Royal Wedding Cake Tin with card and packaging

item details

NameRoyal Wedding Cake Tin with card and packaging

ProductionWindett Design; designers; 2011; England

Classificationtins, packaging

Materialstin, paper, cardboard, ink

DimensionsPart: 168mm (width), 70mm (height), 120mm (depth)

Registration NumberGH024236

Credit lineGift of Derek Leask, 2014

Overview

This cake tin contains a piece of Prince William and Catherine Middleton's wedding cake. The couple were married at Westminster Abbey on Friday, 29th April, 2011 at 11.00 am.

The souvenir cake tin, which bears the legend 'William and Catherine / 29th April 2011', was sent to Derek Leask, High Commissioner for New Zealand, 'With best wishes / from / TRH The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall / in celebration of the wedding / of / TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge'.

Derek Leask, a career diplomat, was High Commissioner for New Zealand from March 2008 to February 2013, and was a guest at the wedding.

The names of the couple are flanked by the flowers of the United Kingdom: the English rose, Scottish thistle, Irish shamrock and Welsh daffofil (also known as Peter's Leek).