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Slice of Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s wedding cake being auctioned off

The slice was presented to kids at Young England in Pimlico where Diana had a job as a teacher until early 1981.

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This piece of Charles and Diana's wedding cake which was given to children at a kindergarten where she worked is up for auction.(Dominic Winter via SWNS)

By Lauren Beavis via SWNS

A piece of Charles and Diana's wedding cake which was given to children at a kindergarten where she worked is up for auction.

The slice was presented to kids at Young England in Pimlico where Diana had a job as a teacher until early 1981.

She visited the school on July 17 that year where she was given gifts by pupils and watched a Punch and Judy show.

The royal couple married 12 days later and following the wedding the kindergarten kids were presented with a gift.

They were given a small box containing a slice of cake from one for the many official wedding cakes made for Charles and Diana.

One child was Daisy Thompson and despite being only four at the time managed to avoid temptation and has kept it safe until now.

(Photo by autore dello scatto sconosciuto via Wikimedia Commons)

The cake is on sale at Dominic Winter Auctioneers.

A spokesman said: "On Friday 17 July, Lady Diana Spencer paid a surprise visit at end of term party at Young England Kindergarten where she had worked as a teacher for two years.

"Diana's pupils gave her an engraved glass goblet and a picture they had painted themselves.

"She spent more than an hour with the children and also watched a Punch and Judy show.

"Later, the children were each given one of these small presentation pieces of wedding cake and a commemorative mug.

"This piece of cake was given to the four-year-old Daisy Thompson who has kept it safe until now."

Amongst the other pupils was Diana's alleged favorite, Clementine Hambro, the great-granddaughter of Winston Churchill - who was also one of Diana's bridesmaids at the wedding twelve days later.

The spokesman added: "Though similar to the presentation boxes given to the 3,500 wedding guests, these boxes given to her Young England pupils are very few in number and rarely come on the market."

The slice of history will be on sale at Dominic Winter Auctioneers on June 15 and 16 and is expected to sell for several hundred dollars.

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