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Everything was in place for the perfect wedding: the sun was shining on the picture-postcard seaside village, the bride looked beautiful and the future king was there to join the celebrations.

There was, however, one guest conspicuous by her absence.

I can disclose that the Duchess of Cambridge failed to turn up for the wedding of estate agent Bear Maclean and socialite Daisy Dickson at All Saints Church in Thurlestone, South Devon, at the weekend.

The hosts appeared to have been informed so late that Kate’s name was still on the seating plan at the reception in a marquee overlooking the village green.

The names William and Catherine Wales were written on the plan, which appeared on an antique-looking mirror,’ a source claims.

‘They were due to sit at the top table. Kate had been expected to attend.’

On Saturday, however, Prince William, who is an old friend of the groom, turned up with his sister-in-law, Pippa Middleton.

‘No one knows why,’ says the source. ‘Everyone was talking about it over breakfast the next morning. They stayed on the next day and night, too, attending lunch in the marquee together.

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‘The plan was for everyone to go and do a river estuary swim afterwards.’

It is just the latest in a long line of social events since they had children that Kate has declined to attend with her husband, who said recently he had to run decisions ‘by the missus’.

Princess Charlotte was born in May and Prince George turned two in July.

The couple attended dozens of weddings in the run-up to their own nuptials in 2011, but Kate went to none in the two years afterwards. William has been to at least five weddings on his own.

When the Prince was an usher at the wedding of his close friend Tom van Straubenzee in 2013, Kate was seen on a shopping trip.

In her absence, William is reported to have knocked part of his tooth out at the reception.

The Duchess has also missed other important social events, such as the christening of Zara Phillips’s daughter, Mia, last December.

Her absence was particularly surprising as Zara had been named godmother to Prince George.

The most recent wedding William and Kate are believed to have attended together was that of their friends Tom Eaves and Libby Keir last year.

A Kensington Palace spokesman declined to comment.

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The TV presenter was among a number of stars who watched Dec and his new bride Ali Astall said ‘I do’ yesterday.

Fearne Cotton has described Declan Donnelly’s wedding day as “a dream”.

The radio and TV presenter was among guests to gather in Newcastle yeterday to watch the Britain’s Got Talent presenter tie the knot to Ali Astall.

Gushing about the big day, Fearne wrote on Twitter: “Watching someone you love get married is magic. Ali and Dec, your wedding yesterday was a dream.”

Pregnant Fearne Cotton looked blooming lovely as she joined guests including Holly Willoughby, Leigh Francis and Paddy McGuinness at the bash.

She was glowing as she chatted to friends dressed in a printed shift dress and block-heeled sandals.

Meanwhile, the bride and groom looked completely gorgeous on their big day.

The bride’s silk zibeline full A-line dress was designed by Phillipa Lepley. She also wore a silk three-quarter length veil with hand worked duchesse satin bound edge.

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Donnelly’s blue suit was made by London tailor Tom Baker.

Cheers rang out from inside the church as the happy couple, who have been dating for two-and-a-half years, became Mr and Mrs.

Dec’s best man and TV sidekick, Ant McPartlin, joked people clapped and cheered at the wedding because his best pal “finally got married”.

Dec and his bride looked delighted as they waved to the hundreds of wellwishers gathered outside St Michael’s Roman Catholic Church in Elswick, Newcastle.

Earlier in the day, the groom had cheekily tweeted: “Morning! I know I’ve got somewhere to be today but I can’t for the life of me remember where…”

The Britain’s Got Talent host chose to marry at St Michael’s Church in Newcastle, near where he grew up with his six brothers and sisters.

The church holds a special place in his heart as it’s where the funeral of his beloved dad Alphonsos was held in 2011.

More than 200 guests attended what was dubbed “the Geordie Royal wedding”.

Dec’s brother Father Dermott Donnelly, Dean of St Mary’s Cathedral, led the ceremony.

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Morgan Woodard of Morgan Joy Photography shoots 35 or more weddings per year in Mobile and Baldwin counties. Often, the weddings are elaborate and expensive.

So when it came to her own recent wedding, she kept it small and easy. In her experience, “Most of the time the bride does everything to impress her friends instead of focusing on the meaning of her wedding,” she said. “I think a wedding should be a joyful, happy celebration.”

And that’s just what she had, with a venue that cost next to nothing, flowers she bought the night before and no wedding party or wedding planner.

