'Charles and Diana wedding' toast sold for 230

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'Charles and Diana wedding' toast sold for 230

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A piece of toast Prince Charles used for breakfast on his wedding day sold for 230.

19 July,2012 08:38 pm

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.A worldwide television audience of 750 million watched Prince Charles marry Lady Diana Spencer on 29 July 1981.