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Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten were offered many cakes from well-wishers around the world [1] for their wedding on 20 November 1947. Of these they accepted 12. [2] [3] The principal, ‘official’ cake, served at the wedding breakfast, was baked by the Scottish biscuit maker, McVitie and Price. The other 11 cakes – from prominent ...
Sep 8, 2022 · The cake was intricately decorated and two of the tiers actually depicted scenes from both Philip and Elizabeth's lives. Due to ongoing rationing in the U.K., the ingredients for the cake were ...
- Erin Shaw
How Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding cake was made is a remarkable story of ingenuity and friendship. ... Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip got engaged in July 1947 and were soon married. While ...
- Casey Fitzgerald
Sep 9, 2022 · Australian Girl Guides had a role in making Princess Elizabeth's wedding cake in 1947. (AP, supplied) For people still reeling from the ravages of World War II, who hadn't seen an iced cake in ...
- Monique Ross
Sep 8, 2022 · The fruitcake everyone wanted to be part of. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's wedding cake was no ordinary affair. Confectioner Fredrik Schur of McVitie and Price Ltd. had created a vision of a 500-lb., 9-foot-high fruitcake of complex design and multiple tiers, selected from 11 possible options. The tiers were elaborate and decorative ...
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May 18, 2018 · She was the 10th member of the Royal Family to be wed there. Popperfoto/Getty Images. 2,000 guests were invited to the ceremony, with many more spectators filling the streets of to watch the ...
Sep 10, 2022 · When Queen Elizabeth II, then a princess, married Prince Philip on November 20, 1947, the UK was in the midst of food rationing brought on by World War II, which ended two years before. This ...