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Royal wedding: Why none of the guests will eat Meghan and Harry’s wedding cake

Meghan Markle, 36, and Prince Harry, 33, are due to marry in just 33 days time at Windsor Castle.

Kensington Palace has recently revealed that preparation is well underway for the grand event with advice for those planning to travel to watch the big day.

Elements of the big day have recently been revealed, such as who will bake the wedding cake, who will make the flower arrangements and who will be the photographer.

The cake maker is to be Claire Ptak, a London based baker who Meghan previously interviewed on The Tig.

Yet her cake may not even get eaten by the guests after all.

The wedding cake is to be a lemon and elderflower cake with fresh flowers used for decoration.

Whilst it sounds delicious, it may not get eaten during the big day by those attending.

Fiona Cairns created Kate and William’s eight-tier wedding cake in 2011, and revealed some of the secrets of the big day.

One of those was that no-one ate the large cake after it was created at the royal wedding.

She told Town and Country: “The actual cake itself, which went on display, was not served at the wedding.”

After its creation, which took over two days, the £56,000 cake was then cut into pieces to be given for breakfast.

Over 600 slices were given, and then an additional 4,000 slices were sent out as gifts.

They were packaged in Prince of Wales tins when they were delivered.

But how much would a slice of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding cake cost?

In 2011, a slice of the fruitcake sold for nearly £6,000 at Julien’s Auction in California.

Harry and Meghan are expected to follow in the trend of giving the cake as a gift, with an insider revealing a second fruit cake will also be at the wedding.

The source told Express.co.uk: “The fruit cake will be cut into pieces and into little presentation boxes for all staff involved with the wedding. The other piece they normally keep for the honeymoon.”

Anyone wanting to try Meghan and Harry’s cake would have to fork out thousands, with Brides.com estimating it to coming to a whopping £49,150.

Yet Iceland have created a dupe for just £8, with a lemon and elderflower cake on offer with beautiful flowers adorning it.

Those who want to try the two-tiered buttercream sponge will have to be quick – it is only being sold from May 14 for one week.

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