Princess Diana’s wedding dress designer ripped up sketch to avoid it being leaked – and added secret ‘good luc - The Sun

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WHILE it might have been almost 40 years ago, it's hard to forget Princess Diana on her wedding day to Prince Charles.

The late Princess of Wales stunned onlookers as she walked down the aisle at St Paul's Cathedral in a stunning ivory silk taffeta and antique lace gown, dragging a record-breaking 25-foot train behind her.

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Princess Diana and Prince Charles married in July 1981 at St Paul's CathedralCredit: Getty - Contributor

The wedding dress will go down in royal history as one of the most famous royal gowns of all time - and avid royal watchers desperately awaited the big reveal.

Because of this, its designers David Emanuel and his ex-wife Elizabeth were desperate to keep it under wraps - and tried everything possible to do so.

The Say Yes To The Dress host revealed they even ripped up sketches as soon as they showed them to the bride-to-be, in case anyone caught a glimpse.

Speaking to Hello!, David revealed how the royal icon always attended the fitting alone, but towards the very end she took her mother, Frances Shand Kydd.

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Diana's dress was iconic and featured a record-breaking 25-foot trainCredit: Getty Images - Getty

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Designers David Emanuel and his ex-wife Elizabeth ripped up the sketch to avoid it getting out

"It was just three of us, myself, my ex-wife and Diana. It happened very organically," David explained.

"As soon as Mrs Shand Kydd saw it and she loved it, we ripped up the design as we didn't want people to see it."

The stunning dress was made of antique lace (something old), material from a British silk farm (something new) and even had a small blue bow sewn into the waistband (something blue).

For good luck on her big day, David revealed he'd enlisted a jeweller to sew a tiny gold horseshoe into the dress - a gesture Diana was moved by.

David and Elizabeth designed the stunning wedding gown

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David also enlisted a jeweller to sew a tiny gold horseshoe into the dress for good luckCredit: Getty - Contributor

"We only told her on the wedding day. She didn't know about the horseshoe for good luck, she was very touched. She was traditional," he said.

In an interview in 2018, David also revealed that Diana actually had a back-up dress, in case the original design was leaked.

According to Marie Claire, he told PEOPLE: "At the time we wanted to make absolutely sure that the dress was a surprise."

The second gown was made with the same taffeta material as the dress Diana eventually wore down the aisle, and featured similar ruffles around the neck - but was supposedly far less lavish.

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The wedding dress will go down in royal history as one of the most famous royal gowns of all timeCredit: Getty - Contributor

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David designed several of Diana's dresses before her big day, including this strapless black gown

The final design was hand-embroidered with over 10,000 tiny mother-of-pearl sequins and pearls, a feature the back-up was missing.

These could have been added at the last minute, however, the piece was never actually finished, and Diana never saw it.

David continued: "We didn’t try it on Diana. We never even discussed it.

"We wanted to make sure that we had something there; it was for our own peace of mind, really."

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The late Princess of Wales was 'very touched' by the added good luck charm Credit: Getty - Contributor

David also designed the memorable black strapless number for Diana before her wedding, which was one of seven gowns of his she'd worn.

David said: "I did a few gowns for her before the wedding, the first one you saw in public was the strapless black dress with the sweetheart neckline as she got out of the limousine with Prince Charles - everyone gasped.

"The next day, I got a phone call from Buckingham Palace's press office. 'Mr Emanuel, are you responsible for Lady Diana?'

"That was the start of seven gowns, and then out of the blue, she rang my studio and said, 'Would you do the honour of designing my wedding gown?'"

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