Josie Williams, from Pinchbeck, and Wendy Ablett, from Spalding, had the thrill of their lives when they were invited to take part in the The Hon Laura Fellowes' marriage.

From their pew in Snettisham Parish Church Josie cheekily snapped Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton with her digital camera. Earlier she photographed Earl Spencer.

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Josie said: "It was so exciting. We'd have looked a bit smarter if we'd known. Wendy and I were both in cropped trousers, T-shirts and sandals that day!"

The pair were staying in their caravans at Snettisham Farm Park last weekend and heard there was a wedding on in the village on Saturday, May 30.

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They went to the little church to find out more and round the corner came Princess Di's older sister, Lady Jane Fellowes, who told them she lived at the vicarage.

Josie said: "She was so charming to us, she showed us round the church and told us all about her daughter Laura getting married that afternoon.

"Later Wendy and I left our husbands behind at the caravan park - they weren't interested - and waited by the church.

"The bride came in through a side gate from the Vicarage and didn't look grand at all, it was very low-key. Her outfit was made from her grandma's wedding dress.

"We watched the guests going in including Prince William and Kate and Earl Spencer, and were standing by the church door when a man beckoned us in, gave us a lovely order of service which I've kept and showed us to a pew.

"I'd never imagined I'd go away for a weekend and be so close to Prince William I could have touched him! They made us so welcome. They were lovely people and it was a beautiful wedding."