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Slice Of History: Pieces Of British Royal Wedding Cakes Up For Auction

A California-based auction house is selling the old confections on June 23. One piece, from the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, is expected to fetch up to $1,200.

How much would you pay for a slice of 44-year-old royal wedding cake?

Five slices of cake from what one auction house calls the "most iconic royal weddings of all times" are going up for sale, going back as far as the 1973 nuptials of Princess Anne and

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