She said six children waiting for the school bus had to walk to Bel Royal to catch another service earlier.

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Outside, a jubilant crowd of hundreds of thousands lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the royal pair and the 1, 900 wedding guests, celebrities and heads of state among them.

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Formed in 1993 by Mr Giles's firm, Thornycroft Giles, to commercialise a design that had failed to catch on with the British Royal Navy, it had hoped to get ships in service by last year.

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