Traditionally brides blush.

And the wedding of Gary Brooker, founder and lead singer of The Procol Harum pop group, had everything tradition demanded.

Swiss au-pair girl, Françoise Riedo, 22, made a beautiful bride. Her white bridal gown and flowing veil were in the best of traditional style.

The bridegroom was immaculate in formal morning dress.

But as the bride stepped through the church door, tradition took a knock.

She walked up the aisle of St David's Church, Eastwood, Southend-on-Sea, to the strains of A Whiter Shade of Pale, the group's best-selling record which Gary helped to write.