Princess Diana's £2,500 cards - page 2

26-11-2008This Month 26th Nov 14:00

It said: "To Mervie, please could I have a bacon sandwich for breakfast and a much-needed rest from our friend the tomato! D."A slice of cake from Diana's 1981 wedding to Prince Charles also went under the hammer, and fetched £260.Other pieces of royal memorabilia on sale included a never-before-seen photograph of Queen Elizabeth wearing a pair of denim flared trousers. The shot sold to an unidentified bidder for £1,050 - nearly 20 times its estimate.A ring worn by the late Duke of Windsor - King Edward VIII - sold for £10,200. The hold ring included the inscription "Darling Wallis", in honour of Wallis Simpson, the divorcee who sparked the 1936 abdication crisis when Edward relinquished the throne in order to marry her.The auction raised a total of £80,200, with bidders coming from as far afield as America, Canada and China.