“I kind of winged everything,” she said. “I just knew it would all come together, and it did.”

Morgan married Seth Woodard on May 23, at Baldwin County Bicentennial Park in Stapleton. He really wanted a church wedding, and she wanted a vintage setting, she said. When one of her friends suggested the park, which includes the historic, circa-1895 Montpelier Methodist Church, a 19th century general store, a blacksmith’s shop and other buildings, Morgan fell in love with it right away.

“I almost cried when I realized it was free,” she said, adding that there’s now a nominal fee to rent the space.

The couple met about four years ago, when she went to Lowe’s to buy some paint. Seth was working there at the time, in the receiving area, but on that day “he walked by and saw me at the counter and decided he’d work in paint,” she said, laughing. He followed her out to her car, but the usually outgoing Morgan “shut down” and didn’t talk to him.

“I was anti-guys at that time,” she said.

Later, when she told her friend about him, the friend took Morgan’s business card up to Lowe’s and gave it to Seth. Sure enough, he called her, they went on their first date and have been together ever since.

After Seth graduated from the University of South Alabama with a degree in chemical engineering in May, he got a job with Evonik – in Indiana. Since their wedding, Morgan has flown back and forth, spending increasingly more time with Seth in Indiana as she finishes the weddings she’s shooting here over the next few months.

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Here are some of the details of their beautiful wedding day.

How they met: “We met at Lowes in Daphne, I recently bought a house in Loxley and i wanted to go pick up some paint and paint the walls. He worked at Lowe’s,” said Morgan.

How he proposed: “He proposed at Blakely State Park, by the huge tree that you can walk inside of. He blindfolded me and walked me down the pier.”

Wedding date: May 23, 2015

Wedding/reception location: Baldwin County Bicentennial Park, Stockton

All about the dress: “I knew about The Timeless Bride from some of my brides. I wanted something different for my dress, but I had no clue what I meant by ‘different’ until I walked into the shop. Naomi (Maurer) picked out a few vintage dresses. I found my awesome 1970s dress and could see that after alterations it was going to be exactly what I wanted. My mom was able to alter it for me. When I saw myself in the camera in the dress with my hair and makeup done, I thought, ‘This is it.’ It was exactly what I had envisioned.”

Bridesmaids/groomsmen? “None! I wanted it to be as simple as possible. I feel most of the time bridesmaids and groomsmen just cause more chaos.”

Wedding cake by: Evelyn Phelps (251-661-9200). “I found her thorough a friend on Facebook. The cake was fabulous and exactly what i wanted for way cheaper than the cake shops. It was a three-tier messy white cake, which I decorated with flowers from The Fresh Market on the top.”

Groom’s cake: Four cheesecakes made by Seth’s grandmother

Flowers by: The Fresh Market. “I just went the night before the wedding and picked up a couple of bouquets of flowers and baby’s breath.”

Photography by: SoLife Studios (solifestudios.com)

Videography by: “One of my photography friends, Brooke Helms, surprised me and videotaped the wedding and reception for me.”

Reception food: “We served hamburgers, hot dogs and crawfish. My brother-in-law, Tolly Nassar from Louisiana, bought and cooked the crawfish.”

Officiant: Morgan’s uncle, John Faciane

Music: “Seth’s grandmother played the piano while I walked down the aisle. My sister, Lydia Bru, sang Christina Aguilera’s ‘I Turn to You’ during the ceremony.”

Special dances: “Our first dance was to ‘Feels Like Home’ by Chantal Kreviazuk. The daddy dance song was ‘I Will Always Be Your Baby’ by Natalie Grant. The mom and groom song was ‘You Raise Me Up’ by Josh Groban.”

Honeymoon: “We spent a few days in Gulf Shores.”

Advice for other couples planning a wedding? “Keep it simple, and exactly what you want. Don’t do traditional things if you do not want to – we didn’t.”

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Being a bride is meant to be one of the most important days in a woman’s life – and it’s certainly the most photographed, so a perfect appearance is essential.

So imagine how you would feel if you had a beauty disaster ahead of the big day.

One bride-to-be posted a desperate plea for help on Reddit after she refreshed her dye-job less than a week before walking down the aisle.

