More than century old, royal wedding cake on sale

LONDON - A slice of cake from one of Britain's most controversial royal weddings is up for sale after more than 130 years.

The cake is thought to be the only surviving item from the 1871 wedding of Queen Victoria's fourth daughter, Princess Louise, to the Marquis of Lorne.

It went on sale for 145 pounds ($215) Thursday at the Antiques for Everyone fair in Birmingham.

The wedding caused an uproar when Princess Louise angered the Prince of Wales by becoming the first British princess to marry a commoner. She was determined not to be burdened by the ritual of marrying another royal.

The slice is a tiny portion of the towering 5-foot cake served at Princess Louise's wedding. The entire cake originally weighed over 225 pounds and took three months to create.

A service of the Associated Press(AP)