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It is every little girl’s dream, to marry their Prince Charming.
But for Sophie-Rose Bance, her fairytale fantasy became a reality when she got hitched to fiancee Ashley Long - in a ceremony complete with their very own glass carriage.
The pair said their forever afters at a Disney-themed wedding at the Hilton Hotel in Bearsted Road on Sunday, before a procession to the stables in Otham owned by the bride’s parents.
At the reception there, the tables had names including Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo, Happy Ever After and Tale as Old as Time, while X Factor singer John Adams added a little magic to the teatime entertainment.
But it wasn’t just the ceremony that had a touch of the Cinderella story about it.
Mr Long, 23, who manages Rush hair salon in Fremlin Walk, said: “We are very traditional as a couple and the old fairytales just seem right for us and the way we are together. Sophie-Rose is a princess so it fitted with that.
"We’ve been together for two and a half years and the day after our first anniversary I proposed at home, because in my eyes, that was the first day of the rest of our lives.
"I had 150 candles and petals leading through the hallway, I got down on one knee and sobbed my heart out.”
Sophie-Rose, 25, said: “It was lovely, and very fairytale, he’s my Prince Charming.”
The Cinderella-style ‘bubble’ carriage hit the headlines when glamour model Jordan married Peter Andre in 2005.
But the pair said that wasn’t what had inspired their choice. Theirs, with a a fleur de lys and heart interior, and gold crown on top, was dressed in ivory in white roses and pulled by two white horses.
Newlywed Mrs Long, who works in accounts, for Mercedes in Sittingbourne, said: “My favourite fairytale is Cinderella which is really why we wanted the carriage. It was really gorgeous and elegant.
"We saved for it for a long time. The whole day has been amazing and surreal.”
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