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A cartoon crazy couple had a true fairytale wedding after their guests dressed as DISNEY characters - including the bride's mum as Cruella de Vil.

Toni and Eric Orford dressed as Beauty and the Beast as they walked down the aisle in front of 70 guests in fancy dress.

Among the characters were Snow White, Mary Poppins, Tinkerbell, Woody from Toy Story, Minnie Mouse and Goofy.

Even the bridesmaid lived the dream as Elsa from the hit movie Frozen.

And Toni's mum Lynn Scaplehorn joined the fun by dressing as Cruella De Vil, the evil villain from 101 Dalmations.

There were a handful of minor diversions from the Disney theme, though.

In attendance were a couple of Fred Flintstones, the Joker from DC Comics' Batman series, and a Minion from Despicable Me - all non-Disney offerings.

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Toni, 32, a dementia patient carer, said some of the guests were sceptical at first but many later commented on how special it made the day.

She said: "I don't really know when I first came up with the idea.

"I've never really dreamt of a big white dress, I wanted it to be laid back and relaxed and I wanted everyone to have fun.

"I love dressing up, I always have and I've always been a fan of Disney, me and my sister used to watch it together and sing all the songs.

"I only chose to go as Belle because my husband wanted to be the Beast, as he's a big and hairy Australian.

"We had about 60 or 70 guests and most of them dressed up. There were three or four that didn't get involved, there always are.

"People absolutely loved it. A few people were a bit unsure about it at first but lots of people told me how nice it was, it was really relaxed.

"It was really lovely - it wasn't too pretentious, it was relaxed but fun, just what we wanted."

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Toni, of Plymouth, Devon, met Eric in March 2010 while working on a banana farm after she went travelling and ended up penniless in Australia.

The pair became an item and Toni decided to permanently emigrate to Australia, buying a house in Toowoonba, Queensland.

Though the couple talked about marriage, Eric didn't ever get down on one knee - so Toni decided to ask her sister to book the wedding and surprised Eric, 25.

Despite the surprise, the biology student was more than happy to go ahead with the wedding and oblige with the fancy dress theme.

Toni said the planning of the wedding, which took place at Plymouth Registry Office on Friday, only took a couple of months.

She hadn't even tried her dress on before arriving in England, where she stayed with her parents, ahead of the service.

The guests also included a Little Red Riding Hood, a Superman, two Fred Flitstones and a Minion from Despicable Me.

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Toni added: "It didn't take very long to plan at all.

Eric had never actually proposed but we had talked about marriage for a long time so I just called my sister one day and got her to book it.

"When Eric got home I told him we were getting married and he was fine with it. I also asked him about having a cartoon and Disney theme and he agreed and said he wanted to be the Beast.

"Eric loved it, I thought I'd have a bit of a problem persuading him but it was fine, he's so chilled out and he just got into it.

"He decided he wanted to be the Beast so I came up with the idea of being Belle.

"I ordered the dress from American and had it sent to England, so I hadn't tried it on before which was pretty nerve-wrecking.

"Luckily it fit perfectly. I loved it, I had a great day, it was beautiful."