Kate Middleton's wedding dress - and her secret second gown

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On April 29 2011, the whole world watched with bated breath for Kate Middleton to step out of her car at Westminster Abbey and enter the historic building to marry Prince William.

As her limousine drew up in time for the 11am service, gasps were drawn as she stepped out in a stunning gown fit for the fairytale occasion, also putting to bed months of rumours about exactly what her dress would look like.

The stunning dress was created by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, a designer that Kate has since turned to a number of times, however at the time the gown seemed like quite a departure from the flouncy 1980s style that had dominated royal weddings three decades earlier.

According to Buckingham Palace, Kate wanted a wedding dress that combined "tradition and modernity with the artistic vision that characterises Alexander McQueen’s work".

Here Express.co.uk takes a look back at the most iconic wedding dress of the century so far and all the details of the sumptuous creation.
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00:00 On April 29, 2011, the whole world watched with bated breath for Kate Middleton to step
00:06 out of her car at Westminster Abbey and enter the historic building to marry Prince William.
00:12 As her limousine drew up in time for the 11am service, gasps were drawn as she stepped out
00:18 in a stunning gown fit for the fairy tale occasion, also putting to bed months of rumours
00:23 about exactly what her dress would look like.
00:26 The stunning dress was created by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, a designer that Kate
00:32 has since turned to a number of times, however at the time the gown seemed like quite a departure
00:37 from the flouncy 1980s style that had dominated royal weddings three decades earlier.
00:44 According to Buckingham Palace, Kate wanted a wedding dress that combined tradition and
00:49 modernity with the artistic vision that characterises Alexander McQueen's work.
00:54 GearExpress.co.uk takes a look back at the most iconic wedding dress of the century so
01:00 far and all the details of the sumptuous creation.

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