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Bride Realises Wedding Dress Has Been Missing for 25 Years

23 May 2011 By

Kathleen Rinaldi, due to celebrate her 25th wedding anniversary this September, was shocked to open the sealed box which she thought contained her wedding dress, only to realise that the gown inside was not hers.

Mrs Rinaldi had planned to alter her wedding dress to create a new outfit for her vow renewal ceremony.  The mix up was spotted when she asked her daughter Angelina to try on the garment and realised that something was amiss as she zipped up the back.

She commented: “My dress did not zip up, it had buttons. I ran and got the wedding album and saw that the dress looked nothing like mine except that it had a v-neck front… I was so heartbroken when I pulled out the dress and realised they had given me the wrong one”.

25 years ago, Ms Rinaldi’s sister-in-law had taken the dress to a cleaner to have it sealed, which is when the mix up is likely to have occurred.

Kathleen Rinaldi is married to Robert Rinaldi, owner of Rinaldi’s Italian Specialties in Longmeadow. She hopes to return the gown to its original owner.

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Secret Backup Wedding Dress of Lady Diana

6 May 2011 By

Princess Diana’s wedding dress has been one of the most talked about gowns in the world and is rated by many as the most beautiful celebrity marriage design of all time, but it has now been revealed there was also a back-up gown.

People magazine has published a never before seen photo of the dress, which was intended to be on hand if the Princess of Wales’ first choice was leaked to the public before the famous wedding day on July 29, 1981.

It is an ivory silk taffeta gown, with the same ruffles around the neck as the original but without the signature lace. It was never completely finished and was never tried on by the Lady Diana.

Creator of both gowns, Elizabeth Emanuel of Elizabeth and David Emanuel designs, commented: “At the time we wanted to make absolutely sure that the dress was a surprise. Had the secret of the real dress got out it’s possible that Diana would have worn this one.”

Ms Emanuel has recently expressed her sympathies for the designer of Kate Middleton’s dress for her wedding to Diana’s eldest son, Prince William on April 29.

She said: “They’re keeping quiet on the designer this time, probably to avoid all the hassle that we had… It was really difficult and we didn’t have to contend with cameras in phones. How do you keep something secret like that?”

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Benefits Fraud Uncovered By Facebook Wedding Photos

11 April 2011 By

The Barbados wedding pictures that Hazel Cunningham posted on her Facebook page have landed her a jail sentence for the benefits fraud of falsely claiming thousands of pounds.

The 47-year-old Ashford resident was unveiled as a benefits cheat by her local authority’s fraud investigation team, which discovered she was enjoying holidays to Turkey up to three times a year at the same time as claiming an average of £170 per week for council tax benefit, income support, and housing benefit.

Mrs Cunningham must now repay all the money she falsely claimed, amounting to just under £15 000. She has also been sentenced at Folkestone Magistrates Court in Kent to 120 days in jail after pleading guilty to four charges of making false statements and one of failing to notify a change in circumstance.

She had further claimed she was a single mother when she was actually living with her husband and neglected to tell the authorities about maternity pay she was receiving from her employer.

An Ashford Council spokeswoman said: “Our investigators use Facebook as a routine tool when looking at someone’s claim that they are single and not married.”

Peter Wood, Leader of the Ashford Council, commented: “The message is clear: people who commit benefit fraud will be caught.”

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New Zealand Earthquake Survivor Goes Ahead With Her Wedding Day

1 March 2011 By

Just days after being rescued from the rubble of a building that collapsed during the recent 6.3-magnitude New Zealand earthquake, Emma Howard has bravely gone ahead with her wedding plans.

The couple have said that continuing with their marriage today was a sign that the disaster could not break the spirit of people in New Zealand’s devastated second city.

Ms Howard, an accountant, was rescued on Tuesday after the Pyne Gould building in Christchurch collapsed. While trapped inside, she contacted her fiancé Chris Greenslade using her mobile phone, so he was able to direct rescuers to find her.

She recounted earlier today how she was trapped “in a foetal position” for over 6 hours after she was thrown from her chair when the horrific quake struck at lunchtime on Tuesday. She further said her decision not to crouch under her desk saved her life as a section of the concrete floor from above crashed down on to her work station.

This story of miraculous survival and a happy ending is inspirational at a time when the official death toll from the severe earthquake has risen to 113, including two Britons.

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25 February 2011 By

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