Tailor at centre of Meghan and Kate's bridesmaid dress row speaks out trends now
The tailor at the centre of the bridesmaids' dresses drama at Prince Harry and Meghan's wedding is not surprised that it prompted tears.
Luxury suit and dressmaker Ajay Mirpuri has broken four years of silence on the now infamous affair - claimed to have led to tears from the Duchesses of Sussex and Cambridge - after being tracked down by the Daily Mail.
He revealed that he saw nothing of what is said to have gone on but he and three staff had to work round the clock at Kensington Palace and Windsor Castle for four days before the 2018 nuptials after finding that none of the six bridesmaids' dresses made by French fashion house Givenchy fitted.
Mr Mirpuri, 45, who has a showroom in London's West End, said he felt it was a shame that how the young bridesmaids, including Princess Charlotte, looked on the day had been overshadowed by reports of the fall-out between Meghan and Kate.
The tailor at the heart of the bridesmaids' dresses drama at Prince Harry and Meghan's wedding has spoken out (pictured centre: Tailor Ajay Mirpuri)
Kate and Meghan had a reported fall-out before the Duchesses of Sussex's marriage to Prince Harry over six bridesmaids' dresses which did not fit
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were married on May 19, 2018 (pictured during their carriage procession on Castle Hill outside Windsor Castle)
'If anything happened in the background, it didn't happen in front of me,' the tailor said today.
'But yes, weddings are stressful at the best of times – and especially one at this high level; you've got to respect that.
'They were faced with a problem like anyone gets at a wedding, with last minute hitches.
'I can understand why anybody would be upset if the dresses weren't fitting – it's nerve-wracking.
'I feel for them all, because you wouldn't want the children to go out on a big stage in an ill-fitting dress – and that's what they were.
'All six bridesmaids' dresses had to be fixed, and we did it.
'I'm a royalist and I wanted to do whatever I could with my small business to serve the Royal Family.
'We just got our heads down and said "Now we're here, we've got to fix it so that on the day Britain comes off well."
'Had this book not come out, no-one would have known it was us. But if it saved the day, it saved the day, and good luck to them.
'I won't say it upsets me, but in that
