Duke And Duchess Of Windsor Wedding Cake

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Duke and duchess of windsor wedding cake. The duke and duchess of windsor center pose with herman rogers left who gave the bride away and best man major metcalf right. By susan flantzer on june 3 1937 prince edward duke of windsor known as david married wallis simpson at the château de candé in monts france a 16th century castle owned by charles bedaux a french born naturalized american industrial millionaire. Bearing the inscription a piece of our wedding cake we 3 v1 37 the lot was estimated originally at us 500 1 000 303 607.

Tucked away within the grounds of windsor castle it is a more low key venue than central london alternatives westminster abbey where the duke and duchess of cambridge got married or st paul s. The duke and duchess of cambridge had two cakes made for their 2011 nuptials. The cake was a eight tiered traditional fruit cake which stood at 3ft tall.

The wedding cake for prince william and catherine middleton s wedding known from their wedding day as the duke and duchess of cambridge was made by fiona cairns. The first was a magnificent eight tiered iced traditional fruit cake featuring the language of flowers made by. Proving that history has a sweet tooth a tiny piece of the duke and duchess of windsor s wedding cake sold for 29 900 in spirited bidding thursday night at sotheby s.

The duke and duchess of windsor on their wedding day. Millions of people who tuned in to watch the duke and duchess of sussex wedding witnessed the arrival of a list. The san francisco couple spent us 29 900 thursday for a piece of cake left over from the 1937 wedding of the duke and duchess of windsor.