i was 17. did it feel like a fairy tale? it did. yeah, every girl s dream. i just think everybody was so pleased to see them together and married. it was just essential viewing. nobody i knew didn t watch it. the dress is on display for the first time in 25 years at kensington palace all 25 feet of train, 10,000 mother of pearl sequins and lots and lots of taffeta ruffles. along with the other items in the collection, including this life size test garment of the coronation gown of queen elizabeth, the queen mother, from 1937, it s a challenge to keep these dresses in their full royal glory. the ones that are in store, we monitor the environment that they re in, we look at things like relative humidity, the temperature, pests are also a very big problem. everything is packed in acid free boxes and tissue paper and then obviously things that are on display, there s slightly different criteria,