They were the original Posh and Becks, a football icon marrying his pop-star sweetheart, and the nation was charmed by their love story.
Billy Wright, the first man in history to win 100 caps for his country, and Joy Beverley – one of the Beverley Sisters who used to warble and wiggle in identical outfits – had made every effort to keep their wedding a secret.
With judicious planning, they set a July date at Poole Register Office because the sisterhood was playing down the road in Bournemouth and Wright had just returned from the World Cup in Sweden, where England had been knocked out by the Soviet Union in a play-off.
