Charles And Diana Wedding Photos On Sale

Rare behind-the-scenes photographs from Charles and Diana's wedding are being auctioned in the US.

The 12 images - seven black-and-white and five colour prints - are from the wedding reception at Buckingham Palace on 29 July, 1981.

The photographs were originally owned by an assistant to English photographer Patrick Lichfield, later Lord Lichfield.

He was the only photographer allowed to take informal images of the Royal Family and their guests when they returned to the Palace after the ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral.

Six of the photos show Diana, Princess of Wales, in her wedding dress with members of her family and the wedding party, including the Queen.

Others show Diana holding her youngest bridesmaid, five-year-old Clementine Hambro.

Another shows the newlyweds on the Buckingham Palace balcony overlooking the crowds gathered on the Mall below.

RR Auction spokesman Bobby Livingston said: "These never-before-seen photographs capture the candid and unrehearsed moments of the fairytale wedding."

The images will go under the hammer in Boston, Massachusetts, next month.