Known only as Amesann, she wrote: ‘Last night I touched up my hair roots (I always do it myself with great results) but this time they decided to turn YELLOW! Oh and some ORANGE mixed in there too. Oh yeah, beautiful! Not.

‘So I’m sporting yellow and orange hair and the wedding is in 5 days! I’m praying for a miracle.

‘I’m out of town right now and trying to find a salon around me that can fix it without making my hair look like the Sahara Desert. I’ve bought purple shampoo but I think my hair is beyond that. Help! Help! Help!’

But she is not the only one who has had to battle with hair horrors and make-up mishaps on her big day… Here, a number of disgruntled British brides share their beauty blunders with FEMAIL.

Mother-of-three Lianne Kolirin, from London, soon found her dream of picturesque shots on the beach of her 2001 destination wedding were thwarted by both her hairdresser – and the weather.

She said: ‘My hairdresser took an unbelievable four hours to do my hair in his salon – while still seeing various clients in between.

‘The whole process dragged on for so long that we ended up not having time to do our official pictures, there was also a torrential storm so my dress got soaked. We were going to have lovely outdoor shots on the beach but by the time we were finally out and ready it was dark.

‘We had to go back and do them the next day – minus the wedding outfits. My hair looked amazing and the pictures the next day were beautiful, but it could have been any time as we weren’t in our wedding clothes.’

Disgruntled bride Steph Duell, from London, had to take matters into her own hands during her nupitals in 2014.

The 25-year-old deputy project manager ended up styling her hair herself after an unqualified stylist failed to follow her brief and decided to just ‘slick it back my hair with wax’.

She advertised herself as a wedding hairstylist and her portfolio looked fine. A few months before the big day I sent her a collage of photographs of the style I wanted,’ she said.

‘I wanted something quite casual – a loose bun with a braid along one side and a few small strands of hair falling out.

‘Nice and relaxed for a summer wedding. She said she’d be able to do it without a worry. She couldn’t.

‘She didn’t seem to know how to do a French braid and her idea of a messy bun was not the same as mine. It looked nothing like the photos and was all sleeked back with wax! Awful.

‘I was standing in my underwear, without hair or make-up on and the wedding was due to begin in 30 minutes! I did my hair myself, as best I could and had the best day ever.’

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HAIRDRESSER DIDN’T TURN UP

One outraged bride – nurse Laura, 24, from Southport – was left sobbing outside of the hair salon after her stylist failed to show up.

She said: ‘My hairdresser was a complete no show.

‘We waited outside the salon for 45 minutes desperately trying to call the stylist until she eventually answered her phone. She sounded like she’d just got out of bed.

‘When she did eventually turn up her excuse was that she thought it had been booked the month before and I simply hadn’t turned up for the appointment.

‘I was given a voucher for a free cut and blow dry but it’s safe to say I won’t be using her again.’

HAIRDO DIDN’T HOLD UP

Writer Juliette Wills, 42, from Brighton, recalls how she ended up with a sagging hairdo on her wedding day seven years ago.

She said: ‘I turned up at the hairdresser’s on the morning of my wedding. Place closed.

‘Idiot hairdresser arrived 15 minutes later muttering about how hungover he was.

‘I sat in chair and he hairsprayed the back of my hair instead of pinning it up.

‘The style was a bit 1940s-meets Cinderella – two rolls on either side with a low side-sweep – and it started to drop before I even got to the ceremony. I was so stressed but I still paid him.

‘There’s a photo where you can see wisps falling out. Plus I couldn’t find my bra (it was in my bag, but I was so stressed about my hair that I lost the plot) and my garter (borrowed from my best friend) was too big.

‘I am still traumatised by it now!’

BACKCOMB NIGHTMARE

Travel writer Olivia Greenway, from Hampshire, had to style her own hair after her stylist made her look like a pantomime character.

She said: ‘I was married in 2013. It was in a castle in the far north of Scotland and I just accepted the hairdresser that was arranged for me.

‘She was from the local village. I don’t know whether she had ever left the village or even been to hairdressing school, but she proceeded to backcomb my hair and put in curlers.

‘When she had finished and showed me the mirror, I looked like Widow Twankey.

‘I had hideous ringlets on either side of my head not unlike Jane Austen’s and a beehive type creation in the middle.

‘I was too embarrassed to say anything as I was shocked. I shuffled her and the makeup artist out, having given them their tips (irony) then set to work attacking the bird’s nest and ringlets, all the time trying not to cry as I had my contact lenses in.

