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India Hicks with her somewhat famous name was a bridesmaid in Princess Diana's wedding 30 years ago, 29 July 1981. She was thirteen.
She is the daughter of Lady Pamela Mountbatten who was a bridesmaid in Elizabeth and Phillip's wedding, her grandparents were then the Viceroy and Vicereine of India.
She can report that carrying Diana's 25ft train was a nightmare, it was the first wedding of a Prince of Wales in 118 years. Diana wore jeans and a diamond tiara that morning - 3,500 guests were invited.
She wore butter-cup yellow satin shoes and returned to the Palace from the Cathedral in the glass coach that had delivered Diana.
The footmen on the couple's open-topped carriage were armed detectives. Royal protocol dictated that Charles had two best men, brothers Andrew and Edward.
Diana's gift to her bridesmaids was a Halcyon Days china pot commemorating the day and later a rose from her bouquet set in Perspex for a paper wieght.
The honeymoon began at India's grandfather's home at Broadlands in Hampshire.
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