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Whispering words of encouragement to her five-year-old bridesmaid, Diana, Princess of Wales, looks resplendent in her wedding dress as she carries the young girl through the grand rooms of Buckingham Palace. At her side is Queen, who had just moments ago become her mother-in-law when she married Charles, the Prince of Wales, in a ceremony held at St Paul's Cathedral. The scene, striking in its intimacy and candidness, is one of a dozen previously unpublished photos of the 1981 royal wedding that will be sold at auction next month. The pictures were taken by a relative and the only photographer was allowed to take informal photographs of the royal family and their guests when they returned to the palace for the reception.