‘Somehow, I managed to brush it all out, as ten minutes later there was a knock at the door and I had to go to be married.

‘At that moment, I decided something as ridiculous as a bad hair day was not going to ruin my wedding. No one knew, not even my husband, until about a year later. Now I can laugh about it.’

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Monday 27 July

Ziggy realises that Tegan loves him more genuinely than Leela and decides to go away with her. Elsewhere, Diane and Tony overhear DS Thorpe saying he’s got a lead on Rose and they follow him to Southport.

Louis is heartbroken about Simone pushing their daughter away and reveals that he has always blamed her for Lisa’s kidnap. Louis is about to leave when ‘Wayne’ arrives and tells them he knows where they can find Lisa.

Pete tells Jack about Harry and Cleo’s whipped cream fight at the coffee shop and Jack tells Cleo that she hasn’t got the job. Cleo breaks up with Harry. Harry thinks Cleo must be seeing someone else and convinces Holly to help him spy on her. He’s relieved when he sees Cleo with Pete, unaware he’s the other man.

Tuesday 28 July

Wayne takes the Lovedays to a drop-in centre. Lisa spots them and makes a run for it, with Zack in hot pursuit. They all catch up with her and Simone begs her daughter to come home. They return to the village without Lisa, but are delighted when she later turns up at their front door.

Cindy is spending excessively again and buys an expensive wedding dress.

Robbie offers to babysit Charlie and Oscar so Nancy can go to a job interview. He thinks it’ll be a piece of cake until Charlie locks him out of the house.

Wednesday 29 July

Zack is stunned when he sees Lisa and Wayne kissing.

Cindy is sexually frustrated. Dirk surprises her with a new writing desk but her focus is on a hot, sweaty Jason who has helped Dirk carry the table up the stairs. Later, Cindy thinks Jason has invited her to the Roscoe’s to sleep with him. She climbs into his bed but Robbie is there instead.

Ben and Carly move into their new house, but Ben finds some drugs in her bag and washes them down the sink. He locks Carly in the house.

Robbie drives Nancy to her next interview but when it doesn’t go well, she takes her anger out on him. He nearly drives into Wayne, who is looking at the envelope of reward money from the Lovedays. Later, Wayne is mugged by Robbie who wants the cash to help Nancy pay for childcare. Robbie is unaware he’s left his sunglasses at the scene.

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Thursday 30 July

Jason reveals too much to Robbie about him and Cindy. Meanwhile, Kyle and Aiden offer Holly a legal high, which she refuses. Cindy turns up at the Roscoe’s and tries to undress Jason. He decides to tell Dirk she’s not taking her medication. The wedding dress Cindy ordered has arrived and she tries it on while fantasising about Jason. She turns up at the police station in the dress.

She meets up with Kyle and Aiden who take her to a party and give her pills. Robbie gives Nancy the £6k he stole from Wayne and lies that it’s his savings. She reluctantly accepts. They go to the park and Robbie is alarmed when he spies two police officers at the site where he mugged Wayne, and they’ve found his sunglasses…He asks Jason to get the glasses back, or he’ll tell Holly that he kissed Cindy.

Ben returns to the village and tries to speak with Sienna. She doesn’t believe that Carly is a ‘friend’. Ben asks Jason to do some surveillance for him, Jason is unaware he’s watching Ben’s house to make sure Carly stays out of trouble. He tries to chase her when she uses a coat hanger to unlock the door and escapes, but he loses her. Nico pushes Sienna to give Ben another chance, so she goes to the station and kisses him. However, Sienna overhears Ben on the phone and thinks he’s cheating on her with Nancy.

Friday 31 July

Sienna spots Ben leaving The Dog in the morning, wearing the same clothes from last night. Sienna and Nico break into Ben’s flat and find some perfume, which Sienna believes belongs to Nancy. She storms into the pub, throws the perfume bottle at Nancy and the two women fight. Later, Sienna sneaks into Nancy’s bedroom.

Pete asks Frankie for a job at the pub, she’s startled when a hooded figure runs past her and grabs her handbag. Pete stops them and reveals Carly as the mugger.

Celine finds Holly passed out behind the bins in The Loft yard after her night of partying. She makes Holly promise not to take anymore pills. At the hospital, Cindy gives Celine some advice on how to be creative in the bedroom. However, Pete is quick to destroy Celine’s confidence before her date with Cameron.

