Thirty years have elapsed since Lady Diana Spencer's fairytale wedding to Prince Charles but it remains the royal wedding by which all others are measured.
While their 14-year marriage ended in a bitter divorce
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Those memories will come flooding back when Charles and Diana's eldest son Prince William marries his long-time girlfriend Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey on April 29.
But unlike his parents, William has tried to take a low-key approach to his wedding day.
Hundreds of thousands of well wishers lined London's streets to cheer Charles and Diana on July 29, 1981, while an estimated 750 million people were glued to TV sets around the world.
Witnessing the historic event inside St Paul's cathedral were 3500 guests, including the biggest gathering of European crowned heads and foreign royals.
At the time, and for all the world knew, Diana was a true fairytale princess with a charmed life ahead of her - an aristocratic young woman of just 20 marrying the most eligible bachelor on the planet.
People watched in awe as Diana stepped out of her glass carriage onto the red carpet lining the steps of St Paul's, her father Earl Spencer proudly supporting her on his arm.
The world had been waiting with bated breath to catch a glimpse of her ivory silk taffeta and antique lace gown with its 7.6m train
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While some have since dismissed the frothy dress with its puffy sleeves and frilly neckline as over the top, back then it was considered by many to be the most beautiful ever created.
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British designer David Emanuel, who created the frock with former wife Elizabeth, turned to the history books and researched royal wedding dresses before coming up with the final design.
"Diana used to come to our studio and we showed her various sketches, looked at pictures of other royal brides and worked out the design together
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"No one else saw the dress, not even her mother, who once came with her to look at some sketches that we then destroyed.
"Although Frances Shand-Kydd (Diana's mother) paid for the dress
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One of Diana's bridesmaids, India Hicks, recently recalled the excitement of getting ready at Buckingham Palace.
Wearing an old pair of jeans with a diamond tiara, Diana kept herself amused by watching the TV coverage of her big day before it was time to change into her wedding dress
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"I remember clearly the moment Diana appeared at the top of the staircase. Everyone fell silent," Hicks, who was 13 at the time
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"The bride was radiant, and ready to become the most famous of princesses."
Hicks said one of her favourite parts of the day was riding in the glass coach which had carried Diana to St Paul's and then ferried the bridesmaids back to Buckingham Palace after the ceremony, describing it as her "fairytale moment" as the huge crowds lining the streets cheered.
But that was nothing compared to the excitement that accompanied the couple's famous first public kiss as man and wife on the palace balcony.
"We watched in awe as the micro-sized, navy blue line of mounted police was forced to break rank as the swarming masses flooded through from the Mall to the gates of the palace, screaming joyously for Charles and Diana," she said.
But while everything appeared joyous on the day, Diana later revealed to author Andrew Morton a troubling picture of what was going on behind the scenes before the wedding of the century.
In his biography of the Princess of Wales, Diana Her True Story
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"So, walking down the aisle I spotted Camilla, pale grey veiled pillbox hat, saw it all, her son Tom standing on a chair," she told Morton.
"Got out (of St Paul's), was a wonderful feeling
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"I realised I had taken on an enormous role but had no idea what I was going into - but no idea."
Unlike newlyweds in fairytales, Charles and Diana didn't go on to live happily ever after.
While they celebrated the birth of their sons, Prince William in 1982 and Prince Harry two years later, they had a troubled marriage.
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