'Charles and Diana wedding' toast sold for £230

BBC News - 'Charles and Diana wedding' toast sold for £230

A piece of toast, said to have come from Prince Charles's breakfast on the day he married Princess Diana, has been sold at auction for £230.

The mother of a Buckingham Palace maid, who was visiting her daughter at the time of the 1981 wedding, claims to have taken the leftover slice.

Rosemarie Smith, 83, from Derby, said she had stored the slice in a Royal Crown Derby cup at her home ever since.

The toast was bought by a UK telephone bidder at the auction in Derbyshire.

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Sounds like Hitler´s slippers to me...

 

I think we need some carbon dating performed. Such a valuable piece of history must be validated.

 

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Exactly, Firstnorth...

The historical importance of a piece of toast, Who knows? Maybe Princess Diana kept it in her drawers as a 'keepsake'.

Some people will buy anything; Hitlers jockstrap will, most likely, be sold at auction as a valuable historical tool....what a load of balls.

 

But is it toasted?

 

This brings to light an entire sphere of militaria collectables just waiting to be ponced on by bargain hunters.

I have heard rumours that a piece of strudel still exists from the Berghof, souveniered by Ribbentrop's wife, special luncheon guest of Eva and Adolf. Surely one of 'Der Chef's' teacakes are worth more than 300 pounds!

I am also aware of an actual block of chocolate nibbled at the edges by Clara Pettaci, lifted from her and Musso's room after by the maid after a torrid night between the sheets. Gotta be a buyer for that one....

One of Bormann's breath mints was unearthed, ( so I heard) from an office desk in the Berlin Bunker. Bormann would use them to impress the Fuhrer on special occasions, (like the execution of Fegelien, or the expulsion of Goring and Himmler); in this way, Martin could show Der Chef exactly what the breath of a racial super-being could be. I mean, this was bound to impress Adolf, who suffered from dreadful Halitosis. It would have also covered all those times when the funky atmosphere of the bunker would have been too much for Bormann, who would nip out for a quick cigarette, and then pop back in after his "Arayan Breath" was restored, with The Fuhrer none the wiser.

Yes, it's these historical importances that these artifacts will be so valuable for.

 

1981....its now 2012....does mold just grow slower over in England, or is it just that mold refuses to grow in England due to mold's standards?

Seriously, though....isn't there some point at which people have to just sit back and think "WTF?"

 

I was going to edit the above word 'ponced' to 'pounced', but decided to leave it in.

It's a great description of the toast collector above. Very 'poncey'. He did indeed 'ponce' on that valuable artifact.

Al the fine memories of the event must have welled up for him. It must have been a 'him'. Women would not tolerate old pieces of toat cluttering up the house and attracting rats. Either that or he's still single.

 

Maybe it's Royal Mold - much more reserved and deliberate.

You mean like I do when I read some of the stuff in The Stump?

 

Only in certain Cantonese restaurants