{"id":42344,"date":"2017-06-20T00:34:39","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T00:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=42344"},"modified":"2017-06-20T00:34:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T00:34:39","slug":"superheroes-fairy-wings-help-terminally-ill-five-year-old-tick-fairytale-wedding-off-bucket-list-marries-best-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=42344","title":{"rendered":"Superheroes and fairy wings help terminally ill five-year-old tick ‘fairytale wedding’ off bucket list as she ‘marries’ best friend"},"content":{"rendered":"

A brave five-year-old who has been diagnosed with terminal <\/span>cancer <\/span>ticked her “dream wedding” off her bucket list by marrying her best friend.<\/p>\n

Eileidh Paterson, who has the childhood cancer neuroblastoma, made the bucket list after she was told her condition was terminal.<\/p>\n

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At the top of the list, was <\/span>marrying <\/span>her best friend, six-year-old Harrison Grier, before she died.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of well-wishers attended their fairytale “wedding” on the weekend – with some guests travelling hundreds of miles to be there.<\/p>\n

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Costumed superheroes and princesses made up the altar at the wedding<\/span> <\/span>(Photo: Kenny Elrick\/SWNS.com)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Harrison’s father Billy Grier, 31, said: “Harrison had never been to a wedding before, so this was all new to him.<\/p>\n

“But it was a beautiful ceremony and he enjoyed every minute. He was quite excited to do it. Ever since he met Eileidh, they have been inseparable.<\/p>\n

“I think he knew what was going on. He certainly knew how important it was to her and wanted to do whatever he could for her.”<\/p>\n

Close friends and family gathered in a meeting room at the Aberdeeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, as the children, both from Forres, Moray, in the north of Scotland, held hands and exchanged necklaces.<\/p>\n

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Eileidh with her mum Gail Paterson at the ceremony in Aberdeen<\/span> <\/span>(Photo: Kenny Elrick\/SWNS.com)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A lone piper got the event under way and was followed to a makeshift altar by a procession of costumed superheroes and princesses.<\/p>\n

Eileidh was walked into the room by her older brother Callum, to ‘When You Wish Upon a Star’ from Disney film Pinocchio.<\/p>\n

Zara Grant, who runs children’s entertainment firm Love Rara, then read out a version of Eileidh’s life story written in the style of a fairy tale.<\/p>\n

The story, penned by Eileidh’s mum Gail Paterson, called the neuroblastoma which has blighted her childhood an “evil beast”.<\/p>\n

Gail described her daughter as “a princess who would stop at nothing to survive” while documenting her fight against the aggressive disease.<\/p>\n

Eileidh’s sister Cerys, then read a poem which ended with the words “even if we are apart, I will always be with you”.<\/p>\n

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