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14th November 1947: The official wedding cake for HRH Princess Elizabeth's wedding. Intricately decorated with armorial bearings of the Princess and Lieutenant Mountbatten and depicting scenes from their lives, it is nine feet high and weighs 500 pounds. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

14th November 1947:  The official wedding cake for HRH Princess Elizabeth's wedding. Intricately decorated with armorial bearings of the Princess and Lieutenant Mountbatten and depicting scenes from their lives, it is nine feet high and weighs 500 pounds.  (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)