Kate’s wedding cake. Another elaborate fruit cake, 17 types of sugar-paste flowers adorned this one.

這並不是第一塊進入拍賣場的皇家婚禮蛋糕。查爾斯王子和戴安娜王妃於 1981 年 7 月 29 日舉行婚禮，共烘焙了 23 個婚禮蛋糕。據 Royal Central 報道，四十一年後，這塊蛋糕在拍賣會上以 2,100 英鎊的價格售出。 2014年，矽谷一家新創公司的執行長莊吉在拍賣會上以7,500美元的價格買下了威廉王子和凱特王妃的一塊結婚蛋糕。另一款精緻的水果蛋糕，上面裝飾著17種糖糊花。