India Hicks

In fact, very sensibly, Princess Margaret wasn't going to waste a guest room on me, so I was put in a sort of slightly dusty nanny's room.

And my vivid memory is a knock on the door, because I had nothing, I came with the clothes that I'd been wearing for the fireworks, a knock on the door, and there was Princess Margaret in her nightie, offering me her toothbrush.

Isn't that lovely?

I don't think I used the toothbrush, but it was a very nice gesture.

Well, the next day, of course, because I was Sarah Armstrong Jones, we had a very easy way to Clarence House.

She probably had a police escort, whereas I probably would have been on a bus.

Well, I think Sarah was very much the chief bridesmaid.

Her dress was to the ground, mine was to my ankles like the rest.

But we were given a job and I liked a job.

And our job was to get that train in and out of that extraordinary golden carriage.

It was indeed.

It was the longest in history of any bride.

I think Diana very much wanted to make a point.

But the interesting thing about it was that obviously there were extraordinary times with those dress rehearsals, which is when I got to know Diana.

Obviously, I had been invited by Charles to be a bridesmaid.

She had the girls that she invited.

And when we would go to the Emanuel studio, they had...

blanked out all of the windows so we were in darkness.

I mean, lit inside, but there was no daylight coming in because the press were camped out on all the rooftops with these big, big lenses to try and get any kind of hint of this secret, this fashion secret that was being created inside the Emanuel studio.

And this silk taffeta was the fabric, was this amazing fabric that they were using.