伊丽莎白女王和菲利普亲王已有 77 年历史的婚礼蛋糕重新亮相并售价 2,834 美元

1947 年 11 月 20 日，星期四，当时的伊丽莎白公主和菲利普·蒙巴顿结婚。在伦敦威斯敏斯特教堂举行了盛大的婚礼后，两人在 2,000 名宾客中进行了庆祝——可能需要很多蛋糕。

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.

伊丽莎白女王和菲利普亲王的一块婚礼蛋糕最近在拍卖会上以 2,200 英镑（2,834 美元）的天价售出。这个酒味水果蛋糕高 9 英尺，有四层，是伊丽莎白公主送给爱丁堡荷里路德宫前女管家马里昂·波尔森的礼物。

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.”

波尔森为这对新婚夫妇买了一份甜点服务，未来的女王送给她一块蛋糕以示感谢。蛋糕装在一个展示盒中，上面附有伊丽莎白公主于 1947 年写的字条，感谢波尔森送来的结婚礼物，并说道：“我和我的丈夫得知您为我们提供了如此令人愉快的结婚礼物，我们深感感动。我们都对甜点服务很着迷。我知道，所有看到它的人都会惊叹不已的花朵和美丽的色彩。”

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.”

马里昂·波尔森 (Marion Polson) 于 1980 年代去世，她的家人于 2024 年初将蛋糕片进行拍卖。该蛋糕已不可食用，但 Reeman Dansie 拍卖行的詹姆斯·格林特 (James Grinter) 称其为“辉煌蛋糕的小时间胶囊”。他说，这是有史以来第一块“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).

“这个居然有原创内容，非常非常罕见，”他补充道。拍卖行预计这块水果蛋糕的售价约为 500 英镑（644 美元），但一位来自中国的竞拍者以 2,200 英镑（2,834 美元）的价格购买了该物品。

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.

这并不是第一块进入拍卖场的皇家婚礼蛋糕。查尔斯王子和戴安娜王妃于 1981 年 7 月 29 日举行婚礼，共烘焙了 23 个婚礼蛋糕。据 Royal Central 报道，四十一年后，这块蛋糕在拍卖会上以 2,100 英镑的价格售出。 2014年，硅谷一家初创公司的首席执行官庄吉在拍卖会上以7500美元的价格买下了威廉王子和凯特王妃的一块结婚蛋糕。另一款精致的水果蛋糕，上面装饰着17种糖糊花。