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- Royal wedding cakes have been enormous over the years, with multiple layers weighing hundreds of pounds.
- At the wedding, the first piece is often cut with a ceremonial sword.
- Here are 12 incredible wedding cakes from royal weddings around the world.
Royal weddings are extravagant affairs — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's nuptials are expected to cost $45 million — and the cakes are no exception. Baked by hardworking teams of the finest chefs, they're often made of multiple layers weighing hundreds of pounds, decorated with intricate flowers and delicate swirls of icing, and displayed on artful stands.
We've already looked at how gorgeous royal wedding dresses look around the world. Now, here are 12 of the most incredible royal wedding cakes.
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Royals definitely don't skimp on any aspect of their weddings — including the cakes.
Prince Charles and Princess Diana's wedding cake, which was five feet tall and weighed 225 pounds, on July 29, 1981.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip's wedding cake in 1947 weighed 500 pounds, stood at nine feet tall, and took two weeks to make.
Two London constables stand guard over the official wedding cake of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, Nov. 16, 1947.
Prince William and Kate Middleton's cake was a little more understated, but no less intricate.
Fiona Cairns poses for a photograph with the wedding cake she and her team made for Prince William and his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, April 29, 2011.
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