Robbie is furious that Jason can’t get access to the evidence room and retrieve his sunglasses.

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My favorite part of attending a wedding is finding a dress to wear. It’s fine if you don’t share the same excitement, but it’s still important to make sure you don’t dress in a way that might offend the people who are getting married; it’s their wedding, after all. Beyond the obvious “rule” of not wearing white, what is and isn’t appropriate at weddings has become somewhat of a grey area, much like workplace fashion guidelines. So what should you never wear as a wedding guest?

As more and more dresses in stores have cutouts, sparkles, and crazy prints, it can be hard to know what works at a wedding and what doesn’t. And when you throw in the struggle of trying to find something that you actually like, will want to wear again, and is appropriate per the wedding’s dress code — it seems like the options are few and far between. But don’t worry, as long as you remember some simple guidelines, it’ll make your shopping quest a whole lot easier.

Remember, weddings have dress codes for a reason. If you’re unsure of what “country club chic” or “black tie” really means, ask a bridesmaid or a family member of the bride to help you clarify. Better safe than sorry!

1. Anything White (Or Blush, Champagne, Ivory, Etc.) — Well, For The Most Part

I said this list wouldn’t include anything obvious, but hear me out. As wedding dresses start trending towards colors, it’s more important than ever to avoid colors even remotely similar to white. Blush gowns in particular pose a problem. Exceptions include some printed dresses, such as a blush dress with a black print paired with the right accessories. If you’re not sure, just wear something else. Generally speaking, always err on the side of caution with this one. If the bride is a trendsetter and wearing red or blue, obviously avoid those colors, too. Of course, there are major exceptions to every rule, and every bride is going to have different taste. For example, perhaps you are a member of Solange’s wedding party. That changes everything.

2. Anything That Is Over-The-Top Revealing

Even if this is an 8 p.m. wedding on a hotel rooftop, your friends’ wedding is not an opportunity to wear your favorite backless, sequin dress. No matter how hot some of the bridal party members may be, don’t try to attract attention with an inappropriate dress. Anything too short, too tight, too loud, it may be a safer bet to save it for another weekend. There’s nothing wrong with dressing your sexiest, but if what you’re wearing may take attention away from the bride even for a bit — it may not be the best choice.

3. All Black

Some consider wearing black to a wedding to be a bad omen. I’m not sure about that, but black just isn’t a happy color. This kills me, because 90 percent of my own wardrobe is black. If you just aren’t into bright colors, try a cranberry or eggplant dress. Some dark reds and purples can be stunning! Although, personally speaking, I think that if this is your ex’s wedding and you’re attending for some reason (why, though?), you have my full permission to wear as much black as you want. Channel your inner Jenny Humphrey/Taylor Momsen and just go for it.

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4. The Same Color As The Bridal Party

This isn’t something I thought about until I attended a wedding and saw a guest in the same color as the bridal party — the dress was even a similar style as the bridesmaids’ dresses. It made me think that she wanted to be a bridesmaid and was making a statement, but it was also confusing because it seemed like she was in the group at times, which was a bit awkward. If you’re not sure what the wedding colors are, just ask. If they’re going with a cornflower blue, stick with navy. You don’t want to match the centerpieces.

5. Office Attire

There’s nothing wrong with wearing a nice suit or a pair of wide-legged trousers to a wedding (both looks can be super fierce), but you don’t want to wear the same thing you might wear to a corporate office. A wedding is supposed to be a happy, joyous event, not necessarily something that evokes feelings of Excel spreadsheets. Feel free to get creative, but keep it more formal and less professional.

6. Inappropriate Undergarments

Clear bra straps: We can all see them. They are not invisible. Ever. Beyond that, I found some excellent advice from SkinnyMom: Don’t wear new Spanx! So true. Wear your tried and true shapewear to avoid any bathroom mishaps or painful wardrobe malfunctions.

7. An Apple Watch

What? An Apple Watch? Yes, you heard me. I’m sorry, but wearing an Apple Watch to a wedding is like having your phone out constantly (which is rude, in case you didn’t get the memo). Don’t try to convince me that you won’t be distracted by all those Candy Crush notifications! Leave your high-tech gear at home, and enjoy a fun night with your date.

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